Prince William and Regional Environmental and Development News

Regional COMPARISON OF U.S. AG CONSERVATION PROPOSALS Reuters; October 1 2001 http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12597/story.htm SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS PROVIDING FUNDS TO RESTORE WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN AREAS Farm Bill Network http://fb-net.org/dollars.htm TRADE OFF HELPS NATURE, CUTS TAX; LANDOWNERS BENEFIT FROM CONSERVATION EASEMENT Washington Post, Frederick Extra; September 29 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41474-2001Sep28.html RESPONSES TO "ECONOMY OR THE ENVIRONMENT: WHY NOT BOTH?" Environmental News Network; September 28 2001 http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/09/09282001/s_45105.asp U.S. TO SEEK INPUT ON USE OF LAND; STATE PURCHASE AIMS TO PROTECT DOUGLAS POINT Washington Post, St. Mary's Extra; September 27 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26392-2001Sep26.html SMART GROWTH MOVEMENT TAKING HOLD Associated Press, New York Times; September 26 2001 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Smart-Growth.html BACKERS OF 'WALKABLE TOWNS' HITTING PENNSYLVANIA STREETS; NEW URBANISN URGES SUBURBANITES TO RETURN TO CITIES Baltimore Sun; September 23 2001 http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/midatlantic/bal-ca.urbanism00sep23.story RETAIL-RESIDENTIAL 'URBAN VILLAGE' DEBUTS L.A. Times; September 28 2001 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000077579sep28.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia SCIENTIST: SPRAWL MAKES US COUCH POTATOES; BETTER CITY PLANNING COULD WHIP US BACK INTO SHAPE The Idaho Statesman; September 25 2001 http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/daily/20010925/LocalNews/162353.shtml WITHOUT STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT VISION PERISHES Speakers Commission on Regionalism, The Planning Report; September 2001 http://www.ablinc.net/tpr/archive/sept2001c.html RETHINK THE FARMS Washintgon Post; October 1 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50497-2001Sep30.html CREWS KNOW ERROR COULD MEAN FLOODING [WTC clean up] Boston Globe; September 29 2001 http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/272/nation/Crews_know_an_error_could_mean_flooding+.shtml PLAN FOR PIPE IN LAKE ROUSES COUPLE'S FEARS; STATE TO REVIEW UNDERWATER SEWER LINE FOR HOMES Washington Post, Loudoun Extra; September 30 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44294-2001Sep29.html RESPECT FOR TREES GROWING STRONGER Atlanta Journal-Constitution; September 24 2001 http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/monday/business_b3eafdc2f02461f00010.html WHY CAN'T WE SAVE DOWNTOWN TREES Atlanta Journal-Constitution; September 24 2001 http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/monday/business_b3eafdd2f02470d10020.html MINISTERS FOCUS ON CANADA'S FORESTS EarthVision Environmental News; September 24 2001 http://www.gnet.org/news/newsdetail.cfm?NewsID=17911&image1=2 The Vancouver Sun; September 28 2001 http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/story.asp?id={A437A0BE-E964-4299-B184-1382D5DA1476} POLLUTION THREAT TO ESTUARIES BBC; August 23 2001 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/wales/newsid_1505000/1505022.stm PLANTING PUSHED SQUIRRELS WEST Nature, Science Update; September 21 2001 http://www.nature.com/nsu/010927/010927-3.html AOL RUNNING HARD Washington Techway; October 1 2001 http://www.washtech.com/washtechway/2_19/cover/12625-1.html SPECIAL REPORT: FATHOMING THE TOWERS' STRUCTURAL FAILURE Technology Review; September 27 2001 http://www.techreview.com/web/special/roush.asp VAST PLAN OKd TO FIGHT ORANGE COUNTY GRIDLOCK L.A. Times; September 25 2001 http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-000076855sep25.