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By Christopher Schwarzen, The Seattle Times  Sep. 20--As the excavator dug out the deep-rooted blackberries from the  shoreline of Barr Creek last week, two men stepped down near the water,  determining where to place the large, woody debris stacked nearby.
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By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 22--The boats are ready. So are the life jackets, trash bags, snacks -- even the T-shirts and banner.   The only thing missing for Saturday's cleanup of the Missouri River at Omaha and Council Bluffs is you -- the volunteer.
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Three environmental groups said they intend to sue two poultry processing plants, claiming unlawful discharges of waste into the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  The companies send waste to a treatment plant in Timberville that the state has taken to court over pollution of the river.
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By Tom Venesky, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Times Leader Sep. 25--The presence of a diminutive insect in the state has forestry officials on high alert.
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By Janice Gaston, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--HILTON HEAD, S.C.   Late on a misty day, when the wind sighs through trees lining a deserted road and sets their beards of Spanish moss to fluttering, nature takes center stage here.
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By Melissa McGrath, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 22--The shelves and bins scattered throughout Second Chance Building Materials Center's store in Boise overflow with wood scraps, light-switch plates and other building materials -- including kitchen sinks.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 6--RALEIGH -- Wake County Solid Waste Management is kicking off its  annual Telephone Book Recycling Program as new directories arrive on  doorsteps.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun. 8--Even a nonprofit fish conservation organization apparently is not immune to the growing problem of metal thievery.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 13--Warnings about eating fish contaminated with toxic chemicals have been extended upstream from Lake Crabtree County Park along Crabtree Creek in Wake County to Cedar Fork District Park in Morrisville.
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By Scott Barker, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Jun. 11--KINGSTON -- High on the bluff overlooking Watts Bar Lake in  Roane County, a bald eagle perches atop the tip of a dead tree. From a passing  boat, its body seems little more than an inky scratch on a blue sky.
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By Blair Goldstein, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--Twice a month for almost two years, Wayne Morton has met with his neighbors to organize against a dump.
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By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 18--A levee built as a short-term fix to protect a limestone quarry from flooding left a generation of potential problems for the Big Darby Creek.
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SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario _ Chinook salmon haven't reached the rapids of the St. Marys River in fishable numbers yet. They're still stacked up like cordwood farther downstream, where anglers in boats are having a field day.
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By Justin Miller, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 7--September 7, 2006 - Salmon anglers looking to haul in bright, fresh fish might want to think about heading to the Sacramento River.
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By Allen Thomas, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 8--Skamania and Toutle fish hatcheries face closure this year unless they are rescued by a $600,000 appropriation in the state's supplemental budget.
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By John Weiss, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.  May 31--GARRISON, Minn. -- Big Pine Lake looked unfriendly, unknown, unforgiving last weekend as I left the dock to fish for bass.   Strange.
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A timber company plans to start logging next week in a burned area that had been reserved as old growth forest, setting up a confrontation with environmentalists who believe leaving the dead trees standing is better for fish, wildlife and the forest.