News tagged with “square miles”. Found:
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2 SoCal counties added to citrus pest quarantine
Palm Springs :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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State agricultural officials have placed parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties under quarantine to minimize the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid (SIH'-lihd), which can carry a disease fatal to lemon and orange trees. The California Department...
Tags: square miles, Palm Springs, Environment, Inland Empire, San Diego, Southern California, San Bernardino California, Coachella Valley, Riverside California, Jumping plant louse, Disaster Accident
Nsibambi defends land Bill
Kampala :: Uganda | 1 day ago
Credibility Apolo Nsibambi vehemently defended the proposed Land Bill yesterday, saying it was necessary to deal with the rampant eviction of tenants. However, several MPs from both the Government and the opposition doubted whether the Bill tackled the root causes.
Tags: Buganda, square miles, Apolo Nsibambi, Uganda, Kampala, Politics, Social Issues
Brazil Spreads Concrete Through the Rainforest
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 13 days ago
Credibility While land development, human settlement, and logging are the main sources of deforestation , the bedrock of this global ecocide is the construction of roads which tear through the rainforest habitat, laying down concrete in every direction with each...
Tags: Brazil, Amazon, square kilometres, president luiz, square miles, lula da, inacio lula, amazon deforestation, monitoring deforestation, climate change, Rio de Janeiro, Silva, Furnas, Disaster Accident, Itaipu, Paranￃﾡ, Paranￃﾡ River, Environment, Environment of Brazil, Rainforest, Marina Silva, Afforestation, Luiz Inￃﾡcio Lula da Silva, Deforestation, Forestry, Deforestation in Brazil, Dassault Rafale, JAS 39 Gripen, Fighter aircraft, Saab, Brazilian Air Force, Jet aircraft, Canard aircraft, Carrier-based aircraft
Polar Bear Habitat Proposed for Alaska
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The Interior Department on Thursday proposed designating more than 200,000 square miles of land, sea and ice along the northern coast of Alaska as critical habitat for the shrinking polar bear population. The area, the largest single designation of protected...
Tags: polar bears, critical habitat, Alaska, square miles, Obama, obama administration, White House, House Financial Services Committee
Iroquois County sheriff's staffing
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | 2 months ago
Credibility 681,097 Coverage area: 846 square miles Sworn deputies patrolling the county: 204 Iroquois County 2008 population: 30,285 Coverage area: 1,120 square miles Sworn deputies patrolling the county: 12 Kankakee County Total 2008 population: 112,524 Coverage...
Tags: deputies patrolling, square miles, sworn deputies, miles sworn, county sheriff, coverage area, Kankakee
Wildfires burning across Colorado this weekend
Dove Creek :: CO :: USA | 3 months ago
Credibility Two large fires are burning and smaller blazes are sparking throughout the state as the seasonal wildfire threat grows...There are quite a few new starts here over the past few days."...A crew of 35 is battling the 380 acre Scenery Gulch fire eight miles...
Study: Arctic sea ice melting faster than expected
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility Arctic sea ice is melting so fast most of it could be gone in 30 years. A new analysis of changing conditions in the region, using complex computer models of weather and climate, says conditions that had been forecast by the end of the century could occur...
Tags: Ice-Free Arctic Ocean Possible, million square, square miles, ice cover, square kilometers
DOE may shrink Hanford's active area to 10 square miles
Hanford :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility That's less than 2 percent of the original 586 square miles, said Matt McCormick, DOE assistant manager for central Hanford. "It's hard to believe that Hanford could be known only as the Central Plateau in a few years," said Dennis Faulk, an environmental...
Tags: Hanford, square miles
Agency expands critical habitat for Canada lynx
Saint Paul :: Canada | 9 months ago
Credibility Fish and Wildlife Service says the amount of land designated as critical habitat for the Canada lynx will increase more than 20-fold. The lynx is a medium-size wild cat federally classified as a threatened species. The habitat designation will apply to...
Tags: Canada, canada lynx, square miles, critical habitat
Monumental safeguards
Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility With the stroke of a pen last week, President Bush set aside more square miles of ocean for protection than any other political leader in history. Three new monuments, surrounding far-flung islands, reefs and atolls scattered across the Pacific, will...
Tags: islands, George W. Bush, square miles, Pacific Ocean, George W. Bush
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