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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: Rainbow trout
The Idaho StatesmanThe population of rainbow trout in the Boise River is healthy today, more than twice what it was a decade ago, said Andy Brunelle, an officer in the local Ted Trueblood chapter of Trout Unlimited. That's thanks to higher winter water flows, protection...Tags: Wetlands, Bodies of Water, Land Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Photos set course for 'Chicago River'
Composer Orbert Davis has drawn inspiration for movements of “The Chicago River,” his new jazz symphony, from particular images in “The Lost Panoramas” by Richard Cahan and Michael Williams. Here is a guide to the five movements of...
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Cortopassi loses long fight against state
The Record, Stockton, Calif.A San Joaquin County Superior Court judge on Thursday ruled against prominent Delta landowner Dino Cortopassi in his five-year quest to force state officials to dredge the Mokelumne River along his Canal Ranch property. Cortopassi had argued that...Tags: Bodies of Water, Crime, Law and Justice, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Judges
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Restore waterway safeguards
I was shocked to learn that just this week the U.S. Senate had to defeat an attempt to allow more pollution into the streams and wetlands that feed Lake Michigan. For more than a decade, our waterways have been at risk of increased pollution thanks to...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Water Pollution, Environmental Issues, Evanston
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City pool damaged by flood
Kokomo Tribune, Ind.The city's Kokomo Beach Aquatic Center sustained heavy damage from the April 19 flood and won't be able to open on time, Kokomo officials announced Wednesday. Kokomo Parks & Recreation Department Superintendent John Martino said workers were unable to...Tags: Bodies of Water, Building Material, Science and Technology
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U.S. Senate passes flood-protection bill vital to Cedar Rapids
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaThis city has been working for the five years since its $7-billion flood disaster to convince Congress to provide help for the city to build a flood protection system. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate, on a vote of 83-14, approved the Water Resources...Tags: Bodies of Water, Politics, Rand Paul, U.S. House of Representatives, Floods
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BRIEF: U.S. Senate passes bill to improve Mississippi River management
Belleville News-DemocratThe U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a measure sponsored by U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, to boost efforts to maintain commercial river traffic during droughts and floods. Durbin's proposal would authorize a study of the entire Mississippi...Tags: Bodies of Water, Politics, Dick Durbin, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Illegal Bangor pool dumping incident spurs reminder about safe water disposal
Bangor Daily News, MaineThe illegal act of discharging old water from an inground pool on Falvey Street directly into a nearby catch basin for the city's most polluted waterway earlier this month, led the city to issue a reminder about safely draining swimming pools. "Since...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Bodies of Water, Swimming, Biology, Environmental Issues
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Volunteers pull tons (and tons) of trash from California waterways
This post has been updated, as indicated below.The Ocean Conservancy has run the numbers, and over the course of a single day in September 2012, more than 500,000 volunteers from across the globe collected 10 million pounds of trash from beaches and waterways. The top three most common items...Tags: Bodies of Water, Beaches
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Flood alternatives have some concerned
Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Wash.Skagit County officials will attend two public meetings Wednesday to explain changes to proposals aimed at reducing the impact of catastrophic flooding. But not everyone is happy with the changes, which some say would better protect urban areas at the...Tags: Bodies of Water, Media Industry, Mount Vernon, Local Government, Floods
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Maine legislators turn down a ban on tar sands
Portland Press Herald, MaineA legislative committee voted unanimously Monday to reject a proposed two-year moratorium on any transportation of tar sands oil in Maine, deciding instead to have the Department of Environmental Protection further study environmental, safety and health...Tags: Bodies of Water, Politics, Environmental Cleanup, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Conservation
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Veterans say service officer still needed
Kerrville Daily Times, TexasA group of local veterans reminded Kerr County commissioners Monday about the need for a county veterans service officer, after learning that a grant that may have funded the position was recently denied. Gary Noller, president of the Hill Country...Tags: Bodies of Water, The Salvation Army, Entertainment Events, Juvenile Delinquency, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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