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| 10/22/2004: Interior Department calls Farm Bureau on Team Effort |
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STORY: In a teleconference with American Farm Bureau directors from Western states, Interior Secretary Gale Norton and her staff reviewed the past four years to talk about teamwork to sustain America’s rangelands and wildlife habitats in the future. (text) |
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SOUNDBITE: The farmers and ranchers in Western states keep a close watch over the Sage Grouse issue. The Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Kathleen Clarke, says BLM is acting based on a proven strategy; consultation, cooperation and communication, all in the name of conservation. (text) |
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SOUNDBITE: Keeping up with invasive species, weeds such as Cheatgrass and Tamarisk or Salt Cedar, is another area where several federal agencies work with the private sector and local governments. BLM Director Clarke says the problem is larger than people think and that these weeds know no boundaries. (text) |
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| 10/07/2004: Office of Surface Mining awards $96,687 to help restore Cheat River watershed |
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STORY: Through the Appalachian Clean Streams Program, the Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining has announced an award of more than $96,000 to a West Virginia watershed organization called the Friends of the Cheat for clean-up of areas of Muddy Creek, a Cheat River tributary, damaged by acid mine drainage from abandoned coal mines. (text) |
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SOUNDBITE: The project will focus on a three mile middle stretch of the Muddy Creek and the remedial measures will include a passive treatment system of limestone leach beds that can remove 141 tons of acid per year. Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals, says West Virginians have a special connection to the Cheat River. (text) |
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SOUNDBITE: Acid mine drainage is just one of many problems caused by abandoned mines land. The authority to collect fees on coal production to clean up the problem expired Sept. 30. 3.5 million Americans live within a mile of an abandoned mine, mostly in the states of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. (text) |
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SOUNDBITE: Assistant Secretary Watson says the Bush administration has put forward legislation to reauthorize and restructure the Abandoned Mine Land Fund. (text) |
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