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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 19--SMITHFIELD -- An information workshop about the Mountains to the Sea Trail project will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Human Resources building, located at the corner of south 2nd and Johnston streets.
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THE California Coastal Trail is a vision in progress, according to Bill Korbholz of Redwood City, the chairman of the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 15--SAN FRANCISCO -- Opening of a 3-mile trail into coastal lands north of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant will take an additional six to 12 months to complete because of disagreements over the extent of access.
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By Michael A. Bell, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 1--PASS CHRISTIAN -- City officials and a slew of residents Wednesday night attended a workshop on SmartCode, a thorough land-use planning ordinance focusing on how the city will be rebuilt and steps it must take to get there.
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By Joe Miller, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 15--Jim Suiter in Chapel Hill writes: "I'm wondering what the plans are, if any, to bridge across two creeks on the American Tobacco Trail south of I-40.
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By LAUREN DONOVAN  MEDORA - A trail that exposed the heart of the Badlands to hikers, mountain bikers and horseback riders will open it another 45 miles.  It's possible that bikes will only be allowed on the first 11 miles of the new trail.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  May 31--A $1.5 million project that will reconstruct two taxiways at the La Crosse Municipal Airport is scheduled to start in early June.   The Federal Aviation Administration is providing $1.4 million of the cost, the state $37,230 and the city $37,231.
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By BYRON ROHRIG, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7426 or rohrigb@courierpress.com  After changes to get the project within budget, the Parks Board awarded a contract Wednesday for construction of a new trail around the Garvin Park lake.
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By MICHAEL P. McKINNEY  Journal Staff Writer  BARRINGTON  -   Reports of sexual liaisons between men resuming at the Osamequin Nature Trail might lead to a pass system, such as a car sticker, for public access to the preserve.
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By TOM SHARPE, MAP BY ALEXANDER USATINE  Trees:  Activists post fliers on Web site to oppose project  Junipers and pinon trees would be thinned on 92 acres of city- owned open space along Hyde Park Road under a plan that goes to the Santa Fe City Council this month.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Mar. 9--BELLINGHAM -- National builder D.R. Horton's project to construct a major housing development on 72 acres in north Bellingham may stall over a disagreement with the city on fixing roads.
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The Kanawha State Forest Foundation will host the Margaret Denison Fall Nature Walks Saturday, Sept. 9, at the forest.  Registration gets underway at 9 a.m. Saturday, near the KSF swimming pool. The fee is $5 per adult and $2 per child (under 16).
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By Susan Williams, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 16--FAYETTEVILLE -- With the addition of nearly four acres, the Paint Creek Nature Trail got a big boost during Friday's Fayette County Commission meeting.
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By MELODIE N MARTIN  The public will receive an update and have opportunities to ask questions this evening regarding plans to repair a dam on the Chickahominy River that was breached last month.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  Feb. 21--New Hanover County will now acquire five lots at the end of  Trails End Road for the county's newest waterfront park.
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By Katie N. Johannes, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 21--BELLINGHAM -- A complex of three ball fields, trails and fish habitat will replace 42 acres of dirt mounds, concrete slabs and dilapidated buildings along Squalicum Parkway -- eventually.
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A plan to build 27 houses on rough grassland will be debated by a planning committee.   Bett Homes has submitted the application to Derwentside District Council to develop land at Four Winds, on Wesley Terrace, Castleside, Consett, and the site was previously a wooded area.