Report Calls For More Federal Funds For Farmland Preservation
The American Farmland Trust urges higher federal spending to match state efforts protecting agricultural land. It cites ongoing sprawl, farmer finances, and wildlife and water quality benefits, noting only 11 million federal dollars since 1990 against 664 million state funding since 1980. It advocates about 60 million annually to sustain Farms for the Future.
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American’ Farmland Trust
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American Farmland Trust
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Dowsers Faith in Twig Draws Vermont Conference Crowd
Lyndonville Vermont hosts the American Society of Dowsers 35th annual school and convention at Lyndon State College drawing about 500 participants from across the United States. President Gordon Barton says dowsing blends art science and mysticism and can bring peace of mind to practitioners.
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Lyndonville
Gordon Barton
Winter Harbor
Laine
Barton
The
American Society of Dowsers
Dowsing
ASD
Lyndon State College
Vermont
Danville
United States
Current Trends Must Be Reversed To Save Water
World Bank warns of worsening global water crisis as urban growth and irrigation strain supplies. About 80 countries face shortages threatening agriculture. $600 billion expected to be invested over a decade to boost reserves amid pollution and inefficiency. An international symposium in Stockholm starts August 13.
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Washington
World Bank
Ismail Serageldin
Bank
Stockholm
Serageldin
Middle East
North Africa
Central Asia
sub-Saharan Africa
China
India
South America
Pakistan
Mexico
Teen retracts claim police pushed him from window
A New York teen recanted his claim that an officer pushed him out a fourth floor window. He said he fell while fleeing police as bystanders urged blame on officers. Police report he lied initially. six arrests followed during protests sparked by the incident.
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New York
Arek Tarih
Adery Cardona
Santos
Eastern European Troops Join Joint NATO Exercise in Louisiana
Four central and eastern European nations arrive in western Louisiana for three weeks of Cooperative Nugget 95 training. Hungarian Lithuanian and Slovak troops join forces with Albania Bulgaria the Czech Republic Estonia Kyrgyzstan Latvia Poland Romania Slovenia Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Four thousand soldiers will train with U S Canada and Britain to develop peacekeeping and humanitarian response skills on U S soil.
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Louisiana
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Albania
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Estonia
Kyrghyzstan
Latvia
Poland
Romania
Slovenia
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
U.S
Partnership For Peace
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Hunky Garbage Collectors Feature in Connecticut Calendar
Hartford AP report profiles 12 sanitation workers including Jim Sheehan and his twin Tom as calendar covers for a tasteful "G Men of Connecticut" project. Designer Debra Fippinger and Jane Heft sought attractive workers via statewide ads to create a kitchen friendly calendar promoting the garbage job.
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Hartford, Conn
Jim Sheehan
Connecticut
Sheehan
Tom
Endar
Debra Fippinger
Homes Threatened Inside National Park
Glen Arbor Michigan Allan Galloway recalls a 1986 night when Lake Michigan crept toward his cottage in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Since 1961 a 90 foot advance and 15 pines lost to water. now 2002 looms with possible eviction under a lease signed 1971. About 1,495 inholders nationwide hold such leases. 143 non lifetime in Sleeping Bear with many expiring. Galloway and 75 others seek to extend leases via a Washington lawyer and a bill by Rep. Bart Stupak to extend leases 99 years.
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Allan Galloway
National Park Service
Park Service
Duane Pearson
Sleeping Bear Dunes
Yosemite National Park
California
Cape Cod National Seashore
Massachusetts
Galloway
Sleeping Bear
Dunes Park
Washington
Congress
Bart Stupak
D-Mich
Stupak
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