Rita Cleanup Nears Final Phases in Refuge
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By RICHARD BURGESS  Cleanup workers pulling hurricane debris out the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge have tallied an impressive list: 752 tires, 1,190 appliances, 294 propane tanks and more than 1,000 hazardous materials containers, ranging from bucket-sized drums to a 10,000- gallon tank.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 13--Several Arkansas River communities will be part of a statewide river cleanup Saturday sponsored by Trout Unlimited.
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WASHINGTON, March 12  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is making drastic reductions and redeployments of staff in the National Wildlife Refuge System throughout the Pacific region.
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Ducks and geese coated in crude oil were carried to a national wildlife refuge yesterday by volunteers trying to save them from the largest oil spill on the Delaware River in nearly a decade.
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By TOM KERTSCHER  Work is continuing on the Mequon Nature Preserve. Workers renovating the former Spirit Life Church on the property began removing the roof this month from the church building, which is being transformed into the PieperPower Education Center.
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By Mike Joseph, The Centre Daily Times, State College, Pa.  Dec. 15--PATTON TOWNSHIP -- Buoyed by spring-like weather, state transportation officials said Thursday they are moving ahead with environmental cleanup work at Skytop as if the construction season were still on.
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By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 3--Officials at the Pueblo Memorial Airport hope the latest contract they have with an environmental remediation company will be the last one they need in order to remove groundwater contamination from nearly 20 years ago.
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BLACKWATER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Md. --  Third in a monthly series
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A massive cleanup, reconstruction and anti-flood effort was being launched Monday for fire-stricken parts of southern Greece as one fire front continued to burn while others abated, officials said.
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By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 4--OAK RIDGE -- The cleanup apparently is working.
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One of the last stands of dragonâs blood trees may soon succumb to the harsh environment.
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By Christine Rappleye, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Jun. 27--GROVES -- Melody Miller's days of living in a FEMA trailer in front of her Hurricane Rita-damaged home are numbered.
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Birds coated in oil were carried to a wildlife refuge by volunteers trying to save them from the largest oil spill on the Delaware River in nearly a decade.
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By Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 23--Construction crews tested the last of East Grand Forks' dike closures Thursday to ensure that it's ready for the next flood fight.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 22--The boats are ready. So are the life jackets, trash bags, snacks -- even the T-shirts and banner.   The only thing missing for Saturday's cleanup of the Missouri River at Omaha and Council Bluffs is you -- the volunteer.
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By Joyce Lobeck, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.  Jun. 2--The Yuma Desalting Plant is quiet once again. Its 90-day demonstration run to reduce salinity in water returned to the Colorado River ended at midnight Thursday.
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By Patrick Donohue, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 9--Beach restoration in east Destin is halfway done.