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Estuary barrages could generate half North West’s electricity, say ...  -  25 Mar 2009
Crain's Manchester BusinessBarrages in the Solway Firth, Morecambe Bay and the Mersey and Dee estuaries could generate 50 per cent of the North West’s electricity, according to a new

Save the whale? Not anymore  -  25 Mar 2009
Mirror.co.ukDr Paul Jepson, from the Zoological Society of London, said by the time the mammals reach our shores and estuaries they are severely dehydrated and have

Otter Be Quiet?  -  25 Mar 2009
Mail Tribune...“I don’t know where sea otters would find shelter except in the estuaries. And if otters get a toehold in the estuaries, it’s not urchins you have to worry

Do Severn plans put Essex coast at risk?  -  25 Mar 2009
The GazetteThe association said land close to the estuaries of the Orwell, Stour, and Deben as well as sites close to Harwich and Hamford Water in Walton,

FCW To Publish ‘Chatham Blue Pages,’  -  25 Mar 2009
Cape Cod ChronicleThe plan calls for eventually sewering the entire town, at an estimated cost of $300 million, in order to restore the health of coastal estuaries suffering

Irish Sea could provide five per cent of UK's electricity  -  25 Mar 2009
Telegraph.co.ukThe results showed that four barrages stretching across estuaries at the Solway Firth, Morecambe Bay, the Mersey and Dee rivers could be capable of meeting

Redington Beach swears in three Commission incumbents  -  25 Mar 2009
Tampa Bay Newspapers...a Sierra Club letter promoting the use of slow release fertilizers to deal with concerns of releasing nitrogen into bays, rivers, and estuaries.

The Chiel - Talking of mangroves  -  25 Mar 2009
Dispatch OnlineMangroves also contribute to the health of estuaries by stabilising river banks and collecting silt and flotsam and jetsam . Bees fertilise mangrove flowers

LAUTENBERG, GREGG BILL TO PROTECT NATION'S COASTAL LANDS AND ...  -  25 Mar 2009
PolitickerNJRestore America's Estuaries, American Fly Fishing Trade Association, The Ocean Conservancy, National Estuarine Research Reserve Association,

Businesswoman Yolanda Garcia Olivarez honored  -  25 Mar 2009
Corpus Christi Caller Times...the American Heart Association, Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program board, Del Mar College Foundation and Corpus Christi Community Development Corp.

Tide changes are the key to successful fishing  -  25 Mar 2009
TheRecordLive.comAccording to Webster’s dictionary, tide is the periodic variation in the surface level of the oceans, bays, gulfs, inlets, and estuaries caused by

Plenty of beaches and beauty in the South East  -  25 Mar 2009
The KerrymanRivers, valleys, estuaries and rolling hills have long provided South West Wexford with rich grazing land. And best of all are the people – warm, friendly,

PORTLAND: Program Planned On Watershed Issues  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Hartford Courant...and Protection of Backyard Wetlands, Ponds, Streams, Lakes, Rivers and Estuaries" and the new "How to Create a Streamside Buffer Garden" brochure.

NOAA Launches Online Game that Encourages Students to Learn About ...  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
ResourceShelfNOAA’s National Ocean Service launched a new educational online game �WaterLife: Where Rivers Meet the Sea� today at the annual meeting of the National

NOAA Launches Online Game that Encourages Students to Learn About ...  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
NOAATo succeed, players must learn about the factors that produce healthy estuaries, food webs, and why estuaries are essential to both ocean life and to humans

Invasive parasite spreads among estuaries  -  ‎Mar 12, 2009‎
Newport News TimesA parasitic isopod that scientists identified five years ago has all but decimated mud shrimp populations in coastal estuaries ranging from British Columbia

More to estuaries than meets the eye  -  ‎Mar 7, 2009‎
Beaufort GazetteIts focus is estuaries, "where terrestrial, freshwater and seawater habitats overlap," according to the National Wetlands Research Center's definition.

Keep the rivers healthy plan  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Coff's Coast AdvocateAs part of the Healthy Rivers program, Bellingen Shire Council will be conducting a survey of boating patterns in the estuaries from March 29 to May 2.

Kayaking class at Suisun Estuary  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
TheReporter.comNaturalist Paddling Kayaking will be held from 9 to 11:30 am and includes dry-land training and a tour of one of the largest estuaries in the nation.

Sand mining spikes in Koh Kong estuaries  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Phnom Penh PostA recent Post investigation found that a Hong Kong-based firm is openly dredging sand in the province's extensive salt-water estuaries - including areas

The Exxon Valdez Spill Is All Around Us  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Wired News..."That's what you get in urbanized and urbanizing estuaries. Each rainfall brings the next batch of spilled oil and grease," said Charles Peterson,

Man caught after officer injured in chase  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
NZ CityA helicopter is carrying out low sweeps of nearby estuaries looking for them. "We're urging residents on the coastal areas of Beach Haven, Greenhithe and

Special status eyed for St. Louis River Estuary  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Superior TelegramAll but one — Old Woman Creek Research Reserve in Huron, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie — are the typical estuaries where rivers meet the sea.

Redfish primer  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
Detroit Free PressRedfish mostly live in salt creeks, bays and estuaries until they reach 30 inches or so, when they move into coastal waters along the beaches.

