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New Trails Are in 13 States [1]

Twenty-two new National Recreational Trails, covering more than 525 miles, provide a good opportunity to cover outdoor recreation topics.
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TipSheet [2]
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Planning & Growth [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
California [10]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
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Public [12]
June 1, 2009 to June 5, 2009

23rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/19th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction [13]

Topics include assessing current abilities to analyze and predict significant weather events and highlighting research under way to enhance those capabilities.
Professional Meetings [14]
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Public [12]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [15]
Region: 
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]

Decision on Largest Lead-Tainted Neighborhood [16]

The nation's largest residential lead pollution site reached a key milestone today with the signing of an EPA decision on how to clean up thousands of residential yards in eastern Omaha contaminated over decades by emissions from the former ASARCO lead refinery.
Pollution [17]
Public [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
Source: ENS [18], 05/15/2009

Iowa Set To Spend Millions on Water Quality [19]

"Iowa is about to launch its biggest assault ever on river and lake pollution -- a $455 million campaign."
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [12]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
Source: Des Moines Register [21], 05/11/2009

NOAA To Swarm Around Tornadoes This Spring [22]

Researchers, journalists in tow, will be chasing tornadoes around the central US in May and June to learn more about how tornadoes work, and better predict them and their paths.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [23]
Government [24]
Science [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
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Public [12]

Storm Brewing Over Big Muddy [27]

On Feb. 1, 2001, the Army Corps of Engineers is expected to release its final implementation plan for returning the flow of the Missouri River to more natural levels.
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TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat: 
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
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Public [12]

Cash Crop: Native Grasses [28]

Throughout the West, farmers' fields are covered in tall grass. That's not neglect - it's profitable.
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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [29]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [11]
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