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Chicago to treat parkway ash trees against beetle
Ash trees within Chicago's parks and the Cook County forest preserves will continue to be cut down and replaced as a result of the emerald ash borer infestation, but those along the city's parkways will be treated starting around May 6, officials said....
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Richard F. Mell, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, Travel
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Wilmette Harbor will open this year
Tribune reporterWilmette Harbor will open for boating season after all, following the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's decision Thursday to reverse course and award a 39-year lease to the private association that has operated the harbor for decades. Earlier...Tags: Lobbying, Politics, Elections
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Earth Day takes on new roots at Virginia Tech
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterWith millions celebrating Earth Day, it took on a sentimental meaning Monday at Virginia Tech. The university replanted a historic sycamore tree nearly three years after the original was cut down. Two forestry professors are credited with clonning the...Tags: Blacksburg, Earth Day, Science and Technology
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Glenview's Parkway Tree Planting Program is growing in popularity
Until recently, Chris Miller's Glenview street seemed to be the typical leafy suburban cul-de-sac. But in what seemed like no time at all, trees along his block were falling to the emerald ash borer, a beetle that burrows into ash trees and drains the...
Tags: Forestry and Timber, Science and Technology
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Not all aboard capsized fishing boat wore vests
A preliminary report on the deaths of two anglers on the opening day of the Chesapeake Bay rockfish season says all six persons aboard the boat that capsized off Point Lookout had life vests, but not all wore them, according to the Maryland Natural...
Tags: Energy Resources, St. Mary's County, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Environmental Issues, Fishing
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Democrats, Republicans join forces to advocate for Florida ports
A bipartisan team from the Florida congressional delegation is banding together to form a "ports caucus" to push the interests of the state's seaports in the nation's capital. Florida's 15 ports are "huge economic generators — folks here are...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Port Everglades, Alcee Hastings, Bill Posey, Environmental Issues
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Two dead after boating accident on Chesapeake Bay
Two people died and four were rescued in a boating accident on the Chesapeake Bay Saturday when their 25-foot boat capsized two miles south of Point Lookout State Park in St. Mary's County, according to Department of Natural Resources Police. Sgt....
Tags: Energy Resources, St. Mary's County, Environmental Issues, David Chase, U.S. Coast Guard
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Drop in Bay's crab population to bring new catch curbs
With a new survey finding the Chesapeake Bay's crab population at its lowest level in five years after a poor spawn last year, Maryland officials announced Friday they would move to tighten catch limits on the region's iconic crustacean. The annual...
Tags: Annapolis, Energy Resources, Environmental Issues, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Martin O'Malley
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Tree planting underway again at Flight 93 memorial
Daily American Staff WriterAn army of volunteers converged on the Flight 93 National Memorial Friday morning for the first of four days of planting trees. Among the 160 volunteers was a group of 20 students, faculty, staff and administrators from the Penn State Altoona campus....Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Mining
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Dry weather has firefighters ready for battle
Southern California is marching toward its fourth-driest year since 1877, and that has firefighters increasingly girded for battle. In the hills of Los Angeles County, tests show the brush is drying out at a significantly quicker rate this year...
Tags: Los Angeles Fire Department, Guiberson Fire (2009), Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Weather Service, Water Supply
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Is Seeley water safe to drink?
Just about every month I receive a notice with my monthly bill that the water at Seeley has something wrong with it. This month it has levels of coliform bacteria above the drinking standard. Last month it was something different. We would like to know if...Tags: Health
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O'Malley picks Annapolis veteran as new chief of staff
Gov. Martin O'Malley picked an Annapolis veteran Thursday to oversee the waning years of his administration, appointing as chief of staff a man who has worked under four governors and earned respect in the environmental community for his candor....Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Environmental Issues, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Government
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