Conservation easement workshop tonight – Asheville Citizen-Times
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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BETHEL – Learn about conservation easements to protect rural lands during the “Saving the Family Farm (and More)” workshop, which will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. today in the fellowship hall of Bethel Presbyterian Church on Sonoma Road (next …
Watershed development program eyed for Bacolod City – Balita News
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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BACOLOD CITY, April 27 – An ordinance establishing watershed development and water conservation programs for this city with a corresponding fund proposal worth P1 million was filed recently by councilors Jocelle Batapa-Sigue and Wilson Gamboa Jr …
Community encouraged to conserve – Shawnee News-Star
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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Oklahoma Water Resources Board officials presented Sustainable Shawnee with a $4,450 grant for its efforts to promote water conservation Friday at City Hall. Rep. Kris Steele, R-Shawnee, Mayor Linda Peterson and Sen. Charles Laster, D-Shawnee, joined …
There’s money out there for innovation in agriculture – Ukiah Daily Journal
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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Although none of its money has ever been doled out to Mendocino County before, the Natural Resources Conservation Service has money to be given to nurture agricultural innovations. The grant is known as the Conservation Innovation Grant or CIG …
Gardener weathers drought with water from the sky – Monterey County Herald
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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Marina gardener Joe Messner lifts the lid on some of the rain water he’s stored to maintain his elaborate garden. No one walking casually through Joe Messner’s garden would suspect he has a secret weapon at his disposal. Carefully hidden behind …
New Statewide Water Conservation Program Launched – Market Wire
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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SACRAMENTO, CA–(Marketwire – April 21, 2009) – California leaders today launched a new statewide public education program challenging individuals to do their part to “Save Our Water.” The program will educate Californians about the state’s ongoing …
River Water In Kazakhstan Too Dirty Even For Irrigation – Radio Free Europe
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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Your JavaScript is turned off or you have an old version of Adobe’s Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player . (RFE/RL’s video journalists talk to Kazakh officials and local residents about the pollution of Central Asia’s longest river.) It can …
USGS: A good news fish story?
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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boomlet. In the report today, biologists suggested several factors: The drought on the Colorado River has helped warm water temperatures in Lake Powell, creating conditions downstream closer to what the chub once enjoyed. One of the reasons the …
Landscape changing for water conservation (The Press-Enterprise)
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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Three years of drought have done more than drive up water rates and spur cries for mandatory conservation. Sales of artificial turf and native plants have increased, calls for advice to low-water demonstration gardens are up and demand for consumer rebates on water-wise irrigation controllers has soared.
Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District Encourages Soil Stewardship (Democrat News)
April 27, 2009 by Eco
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Madison County Soil and Water Conservation District encourages you to think about your personal responsibility to be a good steward of all natural resources, including soil, during its annual Stewardship Week celebration.