Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Wetlands published by Tribune Company sources.
Displaying items 1-12 of 915
» View chicagotribune.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
•
Next >
-
South Lake group plans rec center
A community group that operates youth athletic leagues in south Lake County wants to build a 70,000-square-foot indoor recreational center in the Green Swamp area and run the facility with funds earned from selling wind and solar power. Submitted to Lake...Tags: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, Clermont
-
Retired Orange County reading coach accused of abusing student during 1980s
Sentinel Staff WriterA 58-year-old retired Orange County Public Schools reading coach was arrested Thursday after she was accused of sexually battering a student in the 1980s. Wanda Smith of Orlando was being held without bail at the Orange County Jail. Smith, who was hired...Tags: Baptist, Schools, Ocoee, Prosecution, Police
-
Swans' winter message
Even in sparse January garb, the river is lovely - ebbing, flooding, meandering between shores of unbroken pine and hardwood, splashed by mistletoe and holly in full berry. But the real show is about to begin. As the sun lowers into the wooded swamps on...Tags: Alaska, Maryland, Bodies of Water, Rivers, Delaware
-
Community events
The Tidewater Oyster Gardeners Association will be holding its annual membership meeting at 3-5 p.m. Saturday. The meeting will take place at Waterman's Hall, at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on Greate Road in Gloucester Point. The featured...Tags: Virginia Tech, West Point, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Legion, Paul Miller
-
Retired reading teacher accused of having sex with 6th grader in 1980s
Sentinel Staff WriterA 58-year-old retired Orange County Public School reading coach was arrested today for allegedly sexually battering a student in the 1980s. Wanda Smith, of Orlando, is being held without bond at the Orange County Jail. Smith, who was hired with the...Tags: Elementary Schools, Baptist, Ocoee, Schools, Prosecution
-
USDA taking applications from sunflower farmers to kill blackbirds' cattail habitat
Associated Press WriterBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are taking applications from farmers who want the government to remove cattail-infested wetlands, the preferred habitat of sunflower-snacking blackbirds. Phil Mastrangelo, the state director for...Tags: North Dakota, Nature, Agricultural Research and Technology, Natural Resources
-
Manchester Officials To Hear Plan For New State Road Condos
The Hartford CourantThe planning and zoning commission has agreed to hear a developer's proposal to build a $25 million condominium complex on New State Road because the plan is "substantially different" from an earlier one involving apartments. The commission, which...Tags: Natural Resources
-
Police Blotter
Police blotter Police reports in baltimore city and county Central Baltimore Theft A navigational system valued at $450 was stolen between Dec. 21 and Tuesday from a 2004 BMW parked in the first block of S. Eutaw St. Northern Baltimore Burglary...Tags: Murder, Maryland, Parkville, Stamford, Texas
-
Swamp Sunrise: Obama comes to town
The SwampPresident-elect Barack Obama's family has checked into a hotel a block from the White House, so that his young daughters can start school at Sidwell Friends School on Monday and the president-elect can meet with congressional leaders on Monday. The......Tags: 2009 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Government, Local Elections, National Government, Michelle Obama
-
5 to pay $1 million to restore Va. streams
Five companies will fund more than $1 million in stream restoration for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act during construction of a Lynchburg housing development. The U.S. Justice Department said the defendants also will pay a $300,000 penalty...Tags: Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Virginia, Environmental Pollution, Natural Resources, Water Pollution
-
Study backs Monroe as parkland
247-7874— A study about parks in Hampton Roads that is intended to demonstrate a need to keep much of Fort Monroe as parkland was denounced by some and praised by others on Tuesday. Citizens for a Fort Monroe National Park paid $15,000 for a national...Tags: Portsmouth (Portsmouth, Virginia), Demographics, Wildlife, Fort Monroe, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
-
County violated environmental permit, according to Army Corps
Federal regulators say they caught Palm Beach County digging in wetlands with an expired permit, and that could end up costing taxpayers almost $30,000 in fines. The Army Corps of Engineers gave the county a permit to fill in 24 acres of wetlands and dig...Tags: Armed Forces, Greenacres, Defense, Natural Resources
Jan 9, 2009
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 9, 2009
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 9, 2009
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 9, 2009
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Associated Press
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Jan 5, 2009
|Blog| Chicago Tribune
Jan 7, 2009
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 7, 2009
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 7, 2009
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
