County Park Pruning Becomes Sticky Issue
519645
By Ad Crable  Trimming occurs during annual maple sugaring demonstrations.  AD CRABLE           The sap was flowing Thursday in Lancaster County Central Park's sugar bush.           But not in a good way.
325520
By Duane Marsteller, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 6--MANATEE -- 3   DUANE MARSTELLER   Herald Staff Writer   County commissioners and developers began smoothing out their differences over roads Tuesday, but some bumps could still lie ahead.
597036
Forest rules issued this week by the Bush administration are just the latest chapter in a decades-long debate over how to manage millions of acres of public land.
536035
By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Mar. 5--Union County has asked a court to uphold its growth-control ordinance in response to a developer's suit challenging its legality.
505045
By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Feb. 6--OREGON CITY -- City officials temporarily halted the removal of  53 trees along McLoughlin Boulevard on Monday after a sudden wave of  opposition surfaced over the weekend.
436046
By Mary Beth Lane, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Mar. 1--An agreement limiting the number of trees that can be cleared around natural-gas storage wells in the Mohican-Memorial State Forest has eased some opponents' fears.
745676
By SAM HITT AND SARAH WILLIAMS  The Santa Fe Fire Department plans to clear vegetation from nearly 100 acres of public open space to reduce hazardous fuels near the Dale Ball trails.   The Forest Service wants to extend clearing from Hyde Park all the way to the Santa Fe Ski Area.
432027
By Kirk Moore, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Feb. 4--An open-space fund that's supported by Ocean County property  taxpayers will lend Stafford nearly $2.4 million to fulfill its obligations  for preserving Pinelands forest.
593349
By Seth Freedland, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 12--JAMES CITY -- After Hurricane Isabel, James City County struggled to get reimbursed for debris cleanup on private roads.
273238
By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 21--A proposal to offset the future loss of Monterey County farmland to development in the proposed county general plan provoked heated protests Wednesday before county planning commissioners.
553365
By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Feb. 19--Nature would be treated with a gentler hand when some of the remaining rural areas of Douglas County are developed, under policies up for approval by the county.
684416
By NATE DEGRAFF  Lawns are browning. Farm fields are drying out. This month is one of the driest Mays on record.  But Guilford County is not in serious drought. Yet.
212807
By Michael Fitzgerald, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 3--Developers and certain landowners are suing the city of Stockton to undo a new law requiring them to preserve farmland in atonement for paving so much over.
739490
Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
240319
By Justin Faulconer, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Jun. 12--BEDFORD -- A land preservation issue has drawn a line between the Bedford County Board of Supervisors.   Despite the rift, a new comprehensive plan is expected to pass 4-3 in two weeks.
333911
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.
357975
By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--Fresno County supervisors slowed a plan Tuesday to expand Parlier's future city boundaries, saying the city did not do enough to protect sensitive agricultural areas.