Corps Issues Wetlands Filling Permit
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  May 26--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a regional wetlands filling permit on Friday and opponents have already vowed to take the matter to court.
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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.
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By Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun. 27--WASILLA -- As state officials draft rules for the new Knik River Public Use Area, they're calling on the public to help.
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By Anonymous  Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, was briefed recently by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the closure of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet.
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By BRANDON LARRABEE  ATLANTA - Revisions to the state's new marsh rules allowing some exceptions for "hardships" caused by a 50-foot buffer zone could be approved in July after a Board of Natural Resources committee signed off on the changes Tuesday.
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  May 24--The Walla Walla County Conservation District will receive $225,000 from the state Department of Ecology to create an urban riparian buffers program.
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By John Myers, Duluth News-Tribune, Minn.  Sep. 16--OVER BRULE LAKE -- At sunset Friday a Minnesota Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter was busy scooping water from a pond and dumping it on the back line of the Famine Lake Fire.
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By Dominic Adams, The Lima News, Ohio  Sep. 24--OTTAWA -- A comment by an engineer about possibly using water from the Blanchard River to fill an under-construction Leipsic reservoir has Ottawa officials feeling defensive.  John T.
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By Elias E. Lopez, The Miami Herald  Feb. 8--The Palmetto Bay Village Council voted 4-1 Monday to ask the county to provide management plans for a proposed wetland project at Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center, along with a guaranteed budget for its future maintenance.
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By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 13--A revised federal plan to speed home and institutional building in coastal wetlands has been released for public review and comments.   The U.S.
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By Mike Salinero, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Feb. 6--TAMPA -- A split planning commission took the first step Monday night toward wider protective buffers around Hillsborough County's wetlands.
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By Bacques, Lisa  A project to expand and deepen the locks on the Industrial Canal is in a holding pattern until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes an environmental impact statement to comply with a court order.  In October 2006, U.S.
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By Chuck Thompson, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  May 24--About 10,000 gallons of sewage overflowed from a manhole Tuesday at Healy Point Country Club, Freddie Wiggins, director of the Jones County Water and Sewer Department, said Wednesday.
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By John F. Bonfatti  While the state Department of Environmental Conservation finalizes a management plan for its nearly 3,000 acres in Zoar Valley, the Nature Conservancy is adding property to its holdings in and around the scenic Cattaraugus Creek gorge.
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By Kristin Davis, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Jun. 24--SOUTHERN SHORES, N.C.   Six property owners have agreed to lease land to Southern Shores for a canal dredging project.
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By DENNIS HOEY Staff Writer  Brunswick's Conservation Commission will ask the federal government to preserve a huge chunk of undeveloped land at Brunswick Naval Air Station for recreation and protection of plants and wildlife.
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By S.J. Komarnitsky, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Mar. 9--WASILLA -- A proposed permit to allow exploratory coal drilling  around the Matanuska Valley community of Chickaloon prompted a deluge of  responses from concerned residents and others.