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Ousted Koons gets kudos as he helps christen South Cove
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsTwo years after scandal over the South Cove Natural Area forced Jeff Koons from office, the ousted Palm Beach County commissioner on Monday helped cut the ribbon on the new mangrove islands and boardwalk he championed. Koons, one of the......Tags: Local Government, Trials, Lake Worth, Blackmail and Extortion, Punishment
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Former Gov. Claude Kirk to lie in state at Florida Capitol
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsUpdated Friday, Sept. 30, at 1:16 p.m. From the family, details of local memorial service for former Gov. Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Service: Funeral Service Honoring Former Governor Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Open to Public and Media Date: Monday, October......Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Christianity, Government, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Executive Branch
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Pa. park wins "dark sky" designation
Maryland WeatherPennsylvania's little-known, but much-beloved (by amateur astronomers) Cherry Springs State Park has been named an International Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association. It is only the second park to win that honor. The first (last year)...Tags: Pennsylvania, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Forests, Tourism and Leisure, Science and Technology
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One Day You Might Be Driving on Dandelions
KickingTiresNo, not because you took a wrong turn and went crashing through a fence and onto a middle-school soccer field. We're talking about the rubber in your tires. Believe it or not, rubber is not the most ideal natural resource......Tags: Soccer, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Sports
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Bush at-risk species shift irks Dingell
The SwampHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) by Frank James There's been no let up in the criticism by environmentalists of the Bush Administration's changes, announced yesterday, to the Endangered Species...Tags: Environmental Politics, Space Programs, Government, Wildlife, Crime, Law and Justice
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Off-shore drilling hazardous: U.S. experts
The Swampby Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer The federal government's top ocean scientists are urging the Interior Department to drastically reduce plans to open the coast to offshore oil and gas drilling, citing threats to marine life and potentially devastating...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Water Pollution, George W. Bush, Ken Salazar, U.S. Department of the Interior
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Outdoors: Deer season may extend
South Bend TribuneIf a new regulations package is approved by the Natural Resources Commission this summer, Hoosier bow hunters will get an additional 15 days in the field. That proposal is among several others on which the DNR seeks public opinion. The proposed...Tags: Whitefish, Game, Aquaculture, Seafood and Fishing Industry, Hunting
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Prom night
Saturday is prom night at Hancock Middle-Senior High School. The gala will be held at Cacapon (W.Va.) State Park Resort Lodge. With a theme of “Enchantment,” the event runs from 8 to 11 p.m. Tickets cost $20 per student or $40 per couple,...Tags: Sandwiches, High Schools, Music, Schools, Poetry
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Crunching numbers on Maryland's land crunch
Today is "Skeptical Reader Day" at the Dan Rodricks column. Today, at no extra charge, I will answer a letter from an anonymous reader who questioned a figure that appeared in this space last week, to wit: "The Department of Natural Resources says...
Tags: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Land Price, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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PPL tree cutting is electrifying, but there's a good motive
When it comes to a choice between forestry industry profits and bats, it makes sense to go with the bats. That was my position just 11 days ago, while discussing the "white-nose syndrome" that has wiped out millions of hibernating bats in the eastern...
Tags: Botany, Monroe County (Pennsylvania), Hurricanes, Emmaus, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Bats need trees as maternity wards, to save us from bugs
The abandoned Durham Iron Mine in upper Bucks County once belonged to William Penn and, in 1999, it served as the winter hibernation home for up to 17,000 bats, after they had dined on nearly 12 tons of airborne bugs in warmer months. Nine years later,...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Agriculture, Wildlife, Science and Technology, Forestry and Timber
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Seeing The Forest, And The Vanishing Foresters
The Hartford CourantRachel Holmes was an urban forester for the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for exactly two years until Thursday, and she didn't go out quietly. The 31-year-old, with two graduate degrees from Yale, spent extra hours working on...Tags: Yale University, Lebanon, Science and Technology, Forestry and Timber, South Windsor
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