Whale Beaching Rescue Effort At Boca Grande
Tampa Times outdoors writer Steve Hill details a two hour rescue at Boca Grande where about 47 whales beaching themselves were turned back to deeper water. Volunteers and rescuers fought to free the mammals as they struggled, with two whales dying and two small ones later taken to St. Petersburg for study.
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Tampa Times
Steve Hill
Boca Grande
Boca Grande, Fla
Aquarium
St. Petersburg
Nader Task Force Attacks California Land Use Rules
A Ralph Nader task force in Washington and Sacramento accuses California land use laws and practices of endangering land and water. it calls for resignations including Water Resources Director William Gianelli and aggressive probes into government dealings with land interests. The report demands legal actions, caps on land ownership, disclosure of owners, and halting the Bureau of Reclamation's California projects.
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Ralph Nader
California
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William Gianelli
Nader
Henry J. Mills
Metropolitan Water District
Gianelli
Reagan
Water Quality Control Board
State Agriculture Board
The
Agriculture Board
Fellmeth
Southern Pacific Railroad
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
Teens Help Push Whales Back to Sea on Gasparilla Island
Three teenagers tugged at tails and fins of a near 50 whale school that tried to beach on Gasparilla Island. Residents and marine officers aided in coaxing the pod back to deep water, saving most of the whales.
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School of Whales
Gasparilla Island
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