EDITORIAL: Rule protects waters around sewer plants  -  ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
Naples Daily NewsThe new criteria will represent the first time that quantitative limits for nitrogen been set on the state’s rivers, lakes and estuaries as the EPA works to

IBM is looking less and less like an IT company and more and more ...  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
ZDNet Blogs...and the company has a pulse on projects with both The Nature Conservancy and with the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries in New York.

Beached whales will be euthanised in future  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Telegraph.co.ukBy Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Whales washed up on beaches or estuaries around Britain often provoke an outpouring of public sympathy,

Ask a scientist  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Maryland GazetteI have often heard that the Chesapeake Bay is one of the world’s largest estuaries. What is an estuary? An estuary is a body of water located near a coast

Vintage Views: The quintessential quahog  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Harwich OracleAs the weather gets warmer, the estuaries popular for quahoging often have to be closed due to increased bacteria from swimmers, boaters, etc.,

Owners face land buy-up for wildlife  -  ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
East Anglian Daily TimesProposals for a barrage in the Severn estuary, to generate renewable electricity, could have implications for the areas around estuaries in Suffolk and

North Port school in search of a name  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
Sarasota Herald-TribuneEstuary Elementary – Refers to nearby Charlotte Harbor and other estuaries. Joan Morgan Elementary - Honors North Port activist and former City Commissioner

Health warnings after wastewater overflow  -  ‎Mar 17, 2009‎
Radio New ZealandHealth warning signs have been posted in Tauranga harbour and estuaries after an overflow of wastewater caused by torrential rain on Tuesday.

Whooper outlook concerns officials  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
Corpus Christi Caller Times...“It’s disappointing for us to see a bad year,� said Ray Allen, executive director for the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program.

Fifty years of saving wildlife  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
The GazetteIt has a vision: Living Landscapes, covering 80 large areas – river valleys, estuaries, woodland and grassland – which the trust and its partners can

FEATURE: Battle of trenches in shoreline erosion war  -  ‎Mar 21, 2009‎
Taipei TimesAnother culprit is the sharp decline in sediment volume in estuaries, the result of excessive river sand extraction and the building of reservoirs and dams

Go Fish! Roanoke Cement Company Angles for Enhanced Local Streams  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
PR Newswire (press release)The program requires that streams and estuaries considered for fish release to be cold, clean and possess sufficient water quality.

RNLI may cover loch after deaths  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
ScotsmanAll are stationed around the coast and in estuaries, except for one lifeboat on Loch Ness. In 2007, the organisation raised £158 million while its operating

Resuscitating Coastal Dead Zones Starts Far From Shore  -  ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
Miller-McCune.comBiological and geochemical profiles from sediment cores throughout the Chesapeake Bay illustrate a history of land use and the deterioration of estuaries.

Anne Murray: Will our grandchildren watch wild birds in BC?  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Georgia StraightSnow Geese that nest on Wrangel Island in Russia flock in winter to between the Fraser and Skagit estuaries and California. Following many decades of

Students, Community Benefit from Paxton Marshall's Sustainable Agenda  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
Media Newswire (press release)...engages urban kids in hands-on exploration and learning about the Elizabeth River, one of the most polluted estuaries of the Chesapeake Bay.

Consultative forum on Fisheries Management issues ends  -  ‎Mar 24, 2009‎
AwokoDirector of the Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography at Fourah Bay College (FBC) Professor Ernest N’domahina said that estuaries where river water

Canine crew member for lifeboat  -  ‎Mar 13, 2009‎
Motor Boats Monthly...a declared facility with HM Coastguard. It services the area between the Mersey and Ribble estuaries, and 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of its formation.

Longfin Smelt Listed as State Threatened Species  -  ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
Center for Biological Diversity (press release)Longfin smelt populations that in the estuaries and lower reaches of Humboldt Bay and the Klamath River have also declined and may now be extinct.

Crist Receives National Wildlife Federation Conservation Award  -  ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
Chipley Florida Online Newspaper - Foster Folly NewsPark and to protect Florida’s coastal estuaries and better revive, restore and preserve one of America’s greatest natural treasures – the Everglades.

A Great Wave Rising: The Coming Crisis in Water Policy in America  -  ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
ESPNThis increase in freshwater demand is threatening the freshwater inflows for the hyper saline estuary of the Laguna Madre and other Texas estuaries as

Researchers will measure estuaries' nutrient changes  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Florida Weekly..."The data collected will ultimately assist in identifying projects needed to achieve water quality enhancements for both estuaries and watersheds.

Digging up the past  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
The AgeWell, from a boat actually, pushing a hollow tube through the sediment on the bottom of lakes, swamps and estuaries across south-eastern Australia.

Panel aims to cut Westport River pollution  -  ‎Mar 3, 2009‎
Fall River Herald NewsBurns, a Conservation Commission member, and Ledoux, an Estuaries Committee member, have sought to deepen both ponds but haven’t proposed building dams

GETTING READY FOR HIGH SEAS  -  ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
Sarasota Herald-TribuneThe project stems from the US Environmental Protection Agency's new Climate Ready Estuaries program. Part of the EPA's heightened focus on climate change

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