Reservoir is Not in the Public's Best Interest
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Your Sept. 15 editorial on the denial of a permit extension for the King William Reservoir unfortunately accepts Newport News' contention that this project is necessary for the Peninsula's future economic growth and public health.
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By Tom Pelton, The Baltimore Sun  Feb. 8--Watermen objected strongly to a proposal to ban the trapping of diamondback terrapins during a public meeting in Annapolis last night.
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By MICHAEL ARTZ  The water was rising in Battery Park, and no one was sure why.
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Sir - i refer to the article'Rights to River Access' (Country & Farming, January 9). Paddy Rooney's point about flouting the law is hardly an argument for changing it.
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By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Jun. 26--Fernan Lake Village residents are upset that a waterfront homeowner wants to expand his dock. They fear it will harm the endangered lake and encourage more people to request docks.
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The Army Corps of Engineers sidestepped the governor's demand to stop draining reservoirs Wednesday, setting up a legal showdown between the federal government and state officials who blame the policy for intensifying a record drought.
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By Laura McCandlish, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 17--Two Westminster-area residents object to Carroll County's decision to include their preserved farms within the boundaries for the proposed Union Mills reservoir, part of the 2006 county water and sewer master plan.
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By Jake Thompson, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Mar. 7--WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't release extra water into the Missouri River this spring to try to help the ancient pallid sturgeon because water levels in reservoirs upriver are too low.
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Despite plenty of warnings, critics say, Georgia never got around to developing a water management plan to handle a severe drought. Now that reservoirs already are shrinking and water supplies are threatened, lawmakers are scrambling to cope.
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Today's session, sponsored by the state Department of Environmental Management, is part of an effort to protect the Scituate Reservoir system.
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By Pete Zimowsky, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Mar. 2--Bummed rivers runners who are waiting to hear whether they got a permit for one of Idaho's wild rivers next summer can relax a little.
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By Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--CONCORD -- Editor's note: A story in Cabarrus Neighbors today on the Concord/Kannapolis water transfer request went to press before the state postponed its decision.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- Upper Catawba River basin leaders believe they got the state's attention with their vocal opposition to Concord's and Kannapolis' request to draw water from the Catawba River.
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By DAVE PHILIPPS THE GAZETTE  This spring Colorado Springs will wrestle with an issue dozens of cities have already tackled: how to strike a balance between letting the public visit city-owned reservoirs and protecting drinking water.
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By The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Dec. 16--Missouri should aggressively pursue compensation from Ameren Corp. for the reservoir collapse last December that flooded beautiful Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park.   Attorney General Jay Nixon's recent lawsuit against the St.
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By Detroit Free Press  Sep. 11--Keeping Asian carp out of the Great Lakes seemed like a relatively straightforward request to make of the federal government. So it's deeply disappointing that on two fronts -- technical and financial -- the outlook is still dicey.
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They don't put their money where their mouths are.