Philippa Stevenson: Good earth is rapidly being washed away
The New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 May 2005 0:11 AM PDT
The rock and silt that crashed through Matata, the streams and rivers that turned brown carrying good earth out to sea should be a clarion call. Our country's wealth comes from our top 15cm of soil and we are losing it in truckloads on good days let alone during torrential downpours. |
New SDSU ag dean on the job
Rapid City Journal Sun, 29 May 2005 9:45 PM PDT
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State University's new dean of the College of Agriculture and Biological Sciences will be meeting South Dakotans face to face in the coming months at experiment-farm tours and other SDSU events. |
New Handicapped Fishing Pier at Pinckneyville City Lake
DuQuoin Evening Call Sun, 29 May 2005 12:15 PM PDT
Robert Spencer of the Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District and Commissioner Fred Pabst will travel to Springfield April 26 to discuss a $38,200 CDAP grant to build a handicapped fishing pier, parking spaces and a pavilion at City Lake. Work will begin this summer. |
Scientist digs into global warming
Kansas City Star Mon, 30 May 2005 3:20 AM PDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. - (KRT) - Donald Baker isn't the type to jump on the latest bandwagon. When global cooling was all the hubbub in the 1970s, he kept his distance. When global warming got traction in the 1990s, he resisted. |
Monday, May 30, 2005
Daily Breeze Mon, 30 May 2005 1:17 AM PDT
Hero of Philippines battles, 92, has spruced up his larger back yard almost daily for six years. Few people take notice of the frail old man wandering around Carson's largest park. |
HISTORY OF GIBSON COUNTY
Tri-State Media Mon, 30 May 2005 0:18 AM PDT
In this section you will find an interesting historical account of the communities that make up Gibson County. Gibson County was once a wilderness situated in the Northwest Territory which, in 1784, was ceded to the United States of America by Virginia. |
Obituary: Eddie Albert
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 29 May 2005 4:01 PM PDT
Was there a more likable guy in the movies than Eddie Albert, who has died aged 97? Not conventionally handsome he had a broad, dimpled smile and was generally cast as a friendly innocent or the hero's good-natured sidekick. |
Erosion leaves area ripe for storm s destruction
Colorado Springs Gazette Mon, 30 May 2005 0:17 AM PDT
Erosion along creek beds, neglected by the city as it focused on finding money to hire more police officers and widen roads, has become an expensive and potentially deadly hazard. |
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