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WatershedArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.htmlColumbus Ledger-EnquirerThe city of Columbus is working on a plan to drain the Charter Oaks Watershed that flooded April 2 and make Workshop to focus on maintaining a watershed - 06 Aug 2009 Athens Daily ReviewProtecting the Cedar Creek Lake watershed is the focus of an upcoming workshop in Kaufman. The Texas Watershed Steward program will conduct the event — free Signs of Life - 06 Aug 2009 Washington PostAn experiment allows oysters to make a comeback in part of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. WE INTERRUPT our usual (and justified) complaints about the sorry MORE ACTIVITIES... - 06 Aug 2009 Boylan Catholic High SchoolThe headwaters of the Fox River watershed are in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The majority of the watershed is in Illinois and includes parts of McHenry, Hunting permit lottery slated - 06 Aug 2009 The Republican - MassLive.comIn the late 1980s, state officials managing the watershed area determined that with hunting banned, the deer population in the watershed had grown too dense Downturn doesn't halt Central Oregon green-job growth - 06 Aug 2009 Ashland Daily TidingsGreen jobs aren't just in the renewable energy and energy-efficiency fields — people can have environmentally friendly jobs in watershed or ecosystem Bull Run: Filtration would allow city to draw more wate - 06 Aug 2009 OregonLive.comThe answer lies in the management history of the Bull Run Watershed, which was destructively logged over a 30-year period, beginning in 1958. Habitat structures to welcome fish at Keystone Lake - 06 Aug 2009 Leader TimesVolunteers at the sixth annual Crooked Creek Watershed Association Adopt-A-Lake project work to build a fish habitat structure for Keystone Lake. Who's protecting Chatfield Reservoir? - 06 Aug 2009 YourHub.comBut, in 1984, under the authority of the CDPHE, a little known entity called the Chatfield Watershed Authority (CWA) was established with a mission to Satilla Riverkeeper switches to protecting Flint River - 06 Aug 2009 Macon TelegraphRogers said the ruling drastically increases pressure to draw water for Atlanta from the Flint watershed. “The Flint just went to code red,� Rogers said. Tour attracts variety of people - 06 Aug 2009 The Durango Herald...•Katrina Dahlman and Miriam Gillow-Wiles from the Western Hardrock Watershed Team were visiting the Mountain Studies Institute, one of their 30 partner Cannon Beach leaders help with housing voucher crisis - 06 Aug 2009 The Daily AstorianAuthorized Mayor Mike Morgan to sign a letter of intent with the Oregon Department of Forestry on the acquisition of 800 acres in the Ecola Creek watershed Two Organizations Get Grant Help - 06 Aug 2009 WTVQKentucky American Water has announced that two watershed intiatives in Central Kentucky will get funding from the company's 2009 environmental grant program Poultry makers ask judge to exclude lawyer comment - Aug 5, 2009 Newsday...(AP) — Twelve poultry companies being sued by Oklahoma for polluting the Illinois River watershed are asking a judge to throw out a statement made by a Watershed criticized for raises - Aug 5, 2009 Marietta TimesThe Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District property assessment, approved after a review by judges with the Ohio Va watershed gets fresh look - Aug 5, 2009 Daily PressThe waterways came to the district's attention after the watershed was found to have more fecal coliform bacteria on a regular basis than is considered Catoctin Creek Watershed Project Final Year Meeting Held - Aug 5, 2009 Loudoun TimesCitizen monitoring (which is more widespread than that done by the Department of Environmental Quality) has been performed by Loudoun Watershed Watch and in Meeting on Little Sac River watershed planned Tuesday - Aug 5, 2009 News-Leader.comPeople living along the Little Sac River flowing north from Springfield have an opportunity to ask questions about a watershed management plan on Tuesday, Fish & Boat Commission Awards Grants for Sinnemahoning Watershed ... - Aug 4, 2009 PR Newswire (press release) (press release)Bucktail Watershed Assn., $ 4750 - Improve riparian habitat through the elimination of Japanese knotweed and establishment of native plant communities along County discusses plan to improve watershed - Aug 3, 2009 Marin Independent-JournalMarin County officials will discuss a draft plan to improve conditions for coho salmon and steelhead trout in the San Geronimo Valley watershed at a 6:30 pm Liberty Bay Watershed Restoration Project Initiated - Aug 4, 2009 Kitsap SunBy Kitsap Sun staff A public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at the Poulsbo Marine Science Center to kick off the Liberty Bay Watershed Restoration Hoping Welkom will be our watershed to winning ways - Aug 4, 2009 Dispatch OnlineThe job of travelling to Welkom and winning, has been difficult in previous years but I am quietly confident we will make this coming weekend our watershed New group will guard Kusko watershed - Aug 4, 2009 Anchorage Daily NewsThe Arctic Sounder: The new Kuskokwim River Watershed Council will hold its first "summit" Thursday and Friday in the village of Aniak. State senators criticize watershed district pay raises - Jul 31, 2009 Canton RepositoryKirk Schuring joined another Ohio legislator Friday in denouncing the pay raises that Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District gave to its employees shortly New watershed group to be organizing, will meet on Aug. 13 - Aug 3, 2009 Defiance Crescent NewsA new watershed group is organizing within the Western Lake Erie Basin that will address water quality concerns throughout