Ellsworth: Feds Approve Monitoring System for Union River
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By Bill Trotter, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 15--ELLSWORTH -- The hard work the Union River Watershed Coalition has been doing for the past four years is starting to pay off.
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By Greg Lavine, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Feb. 21--A new National Academy of Sciences report indicates that more  droughts and reduced flow of the Colorado River are problems that water  managers and scientists need to plan for now.
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On Amchitka Island, former site of nuclear-weapons testing, a federal monitoring program takes effect this week.
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Federal regulators are increasing safety checks of Union Pacific Railroad in response to five accidents since May that have killed four people and spilled hazardous materials.
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By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer  The plan involves some public-access areas along the Illinois River and its tributaries.
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By M.K. Guetersloh, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Sep. 12--BLOOMINGTON -- A possible solution to keep taste and odor problems from reoccurring in the city's water supply received the Bloomington City Council's approval Monday.
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To the Editor:  Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy recently charged that when it comes to drinking water protection and open space preservation, you can't please our organization's executive director, Richard Amper. Sure you can. You simply must do what is needed.
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By P.J. Lassek, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 2--River Parks received $20,000 on Thursday from American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma to pay for temporary cofferdams that will allow engineers to assess what repairs are needed on the Zink Lake low-water dam.
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By John Ellis, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  May 26--Environmentalists are claiming victory after a federal judge in Fresno on Friday found a key opinion on the effects of water pumping in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the endangered delta smelt fish was "legally flawed." U.S.
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By Jake Thompson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Mar. 7--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't release extra water into the Missouri River this spring to try to help the ancient pallid sturgeon because water levels in reservoirs upriver are too low.
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The U.S. Forest Service will be gathering public comment this week on several rivers in Utah, Wasatch and Summit counties that have been proposed to be included in the National Wild and Scenic River system.
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By Sharif Durhams, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Jun. 3--Residents in nearby Union County face fines now if they water their lawns on the wrong day.   Mecklenburg County officials have asked residents to cut back on water use.
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A Pacific Northwest utility must build new fish ladders and take other steps to help salmon swim freely past four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River if it wants to renew its license to produce electricity, federal fisheries agencies said Tuesday.
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By BILL TROTTER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  BAR HARBOR - Having decided in recent years not to fully engage in the Maine Healthy Beaches program, the local town council voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of participating in the organization's pollution monitoring and notification system.
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Description: The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its work to the friendly skies. After random testing found contaminants, the agency decided to start regulating the water aboard airplanes.
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By Pete Zimowsky, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 6--The U.S. Forest Service expects to run the Four Rivers Lottery by Friday and mail notifications to successful river runners by sometime next week.
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OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 13  /PRNewswire/ -- Washington's Forest Practices Board (Board) will examine results of a draft compliance report for the first time, at their meeting tomorrow.  The draft report will show how well fish and clean water regulations are being implemented on the ground.