Youngsters Help Keep Parks Clean Nationwide Effort
In a Denver report UPI says the Sesame Street team prompts parents to curb litter in six Rocky Mountain states. Park officials credit Earth Day 1970 and environmental concern for fewer vandalism incidents. Yellowstone rangers note junk in thermal pools and back country vandalism costs 8000 to 10000 dollars annually.
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Denver
UPI
Sesame Street
Roger Contor
Contor
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
West
Cantor
National Park Service
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
North Dakota
South Dakota
The
Park Service
Rocky Mountain
Susan Edelstein
Ms. Edelstein
al Hendricks
Yellowstone National Park
Hendricks
Joe Carder
Yellowstone
Progress in repairing Kansas bridges continues
A Kansas Highway Commission spokesman says about 1,900 of 23,000 state bridges are deficient but repairs are progressing. Only around 200 are so unsafe they are load posted, with crews repairing about 100 now. Counties plan $1.2 million in June and $1 million in July.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
Kansas Highway Commission
Hearing on hunting and fishing rule changes scheduled
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. June 26 at its headquarters to consider about a dozen proposed regulations changes. Proposals include allowing permanently disabled persons to hunt and fish from special land or water vehicles and capping field trial areas for fur bearing dog trials.
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Pratt, Kan
UPI
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
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