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Baker's Doug Plasencia Appointed Coordinator of Association of ...  -  20 Aug 2007
Earthtimes.org...in Baker's Phoenix office has been appointed as Coordinator of the Association of State Floodplain Managers' (ASFPM) Watershed Policy Committees,

Watershed Integrity Shouldn't Be For Sale  -  20 Aug 2007
Hartford Courant,An amendment that was quietly attached to a bill at the close of the legislative session has opened up a critical New Britain watershed to rock mining and

‘Watershed project has provided 3000mt of food to quake victims’  -  20 Aug 2007
Daily Times,PESHAWAR: Watershed Project of the NWFP Forest Department, with the assistance of the World Food Programme, has so far provided three thousand metric tonnes

Indian TV watershed coming into view  -  20 Aug 2007
Times Online,More than 100 new channels are awaiting government approval in India as media companies jostle for position in a second wave of expansion in the television

Gov't told to invest in watershed management  -  20 Aug 2007
Sun.Star,LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The National Government must now heavily invest in watershed management rather than expensive and unreliable stopgap measures to

$13 Million to Flow to 16 Watershed Groups  -  20 Aug 2007
NewsBlaze,Watershed health is important to providing clean, safe water where Americans live, work and play. Since 2003, more than $40 million has been provided

Watershed district gets OK for tax hike  -  20 Aug 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District can move ahead with its plan to levy a maintenance fee on property owners within the district.

Dam project designed to reduce flood risk in eastern Hardy County  -  20 Aug 2007
Cumberland Times-News,The additional funds will help advance construction of a dam in the Lost River watershed in Hardy County. Byrd, chairman of the Senate Appropriations

Environmental group working to ease pollution in San Juan River (6 ...  -  20 Aug 2007
Las Cruces Sun-News,By AP FRUITLAND, NM — Rancher Lawrence Stock never quite meant to join the San Juan Watershed Group. An unlikely member, he might one day find his cattle

Sanitation District to host summit  -  20 Aug 2007
Community Press,1 will be hosting a Watershed Summit to inform the community about watershed protection efforts under way in Northern Kentucky. The summit will last from 6

Conservancy court gives go-ahead to MWCD for vote on assessment  -  20 Aug 2007
New Philadelphia Times Reporter,A ruling made today by the Conservancy Court will permit the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District board of directors to vote on levying an assessment on

Options for forage and water needs this fall  -  20 Aug 2007
Zanesville Times Recorder,There is also money available to help pay for them if you are in the Salt Creek Watershed. A good crop that can be planted now and is suitable for this area

Sunshine Coast logging stopped to protect downstream communities  -  20 Aug 2007
Legalbrief (subscription),For the first time in British Columbia, perhaps in Canada, logging has been ordered stopped in a watershed because it poses a potential ‘health hazard’ to

NZ-listed gold miner faces Philippines opposition  -  20 Aug 2007
Stuff.co.nz,Water from the watershed irrigates the vegetable gardens and citrus plantations in the area. In Didipio village, eight farmers were charged by environment

Water over the dam:  -  20 Aug 2007
The Times of Trenton - NJ.com,...a river that receives such a low average amount of precipitation that it needed to dam almost every inch of its tiny watershed just to get enough water.

7 cities in watershed will share study cost  -  Aug 19, 2007
San Diego Union Tribune,Watershed area: 210 square miles encompassing seven cities and four lagoons – Buena Vista, Agua Hedionda, Batiquitos and San Elijo.

Fields all aflutter: Scientist leads tour of Norwalk River ...  -  Aug 19, 2007
Stamford Advocate,Patrice Gillespie, director of the watershed association, which focuses on protecting more than 40000 acres spread over seven towns in the river's watershed

Oklahoma: Federal funds dry up for flood control  -  Aug 18, 2007
Joplin Globe,...“It’s ironic, because a lot of the support for flood control in Oklahoma started in the Dust Bowl days,� said Larry Caldwell, watershed specialist for the

Jamby seeks to legislate ‘strict protection zone’ for La Mesa  -  Aug 18, 2007
ABS CBN News,However, she first passed a resolution to inquire, in aid of legislation, whether President Arroyo’s declaration of La Mesa as a protected watershed

County presents Watershed Assessment  -  Aug 18, 2007
Demopolis Times,A watershed is any area of land that catches rain or snow and drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, river, lake or groundwater.

Kazakhstan Goes To Polls In Watershed Vote  -  Aug 18, 2007
AHNAstana, Kazakhstan (AHN) - Voting is taking place in the Central Asian country Kazakhstan. The Saturday poll is to elect a new parliament.

Pebble project pollution potential questioned  -  Aug 19, 2007
Alaskajournal.com,In 2005 alone, anglers who came to fish in the Bristol Bay watershed spent $61 million. Area residents, from people to grizzly bears, also count on the fish

BANNED! Nanny puts adland in a corner  -  Aug 18, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Since that investigation was announced, 41 MPs have signed a house of Commons petition, or Early Day Motion, calling for a 9pm watershed on alcohol ads,

Watershed venture  -  Aug 17, 2007
Campbell River Mirror,Anyone interested in the preservation and stewardship of this important stream is welcome to come out for the walk from 6:30-8:30 pm Participants will be

Watershed group to host butterfly walk tomorrow  -  Aug 17, 2007
Wilton Bulletin,18, from 10 until noon, Mr. DeMasi will lead a nature walk for the Norwalk River Watershed Association and for the general public, sharing some of his

