S.D. moves to protect sacred butte
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For centuries, members of the Lakota, Cheyenne and other American Indian tribes have been climbing Bear Butte to fast and hold religious ceremonies.
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By Amy Choate-Nielsen Deseret Morning News  PROVO -- Utah County officials may allow a gravel-pit company to keep digging in an area that isn't zoned for industrial use -- but not if the neighbors can help it.
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By Constance Loizos, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Mar. 11--The Middle River-Snake River Watershed District has agreed to repair damage it allegedly caused to the Snake River during construction of a flood control project, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 9--A tributary to two major Arizona waterways will be protected from development and groundwater pumping because a Tucsonan donated a major ranch to The Nature Conservancy.
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By Daniel Thigpen, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  May 31--ACAMPO -- It will take increased collaboration from landowners, farmers and the government to save the ailing Delta, U.S. Rep.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct 3 (IPS) - A novel solution has been proposed to block the  building of a controversial dam that sits over a fissure and that  environmentalists say will harm plant and animal life.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 12--SAVE MOUNT DIABLO has scored another victory in its never-ending efforts to preserve open space in an increasingly urban part of the East Bay.
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By Stephen Wall, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 9--LOMA LINDA -- A slow-growth group that has fought to prevent  hillside development has filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the City  Council's approval of the new General Plan.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 8--The City of San Luis Obispo and local land conservationists have raised the money needed to preserve more than 700 acres of land that will expand the city's greenbelt.
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By Dania Akkad, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 9--Neighbors of one of the last pieces of undeveloped land in the city of Monterey are concerned that the stretch of dense pine forest along Highway 1 may be replaced with a high-density development.
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By Hannah Chapman  OFFICIALS who run one of the most successful public awareness campaigns in the US will be in the region next month to help cut the threat of wildfires.
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Since a federal court ordered the gray granite Ten Commandments monument removed from an Alabama courthouse last year, it has crossed a sacred, mythical threshold that has ignited the faithful.
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By Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 10--The developer of a prized piece of the Tucson Mountain foothills says he's going to save 70 percent of the property and not move any of its hundreds of saguaros off it.
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By Joseph M. Dougherty Deseret Morning News  Steve Dyer is getting rid of his bike. He's had it for only a month. But some things you do to preserve peace in the home.
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By Therese Poletti, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Feb.
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By EUGENE TONG  Firefighters trying to show homeowners the do's and dont's of brush-fire protection could simply point to Rodney Kemerer's backyard in Benedict Canyon.