State's Final Plan Keeps Zoar Area Undisturbed
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By John F. Bonfatti  The tall trees and spectacular landscape in and along the gorge at state-owned Zoar Valley will remain undisturbed, according to the state's final management plan for the area.
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By Gabriel Tynes, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Feb. 17--The water may rise slowly at fi rst, almost immeasurably, until the beaches don't seem as wide. But soon, the waves will lap against the dunes and Walton County's 26-mile shoreline will become a shear cliff.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 17--Conservation groups and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's administration are considering ways to save a 387-acre tract on the Northern Neck that a Girl Scout organization wants to sell.
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By Jason M. Rodriguez, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 6--CAROLINA SHORES, N.C. -- An eight-year battle to control stormwater flow is going to take even longer and now hinges on the state's proposed plan for widening U.S. 17.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 24--TRACY -- Officials plan to squirrel away some of the city's liquid assets.
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By PETER GUINTA  ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH - The owners of the last large tract of undeveloped oceanfront property in St. Johns County said Wednesday their 18 acres off A1A Beach Boulevard may remain a pristine oceanfront beach for a while longer.  At the moment, it's for sale.
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By Troy Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Feb. 7--Vincent J. Fumo wasn't the only out-of-state homeowner who didn't want a sand dune blocking the ocean view from his house in Margate, N.J.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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By Keri Brenner, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  May 26--Two months after Thurston County issued a favorable environmental ruling on a grading permit for a proposed 25-foot-wide private road off Steamboat Island Road, county officials took it back for a do-over.
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By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 9--Mint Hill, Stallings and Indian Trail will have to limit development in a watershed that's home to an endangered mussel, a state panel ruled Thursday.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--A revised federal plan to speed home and institutional building in coastal wetlands has been released for public review and comments.   The U.S.
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An oil companyâs plan to begin exploratory drilling near the remote site of Robert Smithsonâs âSpiral Jettyâ along the Great Salt Lake in Utah has stirred an impassioned response from artists and others who fear that the project could endanger that massive artwork. The jetty, a 1,500-foot-long curlicue of salt crystals, rocks and mud jutting into the lake, was completed by Smithson in 1970, three years before he died in a plane crash. The State of Utah, which must approve any plan for drilling in the area, decided recently to extend a period for public comment on the proposal until Feb. 13. John Harja, who runs the stateâs public land policy coordinating office, said on Tuesday that the office had received 900 letters, e-mail messages and calls about the issue in the last several days. Richard Moe, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, issued a statement calling the jetty âa significant cultural siteâ and saying that the trust was âdeeply concerned about the potential harm that energy development could bringâ to it.
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Last-minute measures to combat a drought in the Southeast belie a history of inaction when it comes to managing and conserving water.
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The Bush administration said Wednesday it will put off until after the election a final decision on a plan to allow road building and logging on 58 million acres of remote forests where both are now prohibited.
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Top federal officials said Saturday they're still committed to restoring the Everglades and ready to move forward on several key projects.
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By AMY WOLD  With Congress not passing a Water Resources Development Act this year, federal funding to address south Louisiana's coastal land loss probably won't be coming anytime soon.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 27--Thanks to Bob and Debbie Stuck, nearly 300 more acres in York County will remain undeveloped. We hope more land can be put aside through the incentive program used by the Stucks before it expires next year.