the Upper Maumee River Watershed. Judge: Okla. can't seek damages in poultry suit - Jul 22, 2009 The Associated PressOklahoma had hoped to collect more than $611 million from companies it claims polluted the Illinois River watershed with bird waste. Watershed board seeks applicants - Aug 3, 2009 Eden Prairie NewsThe Hennepin County Board of Commissioners is seeking applicants for a vacancy on the Nine Mile Creek Watershed District Board, due to expiration of a term Farmington River Watershed Association Looks To Restore Historic ... - Aug 3, 2009 Hartford CourantThe Farmington River Watershed Association hopes to answer that question this year as it considers proposals from engineering firms to redesign two old dams Bacteria could prompt temporary closure of Bull Creek park - Aug 4, 2009 Bizjournals.com...it would most likely take effect from October through April, said Nancy mcclintock, assistant director of the Watershed Protection & Development Review. Watershed Association Spotlights Native Pollinators - Jul 27, 2009 The Star-Ledger - NJ.comThe headlines say it all. From white-nose syndrome decimating bat Fecal bacteria affecting creeks; Northwest Georgia Regional ... - Aug 5, 2009 Rome News Tribune...“It's also an opportunity for people to come out and learn about their watershed.� The stream analyses point the finger at nonpoint sources of pollution. Local property owners taxed as part of Muskingum Watershed Conservancy - Jul 30, 2009 Marietta TimesSeveral million dollars of collections from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District tax assessment were County asks state to limit Falls role - Aug 3, 2009 The Herald-SunThey've urged senators to impose on the Falls watershed as an interim measure the same anti-pollution rules the General Assembly recently set for another Summer fun: Morristown student cleans a watershed near Pittsburgh - Jul 29, 2009 The Star-Ledger - NJ.comSince there was a recent storm there was a lot of pollution in the area produced by the watershed, so we picked up the garbage. Report outlines risks to Sebago Lake watershed - Jul 29, 2009 MaineToday.comPRESENTATIONS will focus on the future of the Sebago Lake watershed and a federal report rating the Sebago and Presumpscot watershed as the most vulnerable Bottler denied permit to tap Somerset watershed - Jul 27, 2009 Pittsburgh Post GazetteThe state has denied a request to take 108000 gallons of water a day from the Laurel Hill Creek watershed in Somerset Watershed & Wet Weather - Aug 4, 2009 Environmental Expert (press release)Watershed & Wet Weather provides data and examples on managing stormwater and nonpoint source pollution, coordinating with multiple agencies and the public, Watershed moment for sustainable NJ certification: Council must ... - Jul 30, 2009 The Star-Ledger - NJ.comJamie Duffy These environmental officials see dollar signs in a certification by Sustainable NJ, a state consortium that awards grants for Congresswoman Matsui Announces Federal Funding for Sacramento ... - Aug 1, 2009 OBSNews.com...“The Sacramento River Watershed is an incredibly valuable resource to all of us, especially those of us in California's Central Valley,� said Matsui. Steelhead strategy roils local waters - Aug 4, 2009 San Diego Union TribuneEscondido gets up to 30 percent of its water from the watershed. “The financial burden in doing all of that would be – I don't even like to think how big it Summit addresses local protection of Great Lakes - Aug 4, 2009 Petoskey News-ReviewDr. Grenetta Thomassey, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council policy director, discussed preventing contamination and Upper Mid-Klamath Watershed Council to Receive FWS Funding - Jul 27, 2009 Targeted News Service (subscription)A grant notice from the US Fish & Wildlife Service states: "The Upper Mid-Klamath Watershed Council was voluntarily formed by stakeholders within the Upper Energy and Environment Week being celebrated - Aug 4, 2009 Beckley Register-HeraldThe Appalachian Coal Country Watershed Team is joining forces this week with millions of volunteers across the country to give back in honor The Blue River Watershed Group: Volunteers in Action - Aug 1, 2009 Summit Daily NewsA Blue River Watershed Group volunteer plants willows during a successful restoration project by the Town of Silverthorne along the Blue River. Oldham Pond cleanup in Pembroke is on hold - Aug 5, 2009 The Patriot LedgerBut a plan to treat the pond to remove algae has been shelved while the Pembroke Watershed Association learns more about pond wildlife Byrd Announces Funding for Agricultural Research and Development - Aug 5, 2009 WOWK...$4 million for the construction of Site 16 of the Lost River Watershed Project in Hardy County. The project will provide $3 million in annual water supply, Trillium grant funds more water monitoring, website, workshops - Aug 5, 2009 Renfrew MercuryBonnechere River Watershed Program chair Kathryn Lindsay, right, helps Riverwatch program co-ordinator Jessica Danard with a kick-and-sweep Wabash River: Beautiful and troubled - Aug 1, 2009 Journal and CourierBut a major watershed study being done by the Wabash River Enhancement Corp., and a team of civil workers and community volunteers, is trying to transform Health Of Barnegat Bay Getting Increasing Attention - Aug 4, 2009 The Manchester TimesOCEAN COUNTY - Local and state governments must work together to put the regulations in place to save Barnegat Bay and its watershed, Cherry Tree Inn owner is jailed - Aug 4, 2009 Traverse City Record EagleHaley allowed Moffa to enter a work release program to complete his duties with the conservation district or The Watershed Center Grand Traverse Bay. 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