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California Beach Restoration Study
The general objectives of the program are to preserve and protect the California shoreline, minimize the economic losses caused by beach erosion and maintain urgently needed recreational beach areas. This can be achieved by:
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COLUMN: Get your heads out of the sand, officials
All Okaloosa County taxpayers should be very concerned over the casual approach being taken by most of the Okaloosa County commissioners over the possible severe financial liability they are taking on for the county taxpayers by the current beach restoration plan.
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Chestnut Farms fined for polluting waterways
MARLBORO — Chestnut Farms Development Corp. of Marlboro is one of four site operators in New England that has agreed to pay fines for violating federal regulations designed to prevent pollution from storm-water runoff at construction and industrial sites.
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Parkway project should curb pollution into lake
But the parkway project will actually curb pollution flowing into the lake, according to Sammamish’s Senior Transportation Program Engineer Jeff Brauns. Between erosion control and stormwater filtration, the city plans to spend about $906,350 on controlling pollution going into the lake, Brauns said.
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Mountain West Helicopters Invests In Forest Concepts
Bryan Burr, president and owner of Mountain West Helicopters, stated, "Over the past two years, Forest Concepts' patented WoodStraw Erosion Control Mulch (ECM) has become an important treatment applied for erosion prevention on critical and sensitive burned areas resulting from wildfires. In addition to being an effective erosion control, the additional unique benefits of being 100 percent weed-free, resistant to high winds, long-lasting, encouraging re-vegetation and easy application by our helicopters are making WoodStraw ECM the treatment of choice on critical areas following wildfires."
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Grass Strips Help Curb Erosion, Herbicide Transport
Grass filter strips placed in riparian zones not only curb soil erosion, but can help block and degrade the widely used herbicide atrazine, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists report.
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Renewable energy: Beijing's windy bet
After spurning wind power, China has swung around and embraced this clean energy. But the nation's love affair with wind may be spinning out of control, finds David Cyranoski.
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US report says rising sea levels inevitable
US report says rising sea levels inevitable
Some of the effects of global warming will be irreversible and others may last for at least 1,000 years, according to a new US government–sponsored report.
The study, led by researchers at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and paid for by the Department of Energy, paints a depressing picture of the future caused by increased CO2 emissions.
If CO2 is allowed to peak at 450–600 parts per million, said the report, the result will be less dry–season rainfall that will be reminiscent of the 1930s Dust Bowl era in the US.
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Terwilliger open again after house, slide debris cleared
"A private contractor has completed work to remove much of the slide debris from the impacted properties, grade the slope and install drainage systems and erosionndash;control measures to improve stability of the slide area," said Doug Moran, a bureau manager.
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Fish-friendly workers hit hard times
Conservation district stopping work, trimming budget
The state’s fiscal mess is forcing a busy local environmental resource agency to stop work on projects such as removing barriers to fish migration and completing erosion control projects.
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USGS: Soils in South Bay area present quake liquefaction danger
New U.S. Geological Survey maps indicate that a 7.8 magnitude earthquake along Southern California's San Andreas fault and areas on San Jose's Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek floodplains could expose homes and businesses to a 30% to 40% soil-liquefaction risk. However, many structures in the area already incorporate earthquake-proof construction techniques. Similarly, the sandy soils in the area can be stabilized by injecting grout and other materials into them. KGO-TV (San Francisco) (01/28)
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County wants 'closure' on BJ, AV salt contaminations
With all indications that the worst of salt contamination problems from former highway department facilities in Arbor Vitae and Boulder Junction are behind the 22,545-resident county, members of the Vilas County Highway Committee emerged from a Jan. 12 closed session with county corporation counsel Martha Milanowski to cast a unanimous vote in favor of moving toward remediation "closure" with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
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