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dpe%2Dcalifornia DEATHS RAISE ALARMS ON POWER PLANTS Washington Post; Septmeber 30 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46618-2001Sep29.html BARTERING CAN DRIVE PROJECTS THROUGH ROAD REQUIREMENTS Washington Business Journal; September 13 2001 http://washington.bcentral.com/washington/stories/2001/09/17/focus11.html FIRST UK GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION TRADE COMPLETE Earth Vision Environmental News; September 27 2001 http://www.gnet.org/news/newsdetail.cfm?NewsID=17951&image1=2 EUORPEAN COMPANIES NOT AT FAULT COULD BE LIABLE Environment News Service; September 27 2001 http://ens.lycos.com/ens/sep2001/2001L-09-27-03.html THE ECONOMY OR THE ENVIRONMENT: WHY NOT BOTH Environmental News Network; September 26 2001 http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/09/09262001/s_45072.asp  ALIEN INVASION: EXOTIC SPECIES SOW DESTRUCTION ACROSS THE ATLANTIC National Geographic News; September 24 2001 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/09/0906_alieninvasion.html ARBOREAL ASSASSINS: AMERICAN CHESTNUT TREES ONCE DOMINATED THE HARDWOOD FORESTS & NOW ARE  GONE. TWO OTHER POPULAR SPECIES APPEAR TO BE FACING SIMILAR FATES eNature; September 26 2001  http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/09/09262001/eNature.com_44992.asp MARYLAND BUYS LAND ON POTOMAC Washington Post; September 25 2001  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19920-2001Sep24.html STATE TO SPEND $6.3 MILLION TO BUY TRACT ALONG POTOMAC: GREENPRINT PROGRAM TO CONSERVE 1,271 ACRES  IN CHARLES COUNTY The Baltimore Sun; September 25 2001 http://www.sunspot.net/news/printedition/bal-md.land25sep25.story   PRINCE WILLIAM REAL ESTATE AGENT CLEARED; PROSECUTOR SAYS TASK FORCE MEMBER'S LAND DEAL  VIOLATED SPIRIT OF DISCLOSURE LAW Washington Post; September 21 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1199-2001Sep20.html ENVIRONMENTAL PANEL HEAD COULD PUSH TOUGHER CRITICAL AREA LAW The Annapolis Capital; September 25 2001 http://www.capitalonline.com/cgi-bin/read/2001/09_23-19/TOP  SEA CHANGE: SMITH ISLAND, MD., is fighting time and tide that erode not only its shoreline but the waterman culture it has known for generations The Philadelphia Inquirer; September 24 2001  http://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/09/23/inqmag/features/A23SMITH.htm   WATERSHED FUNDING TENDS TO FLOW EAST The Pittsburgh Tribune Review; September 24 2001 http://www.triblive.com/tribnorth/tribnorth_story.html?rkey=172608+sid=1d89ae6e9ce9ab4f6e56aa6c8207c6a0+cat=tribnorth- news+template=news1.html  GROWTH'S TROUBLED WATERS; RIVER, BAY FACE MAJOR DANGERS Times Dispatch; September 11, 2001 http://www.timesdispatch.com/growth/MGISC5ZT3DC.html  FACTS & MYTHS ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING: A CONSERVATIVE PERSPECTIVE REP America; Summer 2001 http://repamerica.org/ FISHERIES SERVICE HURT SALMON RECOVERY EFFORTS, SAY A NUMBER OF OFFICIALS Seattle Times; September 25 2001 http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=audit&date=20010925&query=growth MINISTERS FOCUS ON CANADA'S FORESTS EarthVision Environmental News; September 24 2001  http://www.earthvision.net/ColdFusion/News_Page1.cfm?NewsID=17911 RULE MAKING PROCESS TO BE TIGHTENED; OIRA TO STRESS USE OF "SCIENCE-BASED" APPROACH Washington Post; September 26 2001  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26307-2001Sep26.html UPDATE -- HOUSE TO DEBATE U.S. FARM LAW OVERHAUL NEXT WEEK Reuters; September 26 2001 http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12538/story.htm FARM PROPOSAL WOULD BENEFIT BAY CLEANUP Washington Post; September 21 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1158-2001Sep20.html TECHNIQUE MODELS MOVEMENT OF WATER & CHEMICALS IN SOIL [Groundwater contamination] EarthVision Environmental News; September 24 2001 http://www.earthvision.net/ColdFusion/News_Page1.cfm?NewsID=17908 POLLUTION MAY TRAVEL LONG DISTANCES EarthVision Environmental News; September 24 2001 http://www.gnet.org/news/newsdetail.cfm?NewsID=17906&image1=2 Environmental News Network; September 24 2001 http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/09/09242001/pollutants_45057.asp ENERGY CONSERVATION PACIFIC NORTHWEST STYLE Environmental News Network; September 26 2001 http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/09/09262001/s_45066.asp AGENCIES TRACK ANTARCTIC OZONE HOLE EarthVision Environmental News; September 21 2001 http://www.earthvision.net/ColdFusion/News_Page1.cfm?NewsID=17887 CANADA URGES AGAINST HASTY U.S. MOVE ON ARTIC OIL Reuters; September 25 2001 http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12527/newsDate/25-Sep-2001/story.htm BUSH ENERGY BILL SNEAKS IN $30 MILLION FOR URANIUM