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word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked
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Take thy beak from out my
heart, and take thy form from off my door!' From ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe |
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`Be that
word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked
upstarting -
Take thy beak from out my
heart, and take thy form from off my door!' From ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe |
 Don’t forget to order an absentee ballot if you will be out of town on Election Day. Please make sure to vote on November 2! Join volunteer water monitors all over the world to participate in the 2004 World Water Monitoring Day! Monitoring should take place between Sept. 18 and Oct. 18. Participants can monitor the water quality of their rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands and coastal waters using their own equipment or by purchasing a World Water Monitoring Day test kit from the website. |
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| Participants will contribute to an international database that will be used to further understanding about the world’s water resources. For instructions, ordering information, and monitoring site registration, as well as resources and information relating to this annual event, visit www.worldwatermonitoringday.org. | |
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Watershed Festivals – Awareness at its Best What do flea markets, musical entertainment, kayak demonstrations, fried dough, fly-tying instruction, historical re-enactments, storytelling, and children’s face painting have to do with watershed awareness? Everything, when included as part of a watershed awareness festival! More… |
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Halloween Fun on the Net Pumpkin carol lyrics: http://www.swil.org/FILKS/carols.html Halloween recipes, crafts, decorations, etc.: http://www.holidays.net/halloween/index.htm Do-it-yourself Halloween costume ideas: http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/_hcostume.html Unique pumpkin carving ideas: |
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 New Geese Scare Tactic Stand back, Wyle E.! There’s a new coyote in town and he’s out to rustle up some geese! More… PA DEP Advises Residents in Ivan Aftermath Tropical Storm Ivan wreaked havoc on Pennsylvania on September 17-18, 2004. The PA DEP offers residents some tips and assistance for dealing with the aftermath. More… Mystery Lilies Reappear After 42 Years The white water lilies that gave Lake Lily NJ its name have returned – but no one knows for sure how they got there. More… |
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A new US Interior
Department rule provides electric utilities exclusive rights to appeal
environmental and recreational requirements at hydropower dams. http://www.americanrivers.org/index.php?module=HyperContent&func=display&cid=2971 |
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PA Legislative leaders have announced their appointments to the Green Ribbon Commission, charged with shaping Pennsylvania’s environmental and economic recovery. The Commission was created as part of the 2004-05 state budget agreement to deal with environmental concerns and determine the best funding options for Growing Greener II. http://www.dep.state.pa.us/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=9253&SubjectID. |
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NJ Governor James E. McGreevey recently announced nominations to the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council. http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/governor/njnewsline/view_article.pl?id=2148 |
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NJ DEP recently announced a Raritan River initiative that requires specific cleanup work by responsible parties at five contaminated sites along the river's lower section to improve water quality. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/newsrel/2004/04_0101.htm. |
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NOAA Fisheries, the federal agency responsible for restoring dwindling salmon runs in the Northwest, claims that by spending $6 billion on improvements over the next 10 years, the Columbia Basin's federal hydroelectric dams can be operated without jeopardizing the survival of threatened and endangered salmon. This opinion sets a new course for salmon recovery in the Columbia Basin by jettisoning a movement toward restoring the Columbia and Snake rivers to a more natural condition. http://www.salmonrecovery.gov/R_biop.shtml |
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Interior Secretary Gale Norton has signed an agreement with representatives of Arizona, Nevada and California to protect wildlife habitat on the Colorado River and aid native species. The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program will create 8,100 acres of riparian, marsh and backwater habitat for about 27 species, six of which are endangered. http://www.lcrmscp.org/ |
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President Bush recently signed an executive order instituting a policy of 'cooperative conservation' between the federal government and local parties on the broad issues of environmental protection and use of natural resources. For the article: http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/26840/story.htm. For the executive order: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/08/20040826-11.html. |
