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The management plan for a coastal Oregon estuary is getting its first update in four decades. The public can comment on the draft of the Yaquina Bay Estuary Management Plan released this week. Lisa Phipps, Oregon Coastal Program manager with the Ocean/Coastal Services Division of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, said the bay is a natural extension of the community. ...
Georgia's nearly 370,000 acres of salt marshes are in danger, due to rising sea levels and levels of development that conservation groups say are unsustainable. But an effort is underway across the southeast to try to save them. The South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative has released a new plan to preserve one million acres of salt marshes from North Carolina to East Central Florida, an area nearly the size of the Grand Canyon. ...
Sealing driveways and parking lots may seem like routine maintenance for homeowners, but recent studies raise concerns about the potential health risks associated with some of the materials. Coal-tar sealants have been used for decades on driveways and parking lots. They include a class of compounds known as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. ...
Nearly a year after the historic flooding in eastern Kentucky residents of Breathitt, Knott, Letcher, and Perry counties now have the option to participate in buyouts for homes and properties located on flood-prone land. Officials say they estimate around 3000 residents in the region are eligible. Tony Nott - assistant state conservationist with the U.S. ...