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The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Coping with Sea Level Rise — Coastal wetlands make communities more resilient by providing flood storage, storm surge buffers, erosion control, water quality improvements, and wildlife habitat. Sea level rise is a threat not only to wetlands, but also to the communities these wetlands serve.
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Delta Conservation District - Local Wetland Assistance Program
The Delta Conservation District has established a voluntary process for meeting with landowners to identify if wetlands exist on their property before a project begins and/or assistance prior to submitting a permit application to the MDEQ/MDNR for a specific project.
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A dam fine idea to check first
Digging into wetlands, and diverting or damming streams are not good farming practice so before cutting loose with a digger or bulldozer, it's best to check what is allowed under the Regional Water and Soil Plan (RWSP) for Northland.
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Naponee woman recognized for conservation efforts
Each of Nebraska’s 14 wildlife biologists was asked to nominate one person deserving the recognition. The Posts and 13 other landowners were recognized at a ceremony celebrating Pheasants Forever’s milestone of having improved 3 million acres for wildlife habitat in Nebraska since the organization’s inception in 1982.
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SOUTH AFRICA: De–stressing the water
The increase in eutrophication is being compounded by industrial effluents, soil erosion and agriculture – which accounts for about 60 percent of South Africa's water consumption – through the use of fertilizers.
In a field on the outskirts of Du Noon, a poor township about 15km north of Cape Town, there is a 50-metre-long pool with two small reed-covered islands that mimic the mechanics of a wetland, removing nutrients, trace metals, and hazardous compounds from the storm water runoff of what has become an open toilet for nearby residents. The cleansed water then flows back into a nearby river where, perversely, inadequately treated sewage re-pollutes it.
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Sediment from farm runoff poses a threat to Lake Pepin
"What you can see is two distinctly-colored bodies of water meeting: the relatively clean Mississippi and the relatively dirty Minnesota, which is loaded with sediments," said Paul Labovitz, superintendent of the Mississippi National Rivera and Recreation area.
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Vietnam has been recognised by Australia and Germany
for its success in tree planting in wetlands in Kien Giang province, for coastline erosion control and sea-dyke protection
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USDA Takes Steps to Help Preserve the Environment, Wildlife Habitat
There are new developments in two popular USDA programs that will support conservation of working lands for the benefit of wildlife, water quality, and recreation. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is expanding its efforts to encourage owners of privately held farm, ranch and forest land in eight additional states and one Tribal area to voluntarily open the land for public recreational use. It also announced the enrollment of acreage under the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP).
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Governor Says Montana Was Misled on Oil Spill
HELENA, Mont. — Gov. Brian Schweitzer criticized Exxon Mobil on Friday for its handling of the Yellowstone River oil spill, saying that the company had withheld documents and misled state officials and local residents about the pipeline rupture.
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Dealership dredging wetlands despite order to cease, says city
PORTSMOUTH — Days before Hurricane Irene is expected to hit the area, Toyota dealer Jim Boyle dredged soil using heavy equipment in and around wetlands behind his 150 Greenleaf Avenue dealership, according to city officials.
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