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has implemented a new Wetlands Restoration Initiative. The initiative aims to restore up to 250,000 acres of wetlands and playa lakes through the Farm Bill's Conservation Reserve Program (CRP). http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/nonfloodwet04.htm |
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EPA Region 3, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, have submitted a protocol for assessing water quality in emergent, shrub, and forested wetlands for the state of Delaware. http://www.epa.gov/region03/ebytes/ebytes08_13_04.htm |
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The EPA recently published its 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan to present the results of the 2004 annual review of existing effluent guidelines required by section 304(b) of the Clean Water Act. The notice also presents the final 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan required by section 304(m). http://www.epa.gov/guide/plan.html |
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Delaware River Photography Competition Free Chesapeake Bay Buffer and Wetland Plants EPA Region 3 Brownfields Grants PA Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) Grants |
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“Gold of a ripe oat straw, gold of a southwest moon, Canada thistle blue and flimmering larkspur blue, Tomatoes shining in the October sun with red hearts.” —Carl Sandburg, "Cornhuskers," Falltime (1918) |
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Fall Meteor Showers
While enjoying your spooky midnight rambles, look up into the sky for the following treats! Orionid : Oct. 20 Leonid : Nov. 16 Geminid : Dec. 13 |
The East Coast Greenway provides muscle-powered users with a safe trail connecting the cities of the eastern seaboard. This 2,600-mile off-road trail system is 20 percent complete and being created by connecting local trails to form a continuous route. The urban sister to the Appalachian Trail, it serves as a pathway to adventure for walkers, cyclists, skaters, skiers, equestrians and persons with disabilities. The route will be at least 80 percent off-road, using waterfront esplanades, park paths, abandoned railroads, canal towpaths, and parkway corridors. The ultimate goal is to develop the entire trail from Maine to Florida. To see maps of the proposed greenway segments in your state, visit http://www.greenway.org.
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DRBC Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin Complete
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) recently celebrated the completion of the Water Resources Plan for the Delaware River Basin. The basin plan is a 30-year, goal-based framework that will serve as a guide for all stakeholders -- government and non-governmental alike -- whose actions affect water resources in the Delaware River Basin. The goal-based plan is prefaced by a set of twelve guiding principles against which all policy decisions and actions affecting water resource management should be measured, and includes five desired results. http://www.state.nj.us/drbc/basinplan.htm
On-Line Recycling Course
The PA DEP, in conjunction with the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP) and Penn State University, has announced the first on-line recycling class “Collection Techniques and Options,” offering Continuing Education Units (CEUs) towards certification. The three-hour course is designed to provide information on how to design an effective and efficient recyclable material collection system. The course includes information on how to effectively collect recyclables, how to choose collection equipment, how to design efficient collection routes, and much more. For more information about the online course, visit http://www.proprecycles.org/onlinecoursestartpage.html. For help with designing a recycling program, contact info@fxbrowne.com.
Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation
Vernal Pools: Natural History and Conservation, by Elizabeth A. Colburn, defines vernal pools, provides overviews of their formation and physical-chemical-hydrological characteristics, and presents data critical for assessing, regulating, and managing pool ecosystems. The biology of microscopic life forms such as bacteria, algae, and fungi, and the great variety of higher plants associated with vernal pools is explored. An extensive appendix identifies all animals that have been reported from vernal pools of the region and describes their habitat requirements, geographic distribution, and the life history characteristics. Vernal Pools focuses primarily on the vernal pools in Northeastern North America, but applies to vernal pools everywhere. http://www.mwpubco.com/Vernalpools.htm
Lake Erie Management Plan 2004
The U.S. EPA's Great Lakes National Program Office is pleased to announce the availability of the 2004 Lake Erie Management Plan (Lake Erie LaMP). The Lake Erie LaMP focuses on measuring ecosystem health, teasing out the stressors responsible for impairments, and evaluating the effectiveness of existing programs in resolving the stress by continuing to monitor the ecosystem response. The role of the LaMP as a management plan is to define the management intervention needed to bring Lake Erie back to chemical, physical and biological integrity, and to further define agency commitments to those actions. http://epa.gov/greatlakes/lakeerie/2004update/index.html
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