The Roanoke Times, Va., Mark Taylor Column: Group Sponsoring New River Watershed Cleanup
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By Mark Taylor, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 22--Saturday Conservation: The New River Watershed Roundtable is sponsoring a cleanup on the New River. The event starts at 9:30 a.m. at the Fosters Falls location of the New River Trail State Park.
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By Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Jun. 6--The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' approach to cover some of the polluted sediments in the $400 million cleanup of the Fox River in northeastern Wisconsin got support Tuesday from a national, non-partisan scientific panel.
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By Beth Jones beth.jones@roanoke.com 981-3117  The Tri-County Lake Administrative Commission spent more than $100,000 removing debris from the Roanoke and Blackwater rivers following heavy late-June rains.
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By Jeff Wilkinson, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Sep. 17--Volunteers hope creating city park will end need for annual cleanup   Volunteers plucked more than 2,000 cans and bottles from a 200-yard stretch of the Saluda River around Riverbanks Zoo on Saturday -- mostly beer containers.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 11--TRACY -- An environmental group is appealing Tracy's recently approved permit to release more wastewater into the Old River, claiming it will only add to pollution in the fragile San Joaquin Delta ecosystem.
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By Randy Kraft, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 5--Whether the issue is flooding, erosion or pollution, anyone with concerns about Saucon Creek can help identify priority problems by attending a meeting sponsored this week by the Saucon Creek Watershed Association.
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 5--RELATED:  Fearless objection takes lawmakers by surprise   --Virginia Politics Blog   The Senate conservation committee endorsed a bill today that would strip powers from two pollution-fighting boards.
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By Sarah Watson, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb.
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By REX SPRINGSTON  A proposal to recycle used water in Virginia got an initial go- ahead yesterday.  The State Water Control Board proposed rules for the program, which is aimed primarily at protecting Virginia's rivers and aquifers.
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Contaminants ranging from farm runoff to the bug repellent DEET are putting pressure on some of the most pristine rivers in the southern U.S.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.
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Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 7--More people moving to North Carolina means more water usage in homes, businesses and industrial plants.
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By Paul Dellinger paul.dellinger@roanoke.com (276) 228-4752  One four-year regional effort to bring the future of telecommunications technology to the New River Valley may now be obsolete.  And that's mainly because of funding shortages and sore political feelings.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  CHESAPEAKE - Hearndon Construction Corp. has agreed to pay the state an $11,500 fine and restore wetlands and woods illegally damaged during development of new homes in the Deep Creek area of Chesapeake.
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By Andrea Weigl, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb.
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By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 9--The final cleanup of a dump along the Nooksack River's south fork could cost a half million dollars or more, but no source for that money is immediately available.