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River Basin: - The land area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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BLM Seeks Public Input On Sandy River Basin Plans  -  05 Aug 2008
OPB News,The BLM manages over 14000 acres of land in the Sandy River Basin. The agency plans to release a final management plan for the area in early fall.

Garrett defends water buyback scheme  -  05 Aug 2008
The Age,The Rudd government has defended its water buyback scheme following reports $50 million spent this year will return just 10 megalitres to the Murray River.

Anadarko Announces Second-Quarter Results  -  05 Aug 2008
WELT ONLINE,SECOND-QUARTER 2008 OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS Achieved record daily production in the Greater Natural Buttes and the Powder River Basin Expanded West Africa

How Karl Rove’s Plan to Kill Salmon Led to a GOP Senator’s Reelection  -  05 Aug 2008
The Public Record,Details of Rove's involvement in influencing the Interior Department to reverse its policies with regard to the Klamath River basin have been previously

Klatt explores salmon species with her exhibit at LCSC Center  -  05 Aug 2008
Lewis-Clark State College,Klatt grew up in the heart of the Columbia River Basin and received her Master of Fine Arts in painting and drawing from Washington State University in 1990

MDU Resources Group, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript  -  05 Aug 2008
Seeking Alpha,Increased natural gas production in the Powder River Basin and the need for additional pipeline capacity created an opportunity to expand the Grasslands

'Water plans' will hit everyone -warns Buncrana councillor  -  05 Aug 2008
Derry Today,Councillor Nicholas Crossan has said current proposals to roll out a river basin management plan will effect everyone in the future - including builders,

Agencies revive Concho River  -  05 Aug 2008
San Angelo Standard-Times,It will be called the Concho River Basin Aquatic Research and Education Center, and it will be open to the public sometime in the fall, Brown said.

Palin declares Interior Alaska flooding a disaster  -  05 Aug 2008
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner,The Fairbanks North Star Borough has run an emergency-operations center from town since heavy rains began to soak the Tanana River basin one week ago.

Governor declares disaster from Interior flood waters  -  05 Aug 2008
Anchorage Daily News (subscription),Officials said flooding stretched across the Tanana River basin to hit cities and villages as far away as the North Slope Borough. The Alaska Railroad said

Groups hope Ga., SC lake study will prepare for next drought  -  05 Aug 2008
Anderson Independent Mail,They said they hope to use that information to get the Corps to adjust how it manages the water in the Savannah River Basin. “The drought isn’t going to

Great Lakes compact stalls  -  05 Aug 2008
GoErie.com,The measure -- the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact -- would ban the transport of Great Lakes water beyond the basin.

Water District approves proposed millage rates  -  05 Aug 2008
Temple Terrace University Beacon,The Basin Board taxes would range from $11.13 per year in the Manasota Basin to $27.76 per year in the Pinellas-Anclote River Basin.

Force Energy Corp. Retains North Coast Resource Development, LLC ...  -  05 Aug 2008
MarketWatch...million barrels of undiscovered oil, and a mean of 20.5 million barrels of undiscovered natural gas liquids in the Wind River Basin Province of Wyoming.

NYMEX To Change Margins For Coal Futures Contracts On NYMEX ClearPort®  -  05 Aug 2008
Exchange News Direct,The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. today announced margin changes to its Central Appalachian coal, Western Rail Powder River Basin coal swap,

After being flooded out, Princeton Homebrew rises again  -  05 Aug 2008
Princeton Packet,...flooded in late June 2006, the third so-called “100-year flood� to hit the Delaware River basin in two years (Mr. Bair missed the September 2004 flood).

City officials tackle full agenda tonight  -  05 Aug 2008
Great Falls Tribune,Loble's ruling applies to all claimants, including the city of Great Falls, in the Missouri River basin from Holter Dam to the Sun River,

Groups seek limits on Mississippi, Gulf pollution  -  Jul 30, 2008
Action 3 News,...and seven other states have asked the federal government to set and enforce pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico.

Join fight against dead zones  -  Aug 3, 2008
The Daily Advertiser,...petitioned the US Environmental Protection Agency to establish and enforce pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin and the Gulf of Mexico.

Pollution help upriver  -  Aug 3, 2008
Sarasota Herald-Tribune,River that have linked with several national groups to petition the Environmental Protection Agency to limit agricultural pollution in the river basin.

USA. Kentucky Waterways Alliance joins petition to US ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
BYM News (press release),Of the states in the Mississippi River basin, the largest overall contributor is Illinois at 16.8 percent and 12.9 percent, respectively.

The Gulf of Mexico on the Verge Of An Ecological Catastrophe  -  Jul 31, 2008
eFluxMediaThat’s why Environmental groups in nine states have petitioned the federal government in order for the pollution standards in the Mississippi River basin

Conservationists Seek Firm Limits on Gulf Dead Zone Pollution  -  Jul 30, 2008
Environment News Service...today to set and enforce numeric standards to limit nutrient pollution in the river basin because it contributes to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

Dollar signs on Alberta water as those with plenty sell to highest ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
The Canadian Press,Rocky View was unable to get its own licence and faced strong opposition to plans to pipe water from the Red Deer River basin to the north.

• No disaster declaration yet for Salt River basin  -  Jul 31, 2008
KHQA,But residents in about 45 to 50 homes in the lower Salt River basin have been displaced. But until a disaster declaration is formally issued,

Warrior Energy Flows First Natural Gas From Green River Basin ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
The Energy News,...operational milestone with two successful wells in the Company's Strike Project Area, located within the highly-prolific Green River Basin of Wyoming.

