Recycling Program Draws Acclaim in Tribal Study: AMERICAN INDIANS: The Bad River Band is a Finalist for a National Award Announced Next Month.
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By Steve Kuchera, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 19--.   In Indian belief, things flow in circles. So it isn't surprising that some American Indians would embrace recycling.
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By Deb Gruver, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 24--The nine paper recycling bins at Wichita State University will save 17 trees, 6,953 gallons of water and 463 gallons of oil every month if people fill them.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 11--The North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized eight wildlife professionals, a nonprofit corporation and five students during its annual awards banquet Thursday in Mandan, N.D.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Jun. 6--WASHINGTON -- Recommendations in a national study on federal water pollution cleanup projects already are part of planned PCB dredging of the Hudson River at Fort Edward, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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By Juliann Vachon  Counties in the tri-state are looking for volunteers willing to get their hands dirty combing the shorelines of the Ohio River for trash and debris in the 2007 River Sweep on June 16.
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By Steve Pollick, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio  Feb. 14--You could tell from the way the birds were reacting at the backyard feeders yesterday morning that something big was on the way.   The feeders at my rural western Sandusky County creekbottom home were gleaned all but clean.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 18--The New River in northwestern North Carolina, designated since 1976 as part of the National Wild and Scenic River System, is a conservation success story. Federal protection has kept the river free-flowing, unhampered by ill-considered dams.
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By Amy Hunt  Green-fingered school pupils received an extra boost to their environmental project, thanks to your Chronicle.   Youngsters from the Eco Club at Sacred Heart Primary in Fenham, Newcastle, won this wormery from their favourite paper.
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By San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 16--COLTON -- FUNDS FOR RIVER TRAIL PROJECT: The City Council on  Tuesday evening will consider applying for a federal grant to provide access  to the Santa Ana River Trail.
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Waste center hopes to get rid of debris where water collects and mosquitoes tend to breed. By Diana Lamirand. Recycling junk tires may take a bite out of the local mosquito population.
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By Sam Powell, Tulsa World, Okla.  Sep. 24--Many Oklahoma sportsmen have been wondering what the Legacy Permit is designed for and where the new funds are going. They can now see where some of that money went on the popular lower Illinois River.
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By Liam Ford, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 10--Chicago officials said Saturday they will expand a pilot recycling program, a sign that the city might be moving toward waving a white flag for its blue bag recycling--a program with a low participation rate a decade after it started.
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By Chris Niskanen, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Dec. 17--One of my last conversations with departing De-partment of Natural Resources Commissioner Gene Merriam was a rare moment of clarity between the press and government.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Jun. 19--Northwest ratepayers got a boost recently when Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., convinced the House Natural Resources Committee to agree that hydropower is a renewable energy resource.
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By Joe Orso, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 22--From health care to poverty to education to recreational activities to transportation to economic and other issues, Compass 3 -- a collaborative program organized by Great Rivers United Way -- is working to assess the needs of the region.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  Jun.
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There is a growing appreciation among the federal authorities for the American Indian art of tracking.