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COLUMN-African minerals and the illusion of fair value: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - "With Africa's economies riding the crest of the global commodities wave, there is an unprecedented opportunity to convert the region's vast resource wealth into investments that could lift millions out of poverty,...Tags: Energy Resources, Politics, Metal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, G8
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James City to plan how to grow agricultural businesses
A $20,000 grant will help James City County develop a plan to grow agricultural businesses. The money from the governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund will help the county take a comprehensive look at how to protect and...Tags: Bob McDonnell, Agriculture, Regional Authority, Politics, Executive Branch
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Virginia Department of Forestry: Woman's vision protects family's forest and its valuable legacy with conservation easement
In 1961, when Mrs. Segar White Guy inherited her father’s 306-acre tract of unmanaged forestland in Sussex County, she made the long-term commitment to improve the quality of the woodland, according to a news release from the Virginia Department...Tags: Forests, Forestry and Timber, Gloucester (Gloucester, Virginia), Pancreatic Cancer, Sussex County (Virginia)
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Natural Resources Commission OKs Conrad Station Nature Preserve in NW Indiana's Newton County
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Natural Resources Commission has approved a 342-acre nature preserve in the tallgrass prairie region of the state's northwest corner. The commission approved the Conrad Station Nature Preserve in Newton County...Tags: Nature Conservancy, Energy Resources, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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What do we spend to preserve nature? $40 billion
Some say that you can’t put a price on precious natural resources. As of this week, you can. The public and private tab for conserving the nation’s fish, wildlife and natural resources is close to $40 billion a year, according to a study...
Tags: Agriculture, Energy Resources, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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100-year-old woman remembers Laurel Hill long before it was a park
Daily American Staff WriterLeona Shaffer remembers more than 90 years ago, back when her family ran a farm, raising Jersey and Guernsey cattle and growing and harvesting hay and crops with little mechanical help. Shaffer, who just turned 100, said she was a bit of a tomboy, and...Tags: Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Tourism and Leisure, Lancaster County (Pennsylvania), Gardens and Parks, State Parks
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Demand for college ag grads is strong this spring
For months, Matt Green has been hearing from companies that are interested in hiring him. “It just doesn't let up,” the University of Minnesota-Crookston senior says of employer interest. Green and many other college students majoring in agriculture...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment, Energy Resources, 2010 Census, Georgetown University
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Aberdeen parks to assess softball complexes
The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department will explore whether the Moccasin Creek Complex and Player's Complex are sufficient to meet the needs of local softball players. On Wednesday, the Park and Recreation Board decided to order a...Tags: Softball, Science and Technology, Forestry and Timber, Sports
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Harsh appointed to Young Farmers Advisory Board
Matt Harsh, co-owner and operator of Chesley Vegetable Farms, a 45-acre fruit and vegetable farm in Washington County, was appointed by Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley as one of five new members of the Young Farmers Advisory Board. The board is...Tags: Agriculture, Science and Technology, Botany, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Conservation
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Review finds mud-blocking K-rails no longer needed in La Cañada
Three years after the Station fire denuded the hills above La Cañada Flintridge, a federal agency has determined that important earth-holding vegetation has recovered to the point that bulky concrete barriers put in place to protect homes from mudflows...
Tags: Agriculture, Energy Resources, Google+, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Gardeners conserve our natural resources
As redbuds flash purple along our roadways and tulips blink red and yellow at our doorsteps, I am reminded that natural beauty is awe-inspiring and worth protecting. Not just on Earth Day, but every day. Gardeners are some of the best...
Tags: Energy Resources, Earth Day, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Natural Resources
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Teenager is found after being lost 26 hours in Ozark National Forest
ADVANCE, Ark. -- Searchers found an 18-year-old man who was missing in the Ozark National Forest in southern Baxter County. A crew from the U.S. Forestry Service found Jay Greer Jr. of Little Rock about 7 p.m. Friday. He was in a heavily wooded and...
Tags: Hypothermia, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, Forestry and Timber, Wildlife
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