Grand Coulee Dam's immensity dominates Columbia River Basin  -  Jul 23, 2008
Seattle Times,In the early days of the century, when there were more cattle than people in the sage- and bunch-grass desert of the Columbia River Basin, homesteaders who

Result Energy gets more lands and partner in the Horn River Basin ...  -  Jul 14, 2008
The Canadian Press,..."With this new joint venture partnership in place, Result has cemented its position as the pre-eminent junior E&P player in the Horn River Basin," said Bill

South Australia drought worsens  -  Jul 9, 2008
BBC News,A long-running drought in Australia's main food-growing region, the Murray-Darling river basin, has significantly worsened according to a new report.

Arch Coal Rises Most in Five Months as Profit Triples on Prices  -  Jul 25, 2008
BloombergCash prices for coal in Wyoming's Powder River Basin, where Arch gets about three-fourths of its production, jumped 63 percent from a year earlier to a

Public invited to comment on stewardship of Sandy Basin  -  Jul 31, 2008
Sandy Post,A conservation and restoration strategy for the Sandy River Basin. • Potential shared-use, non-motorized trail systems enhancing access for hikers,

Group says BLM way behind in oil and gas inspections  -  Aug 3, 2008
Gillette News Record,Powder River Basin Resource Council officials stated Wednesday that it had obtained information through a federal Freedom of Information Act request that

Water study idea worth considering  -  Aug 4, 2008
Gadsden Times (subscription),Crouch said an unbiased, scientific study of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin system would cost approximately $1 million and could take 21â?„2

Team investigates  -  Aug 2, 2008
Washington Daily News,In 2007, there were five reported fish kills in the Pamlico-Tar River Basin and 27 reported fish kills in 12 of the state’s 17 river basins.

Quarterly Activities Report  -  Jul 30, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,POWDER RIVER BASIN, WYOMING, USA The Powder River Basin encompasses approximately 67000 square kilometres in the northern Rocky Mountains of the USA

Birds of a feather but of a different hue as environment changes  -  Jul 30, 2008
The Canberra Times,BY ROSSLYN BEEBY Rising sea levels and the disappearance of an ancient, vast freshwater lake in the Murray River basin may explain why Australia's crimson

Bush voices support for Great Lakes compact  -  Jul 29, 2008
The Capital Times,President Bush is urging quick action on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact by the US Congress, to protect the lakes as a

New energy group targets sage grouse  -  Aug 3, 2008
cbs4denver.com,...(AP) Challenging the recent federal sage grouse protection rules in the Powder River Basin is one of the priorities of a new organization of energy-related

Pact Gains to Protect Great Lakes' Water  -  Jul 8, 2008
Wall Street JournalQuebec have amended their statutes, aligning themselves with the water-management rules of the compact, which also covers the St. Lawrence River Basin.

Delaware River Partners OK Billion Gallon Release for Trout  -  Jul 23, 2008
Environment News ServiceWEST TRENTON, New Jersey, July 22, 2008 (ENS) - With summer temperatures soaring in the upper Delaware River basin, Pennsylvania and its neighbors

Pioneer Editorial: Compact to protect the Great Lakes  -  Aug 2, 2008
Bemidji Pioneer,Minnesota was the first of the eight states to approve the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact, signed by Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Feb.

Angola At Zambeze River Basin Meeting In Maputo  -  Jul 24, 2008
AngolaPress,Luanda, 07/24 - Angola is participating on July 23-26, in Maputo, Mozambique, in a meeting on Zambeze river basin, to debate the collaboration and effective

Farmers seek more flood control for Kankakee River  -  Jul 24, 2008
Chicago Tribune,Flooding in the Kankakee River basin -- a region once covered by a vast swamp drained in the late 19th century -- has been particularly hard on farmers in

Basin group analyzing road-related river issues  -  Jul 18, 2008
State Gazette,River-related problems are quite similar from one county to the next, and the West Tennessee River Basin Authority hopes to devise cookie-cutter solutions.

Former manager of LCRA brought visionary ideas  -  Aug 3, 2008
Austin American-Statesman,River by overseeing the purchase of the Lakeside Irrigation Co., which supplied water to rice farmers in the coastal portion of the river basin.

Initial bids due for Rio Tinto's coal unit: sources  -  Jul 9, 2008
ReutersThe unit, estimated to be worth about $4 billion by one analyst, employs about 1675 people and owns open cut coal mines in the Powder River Basin of Montana

Belarus-Venezuela joint venture starts seismic operations in ...  -  Jul 23, 2008
Petroleumworld.com,...up late last year has started exploring the seismic sections in Boyaco area in the Orinoco River basin, BelTA was told in the Belorusneft press service.

Mara beekeepers offered equipment worth 6m/-  -  Jul 27, 2008
DailyNewsOnline,The World Wildlife Fund’s Mara River Basin Project in conjunction with Musoma District Council has donated modern beekeeping tools valued at about 6m/- to a

Walker River Basin financial figures updated  -  Jul 18, 2008
Reno Gazette Journal,...a $55400000 unexpended balance for water acquisitions on the Walker River Basin Project and $6010.637.66 unspent to date on various research projects.

PGMA orders creation of task force on flood control in Mindanao Basin  -  Jul 23, 2008
Philippine Information Agency,..."I will issue an executive order creating the task force that will undertake the study on the rehabilitation of the river basin," the President said.




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