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Farm preservation project slows down with the economy
Mar 15, 2010
LANCASTER — Three decades after it began, a central Pennsylvania
county's model farmland preservation program is seeing a slowing of county
and private contributions amid the down economy...
- AP
Bees are busier than ever as disease besieges colonies
Mar 15, 2010
By Adrian Higgins
Monday, March 15, 2010; A05
In normal times, David Hackenberg would begin trucking his 20 million
honeybees from the almond orchards of California to the orange groves of
Florida this week.
Instead, after a month working the almond blossoms on the West Coast, his...
- WASH POST
Cashing in on recycling
Mar 15, 2010
Electric utilities will dispose of working refrigerators, freezers and air
conditioners, and you can make some money in the process.
There's no question that the removal and disposal of old appliances can be
a headache.
But if you want to get rid of an old working refrigerator or freezer, your...
- READING EAGLE
$4M river study center on way
Mar 15, 2010
SUNBURY — Five years after an environmental group named the Susquehanna
“America’s Most Endangered River” due to the excessive
pollution it receives, a Valley organization learned it will have a
permanent Shikellamy State Park home to monitor the health of the...
- DAILY ITEM
County set to take next step for off-road park
Mar 15, 2010
SUNBURY - Plans are progressing toward bringing a recreational, off-highway
vehicle park to the area, covering as many as 6,000 acres stretching from
Mount Carmel Township to Zerbe Township.
Now that municipal leaders have passed resolutions in support of a
feasibility study for the park, county officials plan to go full steam...
- NEWS ITEM
New Garden task force plans to increase township's open space
Mar 15, 2010
By WM. SHAWN WEIGEL
With about 1,000 acres under its belt for 2009, the New Garden Open Space
Task Force is busy formulating a plan for the upcoming year.
That's according to Bernie McKay, open space committee chairman, in an
annual report to the New Garden Township board of supervisors on Monday,...
- WC DAILY
Neighbors take a stand on noise, odor of gas drilling
Mar 14, 2010
Just outside a fence enclosing a field on Debbie Hanes' farm near Hickory
in Washington County sits a noisy, smelly, two-story natural gas compressor
station, running 24/7 and lit up at night like a minor league baseball
park.
The rumbling noise of the four compressors in what's known as the Fulton...
- POST-GAZ.
Pennsylvania could face fewer wildfires this spring
Mar 14, 2010
Although 85 percent of the state's wildfires occur in the three-month
period beginning in March, local officials are hopeful the record snowfall
and recent rain will shorten the usual wildfire season.
"Obviously, there is no current problem," said Brian Vinski of Forbes...
- TRIB
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