2,000-acre Mariposa wins OK; foes of project fill meeting room (Palatka Daily News)
Mariposa, a massive housing development proposed to be built in Putnam County, got a green light Tuesday from county commissioners. n An ordinance changing the comprehensive growth management plan and land-use map....more...Commission to vote on controversial Pebble Beach golf project (The San Francisco Examiner)
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. ( Map , News ) - Under a canopy of rare Monterey pines, environmental activist David Dilworth scans a wooded area marked for a golf and residential development by a company backed by actor/director Clint Eastwood....more... Attractions (Bradenton Herald)
Area attractions run on a rotating basis as space allows. ...more... Mapping landslide susceptibility (Earth Observatory)
Rainfall is the key factor in Adler and Hong?s product, but first, they needed to piece together a global landslide susceptibility map, which would help reveal terrain and ground properties. Hong said, ?Rainfall can be a trigger for landslides, but ground conditions are also very important.?...more... Oregon Recreation Report (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Welcome to the Willamette Zone Recreation Report. Find information on Fishing, Hunting and Viewing. Look for spring chinook and summer steelhead in the Clackamas River and shad fishing is heating up in the Willamette River....more... Burning down the South (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
The wildfires that have swept through the Okefenokee this year are the largest in the lower 48 states in nearly a century. Do they portend a hotter future?... By Scott Henry.Like many natural disasters, the largest wildfire in Georgia history would normally be considered the love child of random happenstance and extraordinary opportunity. [image-1]The state sees an average of 8,000 forest and ......more... Showdown Looms Over Alaskan Road Proposal (RedNova)
WASHINGTON _ It's only a short hop by plane from the remote Aleutian fishing outpost of King Cove to the World War II-era airfield at Cold Bay, Alaska's third-largest airstrip. If only the weather would cooperate, which much of the time it doesn't....more... Oregon Recreation report (Albany Democrat-Herald)
Kick start your summer during the 19th annual Free Fishing Weekend this Saturday and Sunday. Oregonians and visitors are invited to fish, crab and clam anywhere in Oregon without a license. Just be sure to follow all current regulations. Check out ODFW Zone reports for fishing hot spots....more... Tiny Venice, Louisiana is reeling 'em in again (Los Angeles Times)
Louisiana's lure: Not far from New Orleans, the fishermen are back. Post-Katrina damage may mean roughing it, but when the catch is this fine, who cares? At the mouth of the Mississippi River, services may be a little spartan Katrina left a mess but the scenery and the fishing are spectacular. A platinum sun set on a warm March afternoon as I drove from New Orleans' Louis Armstrong Airport ......more... |