New hiking, biking trail planned for Canton watershed  -  Aug 16, 2007
Asheville Citizen-Times,...by Josh Boatwright CANTON — Construction of a recreational hiking and biking trail in Canton’s Rough Creek Watershed could begin soon if state and regional

Ohio EPA wades into troubled creek  -  Aug 18, 2007
Akron Beacon Journal,By Bob Downing Beacon Journal staff writer The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is kicking off a new review of the sprawling Nimishillen Creek watershed

District will fight watershed logging  -  Aug 16, 2007
Times Colonist,Western Forest Products has appealed an order by the Sunshine Coast Regional District to restrict logging in the Chapman Creek watershed on the grounds it

Selectmen don't back Manchaug watershed district  -  Aug 16, 2007
Millbury-Sutton Chronicle,BY TOM REILLY SUTTON - The Sutton Board of Selectmen last week declined to reconsider its vote not to endorse a plan that would create a watershed district

BC regional district finds unique way to save watershed  -  Aug 16, 2007
Nanaimo News Bulletin,Sitting as a local board of health, the SCRD on Saturday ordered Western Forest Products to stop logging and road-building in the Chapman Creek Watershed,

Pittsburgh's Corps fees muddy some projects  -  Aug 18, 2007
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,The groups -- from watershed associations to recreation boards and townships, all with different claims on the Corps' time and attention -- say the

Watershed weekend in prospect  -  Aug 16, 2007
Supersport,...by Gavin Rich The first weekend of the second half of this season’s Absa Currie Cup is going to be an important one in determining how the remainder of the

Premier Campbell should heed these logging concerns  -  Aug 19, 2007
Vancouver Province,But this does not mean the company has acted in harmony with the wishes of the community, which draws drinking water from the watershed for some 23000

Nothing haphazard about Gamesa’s projects  -  Aug 18, 2007
The Tribune-Democrat,In the very heart of the project is the 2936-acre Portage watershed, which is home to one of the few remaining “exceptional value� streams in this area:

Watershed concerns  -  Aug 15, 2007
Northwest Herald,This proposal falls within the Crystal Lake watershed. The city created an ordinance that established the watershed and its restrictions.

NYC’s Delaware Watershed supply at higher risk of failure, says ...  -  Aug 16, 2007
CatskillsNews.com,...a whole new management philosophy – one which maintains their infrastructure and works to have good relationships with the people of the watershed.

2 seek to stop Tilcon-watershed deal  -  Aug 15, 2007
New Britain Herald,Tim O'Brien, D-24th District, said Wednesday he would repeal the legislation allowing the city to trade 130 acres of its watershed land in Plainville to

Around The Valley  -  Aug 18, 2007
Ontario Argus Observer,The Owyhee Watershed Council is proud to announce the opening of our 2007 to 2009 Owyhee Small Grant Program. This program is now available to address

County will eye shelter contract  -  Aug 19, 2007
Goldsboro News Argus,In addition, the commissioners will hear a summary of the Stoney Creek Local Watershed Plan, which was sponsored by the North Carolina Ecosystem

Watershed Service Payments 'Could Make A Difference'  -  Aug 15, 2007
OneWorld.net,The UK Department for International Development funded the four-year study, which focused on 'payments for watershed services' - a way of compensating wise

Sunshine Coast logging rules set to face higher court  -  Aug 16, 2007
Globe and Mail,The Chapman Creek watershed is the source of drinking water for about 23000 people on the Sunshine Coast between Langdale and Earls Cove.

Halt to watershed logging challenged  -  Aug 15, 2007
Vancouver Sun,The Sunshine Coast Regional District overstepped its bounds when it ordered a halt to logging in its watershed because it was deemed to be a health hazard,

Feds to expand protection of NWT watershed: CTV  -  Aug 8, 2007
CTV.ca,...have been pushing for a moratorium on industrial development in all 39000 square kilometres of the South Nahanni watershed in the Northwest Territories.

Applicants sought for vacancy on watershed board  -  Aug 15, 2007
Eden Prairie News,The Hennepin County Board is seeking applicants for a vacancy on the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed District Board, due to the resignation of Erin

Hackensack River Watershed Authority to meet in September in ...  -  Aug 14, 2007
White Plains Journal News,By AMISHA PADNANI NEW CITY - The first meeting for an Interstate Hackensack River Watershed Authority is to be held in mid-September, and several key

Casinos face 9pm TV advert watershed  -  Aug 7, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,...industry with legislation if it did not introduce voluntary measures, they will not be allowed to advertise or sponsor programmes before the watershed.

14 - DENR to lead Ipo watershed's reforestation  -  Aug 14, 2007
Bayanihan.org,The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is scheduled to lead Wednesday the reforestation of Bulacan province's Ipo watershed.

Water Level Warning In Grey-Sauble Watershed  -  Aug 14, 2007
CKNX Radio,Grey Sauble Conservation says they've only had about half the water flow they usually have in the watershed in July. They're asking people in the watershed

14 - Atienza leads tree planting in Ipo watershed  -  Aug 14, 2007
Bayanihan.org,Environment Secretary Lino Atienza is to lead a tree planting activity at Ipo watershed in Bulacan on Wednesday at 7 am, signalling the regional launching

Otonoabee watershed residents asked to reduce water use  -  Aug 14, 2007
Peterborough Examiner,By BRENDAN WEDLEY/Examiner Staff Writer Residents who draw water from the Otonabee region watershed should voluntarily reduce water usage by 10 per cent

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