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Gas pipeline means steady service to Cape May County
The Press of Atlantic City, Pleasantville, N.J.A 22-mile pipeline South Jersey Gas is installing to supply the B.L. England power plant with natural gas will also reinforce the fuel supply to about 60,000 customers in Cape May County, all currently served by a single pipe. If a problem were to occur...Tags: Endangered Species, Conservation, Wildlife, Cape May (Cape May, New Jersey), Companies and Corporations
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BRIEF: Officials highlight boat safety week
St. Cloud Times, Minn.As the ice comes off more Minnesota lakes, safety officials are highlighting Saturday's start to National Safe Boating Week. The St. Paul District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says the best thing a person can do to stay safe on the water is to...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, U.S. Coast Guard
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Entanglement-free shellfish farm coming
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.A new 50-acre area in Cape Cod Bay off Provincetown and Truro could provide income for shellfish growers. But a popular, floating method for oyster farming won't be allowed by state fisheries officials who say the equipment could ensnare whales and...Tags: Endangered Species, Conservation, Science and Technology, Aquaculture, Environmental Issues
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150 Boise icons to celebrate the city's sesquicentennial: Rainbow trout
The Idaho StatesmanThe population of rainbow trout in the Boise River is healthy today, more than twice what it was a decade ago, said Andy Brunelle, an officer in the local Ted Trueblood chapter of Trout Unlimited. That's thanks to higher winter water flows, protection...Tags: Rivers, Bodies of Water, Land Resources, Wetlands
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Plan would enlarge port barge area
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla.Plans are in the works to expand the Port of Muskogee's barge fleeting area to accommodate increased barge traffic along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. Barge fleeting areas serve as "temporary parking lots" for barges waiting to...Tags: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry
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Deal brokered to keep hatcheries open
Knoxville News SentinelAn agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority and federal and state wildlife agencies will keep open hatcheries that produce 60 percent of the trout stocked in Tennessee's rivers and lakes, officials said. U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.,...Tags: Fishing, Lamar Alexander, Wildlife, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tennessee Valley Authority
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Columbia River dams offer geocaching
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash.Hundreds of people flocked to the Grand Coulee, Chief Joseph and Rocky Reach dams last summer to participate in the D3 Geocache Challenge. An estimated 500 people took part in the high-tech treasure hunt, Grand Coulee Dam public affairs officer Lynne...Tags: Washington, DC
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City tourism board, taxes now law
Commonwealth Journal, Somerset, Ky.City councilors on Monday made official an ordinance that will establish a Somerset Tourist and Travel Commission -- and take a little bit out of tourists' wallet in the process. Somerset City Attorney Carrie Wiese gave the second reading of Ordinance...Tags: Finance, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations
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Company fined $1 million for illegally filling Hancock County wetlands
The Sun HeraldAn Alabama-based real estate investment company has agreed to pay a $1 million fine for damaging wetlands and polluting waters in a development project in Hancock County. Hancock County Land LLC, registered to do business in Mississippi, also has agreed...Tags: General Contracting, Lawyers, Environmental Pollution, Trials, Fines
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Fence around Tweed New Haven Regional Airport subject to delays
New Haven Register, Conn.A $1.89 million federal grant application is in the works to build a wildlife fence around Tweed New Haven Regional Airport in the wake of a collision between a deer and a private jet last September. But permitting issues may prevent work from beginning...Tags: Tweed New Haven Regional Airport, Air Transportation Industry, East Haven, Science and Technology, Local Elections
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Presque Isle advisory group hears about federal funding concerns
Erie Times-News, Pa.Presque Isle State Park's annual sand replenishment project isn't in President Barack Obama's budget proposal for 2014. Park Operations Manager Harry Leslie shared the bad news at the Presque Isle Advisory Committee meeting Thursday. However, Leslie...Tags: Barack Obama, Patrick J. Toomey, Robert P. Casey, Jr., U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, George W. Bush
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Corker cites 'negative' impact barge having on downtown
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.U.S. Sen. Bob Corker on Thursday waded into the issue of a rundown river barge in downtown Chattanooga, urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep in mind the "significant negative effects" it's having on the waterfront. "Chattanooga has undertaken...
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