Lawmakers seek to block endangered species funds
In Albany lawmakers propose to bar money in New York State’s Conservation fund from supporting endangered species programs. The bill from Sen Owen Johnson and Assemblyman Joseph Robach would cut off DEC funded efforts for bald eagles osprees peregrine falcons bog turtles and other protected species. Environmentalists warn the move could undo progress in restoring populations statewide.
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Albany
New York
Pratt
Owen Johnson
Long Island
Joseph Robach
Rochester
Conservatami
Benen Gere
State Department of Environmental Conservation
Robert Banister
The
Conservation Fund Advisory Council
DEC
Environmental funding clash over wildlife program reforms
Environmentalists and hunters clash over the Johnson Robach bills and the Conservation Fund. They warn a proposed shift toward a game park approach undercuts ecosystem health. DEC officials defend habitat programs funded by license revenues while critics push to keep funds for hunters and anglers aligned with their needs.
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Legslators
Environmental Planning Lobby
Sierra Club
Environmental Groups
Autuorsul
Ted Ia Doe
Beatrice George 70 Century Garden Club President
Beatrice George of Cicero born in Syracuse is a long time North Area Garden Club president with two sons Earl and Richard. She attended North Syracuse High School and Onondaga Community College, worked 30 years at General Electric, and helped fund a living and learning garden at Cicero Elementary School with a flowering crab apple project.
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Syracuse
Cicero
Earl
Richard
North Syracuse High School
Onondaga Community College
Inet
Detendance Ae Eae
Dott
General Electric
North Area Garden Club
Cicato
Mobile air monitor tests emissions near Onondaga incinerator site
A $30,000 mobile air monitor on a Chevrolet pickup travels 12 sites around Onondaga County to sample air for particulates as the county prepares for a new $178 million trash incinerator in Onondaga. The system runs with four permanent monitors and will test before startup, with potential use in pollution investigations and public health monitoring.
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LaFayette
Onondaga County
County Health Department
Onondaga
Robert Burdick
The
Health Department
Division of Environmental
Burdick
Nemerator
LaFayette Road
Onondaga Indian Nation
Southwood
Sentinel Heights
Onondaga County Correctional Facility
Jamesville
McDorator
Vicki Baker
D-De Witt
Baker
Global quakes and disasters trigger widespread alarm
Earthquakes lightened Crete and islands from Greece to Israel as tremors shook Mexico City and other regions. A dawn Los Angeles aftershock followed the 17 Landers event while western New Guinea Okinawa Alaska and California saw fast movements. Floods in eastern Cuba killed nine and damaged thousands. Deling tropical storm lashed Davao City causing evacuations. bitter South African cold hit Jamestown. Vietnam winds wrecked 621 houses and 2000 roofs.
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Sland
Crete
Greece
Israel
Egypt
Taiwan
Mexico
Mexico City
Iito
Los Angeles
World blue whale population seen at 450
Steve Newman reports that blue whales are now estimated at about 450 individuals, half of 1990 figures, amid IWC talks on a potential 11 million square mile whale sanctuary in the Antarctic and strong opposition from Japan and Norway.
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International Whaling Commission
Thamanne
Antarctica
IWC
Japan
Norway
Beaver Lake hosts outdoor photo exhibit from 1993 94 winners
The Traveling exhibit from the Outdoor Writers Association of America features prize winning color and black and white photos in five categories scenic flora people action and fauna. It runs at Beaver Lake Nature Center four miles west of Baldwinsville off Route 370 with 8 am to dark admission.
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Beaver Lake
Outdoor Writers Association of America
Beaver Lake Nature Center
Lysander
Colorado
Ueas
Baldwinsville
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Chris Carola
Associated Press
Mike DiNunzio
Adirondack Council
Elizabethtown
EPL
Lee Wasserman
Conservation Fund
Fish and Wildlife
Robach
RW Groneman
Macedon
Wayne County
Banister
STS Uy
Beatrice George
Ellen Blalocks
W. Jeff Till
Onondaga County LaFayette Road
Norwegian Sea
Forsrriese
Comsomolet
Potar Institute
Murmansk
Ware
Cuba
Deptatrican
Gindershors
South Africa
Jamestown
Orange Free State
Cane Town
Vietnam
Ha Tinh
Offcial
Orine Weak
By Steve Newman
Tampa
Florda
Steve Cole
Bannqueke
Baltimore Woods
Centers For Nature Educaion
Centers For Nature Education
Marcellus
Bishop Hill Road
Jim D'Angelo
Mark Weiner
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