Coalition backs feds on hydro-fisheries plan
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November 30 - PORTLAND - The federal government on Tuesday unveiled its new plan to protect Columbia and Snake River salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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The UK should support  a European Commission proposal to close fishing grounds to save cod stocks, a former fisheries minister says.
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By Brad Dokken, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 18--The push for a constitutional amendment to designate a portion of the sales tax for natural resources programs is the big outdoors issue -- again -- this year in the Minnesota Legislature.
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A proposal for the most fundamental overhaul of utility regulation in Massachusetts history -- meant to promote energy conservation while ensuring utilities benefit financially, or at least don't suffer from energy-saving efforts -- is drawing support from an unusually broad coalition of utilities, environmentalists, and energy-sector leaders.
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By Joel Lang, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 28--One of Gov. M. Jodi Rell's major budget initiatives -- to keep Connecticut waters free of pollution -- is well-intentioned but too small by half, an alliance of environmental, municipal and economic interests declared Tuesday.
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By The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Dec. 17--In the waning hours of a lame-duck session, Congress rose to the occasion by adopting legislation that promises stronger protections for the nation's vulnerable fish stocks -- without capsizing the commercial fishing industries.
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The Bush administration created on Friday a cabinet-level committee to address rising pollution and overfishing in U.S. territorial ocean waters.
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By Wesley Loy, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Dec. 14--Southeast Alaska seine-boat salmon fishermen might buy out some of their ranks and trim the size of the fleet using money Congress approved last week.
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By Chris Niskanen, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 4--Since November, at Gov. Tim Pawlenty's behest, 16 Minnesotans have been meeting to determine a path for conservation in Minnesota.   Not only for walleyes and pheasants, but also a new course for rivers and lakes.
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Congress was poised to pass a bill Saturday to revamp management of the nation's marine fisheries and strengthen protections against overfishing of dwindling stocks.
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A NATIONAL-LED government would restart the controversial Dobson Dam hydro project on the West Coast and free more Conservation Department land for tourism, leader John Key says.
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By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 19--Nebraskans continue to align for and against a federal-state plan to meet the Platte River habitat needs of four rare wildlife species.
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By MICHAEL OLIVEIRA  TORONTO (CP) - A bill to protect Great Lakes water from being sold or shipped across the continent passed its final hurdle in the Ontario legislature Thursday, as all three parties voted unanimously to pass it into law.
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By Will Elliott  Lake Ontario fishing could become even better if plans to restore that lake's fishery are carried out.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 15--The Pueblo West Metropolitan District board endorsed a plan to sell some water to Aurora Tuesday night, but a different water matter drew most of the talk at the meeting.
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Protection of fresh water needs prompt clarification and strengthening in the United States.
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Ministers from countries along the Danube river basin adopt an action programme aimed at protecting the region from floods.