Conservation efforts aid vanishing US wildflowers
Washington reports progress in preserving native wildflowers amid widespread disasters. A two year survey finds about 3,000 of 25,000 native plants at risk of extinction, with 680 likely to disappear in a decade. Silent but hopeful successes emerge as Center for Plant Conservation coordinates seeds and living plants via 19 regional gardens nationwide.
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Private action key to saving rare plants in view of limited federal reach
A conservative piece argues federal law cannot save endangered flora alone. Private groups like The Nature Conservancy, botanical gardens, and the Center for Plant Conservation must lead. It cites success stories from the furbish lousewort to Barrett's penstemon and highlights funding from foundations and corporations, plus small victories of habitat preservation and seed banking.
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Center For Plant Conservation
Botanical Gardens
Interior Department
Florida Panhandle
W. Alton Jones Foundation
Charlottesville
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
Atlantic Richfield Co. Foundation
Corps of Engineers
Bonneville Dam
Columbia River
Berry Botanic Garden
Portland
Sapphire Rock
Montana
Utah
Budget for 1990 won't fly
President Reagan’s proposed 1.15 trillion dollar budget for fiscal 1990 is described as a museum piece. The piece notes the aging themes of the Reagan era, the incoming Bush administration’s plan to hold defense growth to inflation, and the heavy deficits looming as Congress takes up the new agenda including education, Head Start, Medicaid, and environmental cleanup. It cites Richard Darman’s role, warns that deficits may rise to 161.5 billion, and predicts real policy will differ markedly under Bush.
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Richard Darman
Darman
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Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Joseph R. Wright Jr
Bush Administration
White House
Call for a global ban on chemical weapons gains momentum
Amid Libyan and Soviet backing for a Paris disarmament declaration, 149 nations urge a prohibition on chemical arms production and stockpiling. The plan seeks a stronger treaty replacing the Geneva Protocol with strict verification and mandatory sanctions, despite challenges in on site inspections and enforcement.
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Iraq
Muammar Gaddafi
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Reagan will be financially secure after White House
Washington based UPI reports President Reagan will draw a $155,000 annual federal pension plus a California pension of $29,711 and $1.25 million for transition, with potential $50,000 per speech. Nancy Reagan faces about $2 million advance for her memoirs as White House staff prepare for post presidency life.
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B.J. Cooper
Roman Popadiuk
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Alice Glen
Cooper
Popadiuk
U.S. Information Agency
Mark
Things Dixon Talked About Ten Years Ago Jan 16 1979
Snowbound shoppers reemerged to flood area supermarkets as bread milk and staple shelves emptied. By day’s end trucks especially bread were delivering, stocks returned toward normal.
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