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05.19: Honoring Our Rivers: A Student Anthology Reading
2013-04-15 20:36:29| Powells Books Events Calendar
Each year, students and teachers throughout the watersheds of Oregon and beyond submit poems, essays, or artwork to be featured in the annual collection Honoring Our Rivers. In celebration of the 13th year of publication, students from across the state will be honored and have the opportunity to present their work alongside professional authors and artists.
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Portland: City of Historic Rivers
2013-04-11 21:39:11| PortlandOnline
History of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the Portland area.
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More than half of Chinese rivers have disappeared since 1990s
2013-03-29 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times: About 28,000 rivers have disappeared from Chinas state maps, an absence seized upon by environmentalists as evidence of the irreversible natural cost of developmental excesses. More than half of the rivers previously thought to exist in China now appear to be missing, according to the 800,000 surveyors who compiled the first national water census, leaving Beijing fumbling to explain the cause. Only 22,909 rivers, covering an area of 100 square kilometres were located by surveyors, compared with...
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EPA: The nation's rivers are in sad shape
2013-03-27 17:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Nature Network: From the largest urban rivers to the tiniest undisturbed creeks, nearly 2,000 locations in rivers and streams across the country were sampled by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2008 and 2009. The findings, published in the National Rivers and Streams Assessment 20082009, paint a dismal picture of the state of the nations waterways. The study found that more than 55 percent of our rivers and streams are in poor condition, posing health risks to fish, other wildlife and humans. Meanwhile,...
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America needs to take the battle against Asian carp to the Ohio, Mississippi rivers, says carp czar
2013-03-03 00:49:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
Thwarting an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes remains a major concern, but Asian Carp Director John Goss of the White House Council on Environmental Quality said state and federal efforts must also battle what is fast becoming a carp nightmare on the Ohio River and upper Mississippi watersheds.
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