MINING; NAVAJOS CALL IT "CORPORATE WELFARE"  WHILE WORLD ISN'T WATCHING Indian Country Today; September 26 2001 http://www.indiancountry.com/?article=592 NRC FINDS SAFETY VIOLATION AT MARYLAND CALVERY CLIFFS NUKE Reuters; September 24 2001 http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12498/newsDate/24-Sep-2001/story.htm BRAZIL NUCLEAR PLANT ACCIDENT DISCOVERED BY MEDIA Reuters; September 26 2001 http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2001/09/09262001/reu_45079.asp MEXICO CITY BREATHES EASIER AS AIR QUALITY IMPROVES Reuters; September 25 2001 http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12516/newsDate/25-Sep-2001/story.htm

Prince William County WILBOURN SEEKS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS' SUPPORT OF WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PW Times; October 4 2001 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2446284&BRD=1908&PAG=461&dept_id=459955&rfi=6 COUNTY'S BUDGET ROSY NOW, BUT FUTURE UNCERTAIN PW Times; October 4 2001 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2446276&BRD=1908&PAG=461&dept_id=458673&rfi=6 ALTERNATE GAINESVILLE PLAN CALLS FOR LESS RETAIL PW Times; October 4 2001 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2446279&BRD=1908&PAG=461&dept_id=458673&rfi=6 BOARD APPROVES EIGHT-HOME DEVELOPMENT [INSIDE RURAL CRESCENT; GATEWAY OAKS] PW Daily Journal; September 27 2001 http://199.244.139.109/dcwww?-show:client/journal/MAN/j2001/q3/m09/t27/pa/s001/001_001_001.dcs OWNERS: RETAIL KEY TO OLD TOWN; MERCHANTS PUSH TO SAVE STOREFRONT SPACE Manassas Journal Messenger; October 2 2001 http://www.manassasjm.com/frontpage/MGB53YFHCSC.html POWER PLANTS THREATEN RURAL LANDS PW Daily Journal; October 4 2001 http://199.244.139.109/dcwww?-show:client/journal/MAN/j2001/q4/m10/t04/pa/s006/001_001_001.dcs HAYMARKET COUNCIL REMAINS DIVIDED PW Times; October  4 2001 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2446273&BRD=1908&PAG=461&dept_id=459955&rfi=6  TOWN LEADERS WON'T GO ON RETREAT [HAYMARKET] Manassas Journal Messenger; October 2 2001 http://www.manassasjm.com/frontpage/MGBOOB9HCSC.html SPRAWL & CRAWL COMES TO THE JOURNAL PW Daily Journal; October 2 2001 http://199.244.139.109/dcwww?-show:client/journal/MAN/j2001/q4/m10/t02/pa/s002/002_001_001.dcs I-66 SPEED LIMIT TO RISE PW Times; October 4 2001 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2446280&BRD=1908&PAG=461&dept_id=458673&rfi=6  DUMFRIES TOWN OFFICIALS STEP UP EMERGENCY PLANNING Potomac News; Otober 5 2001 http://www.potomacnews.com/news/MGBBA530ESC.html LOCAL NONPROFIT PUSHES FOR INCREASED TOURISM IN PW PW Journal; October 5 2001 http://jrnl.com/cfdocs/new/pw/story.cfm?paper=pw&section=fp&snumber=07 ABC GRANTS NISSAN PAVILION LIQUOR LICENSE DESPITE OBJECTIONS Manassas Journal Messenger; October 2 2001 http://www.manassasjm.com/frontpage/MGBQZYLHCSC.html QUESTIONS CLOUD COUNTY'S FISCAL FUTURE PW Daily Journal; September 30 2001 http://www.jrnl.com/pw/story.cfm?paper=pw&section=fp&snumber=03 AIR QUALITY HAZE ENGULFS REGION; LEADERS GRAPPLE TO CLEAN AIR BEFORE LOOMING DEADLINE PW Times; September 20 2001 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=2380200&BRD=1908&PAG=461&dept_id=458673&rfi=6 NAME-CALLING UNCALLED FOR Letters to the Editor; Donald White, Gainesville Washington Post, PW Extra; September 30 2001 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46596-2001Sep29.html ORDINANCE WOULD PROTECT DISTINGUISHED TREES [Manassas] PW Daily Journal; September 30 2001 http://www.jrnl.com/pw/story.cfm?paper=pw&section=fp&snumber=11 [PW] COUNTY READY FOR BIOWARFARE Potomac News; October 1 2001 http://www.potomacnews.com/frontpage/MGBL61T58SC.html COUNTY REBUFFS PLEA TO FIX LOGMILL ROAD Manassas Journal Messenger; September 27 2001 http://www.manassasjm.com/frontpage/MGBG9VD34SC.html TRIANGLE MAY GET NEEDED FACELIFT; DEVELOPMENT PLANS INCLUDE OFFICE SPACE Potomac News; September 22 2001 http://www.manassasjm.com/news/archive/MGBMCRN8YRC.html MANASSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT TO GET NEW TENENT PW Daily Journal; September 30 2001 http://www.jrnl.com/pw/story.cfm?paper=pw&section=fp&snumber=24 PHOTOS FROM HAYMARKET DAY (no cut-and-paste) PW Times http://www.timespapers.com/society/index.php?id=1057

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