Project Aims To Convert Farmland Into Wetlands
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HENNEPIN, Ill. -- As steam rises from flat fingers of water reflecting an iron-gray sky, Donald Hey climbs to the top of an observation tower to watch a flock of American white pelicans huddled among the reeds. These reclaimed wetlands along the Illinois River, a man-made vista of corn and soybeans...
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By ANDREW FORGRAVE Rural Affairs Editor  A WELSH wildlife charity is to launch its biggest ever conservation scheme to protect upland landscapes and communities.
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By DEBRA LEMOINE  HAMMOND - Hammond's $7.5 million sewer treatment system, which discharges into wetlands seven miles south of the city, is now up and running, city officials said.
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By Elias E. Lopez, The Miami Herald  Feb. 4--The Palmetto Bay Village Council is stepping into the debate over a proposed wetland project at Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center.
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By Edward Godfrey, The Daily Oklahoman  Sep. 24--After making its first buy with Legacy Permit money in eastern Oklahoma, the state Wildlife Department is now looking in northwest Oklahoma to buy and restore a historic wetlands area.
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By Scott Harper, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  May 30--The Army Corps of Engineers is poised to cede part of its authority for regulating wetlands to the state -- a move intended to speed permits for small developments and road projects, especially in wetlands-rich Hampton Roads.
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By Paul Muschick, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Feb. 12--Northampton County Council will be asked to approve four open space preservation projects totaling about 380 acres at a cost of about $792,000.
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Environmentalists are thinking ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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By Debbie Gebolys, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jun. 17--In the rolling landscape north of Scioto Downs, a colony of agricultural researchers and greenhouse entrepreneurs toils a short walk from their ecologically sensitive homes.
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By Crystal Bonvillian, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.  Feb. 12--MILLBROOK -- Millbrook officials are getting into the green.   The City Council is considering an ordinance that would establish an  urban forestry program to plan, plant and maintain trees throughout Millbrook.
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By Christian Hill, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 22--LACEY -- The city and a private landowner are poised to unite in an effort to turn hundreds of acres of vacant land in Hawks Prairie into a vibrant community center.
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By GRAEME SMITH  A GBP14m project at RAF Kinloss which will use reed beds to clean up the surface run-off water from the runway and aircraft parking bays before it is pumped into Burghhead Bay opened yesterday.
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By Denis CuffSTAFF  A conservation group announced a deal last week to buy a half- square-mile of spring-fed grasslands and oak forests north of Clayton, where county-approved growth limits scuttled plans to build housing.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  May 24--Sarasota County's Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program purchased a .22-acre creekside property.
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By Steve Bennish Staff Writer  GERMANTOWN -- A plan to carve out a corridor of farms, fields and woodlands is continuing with recent negotiated conservation easements covering 1,100 acres near Twin Creek in Montgomery and Preble counties.
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By JULIAN WALKER  A developer will be allowed to destroy some wetlands and streams in Chesterfield County to make way for a road extension to a planned mixed-use development.  The decision came yesterday from the State Water Control Board, which reversed a previous decision.
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Back Bay, one day, may be a little fresher body of water, thanks to the efforts of Susan Wenzel and many volunteers,  On a recent Saturday, 800 or so flowers, shrubs and trees were planted in a 1,200-foot-long buffer along a lake in South Shore Estates in the Red Mill area.