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New Forest Planning Prioritizes Science, Water
Washington, DC: The Obama administration today announced new planning standards to guide how America’s 192 million acres of national forests and grassland will be used and protected in the future. The new standards follow more than 75 public meetings to gather input on how the Forest Service should update forest management for the 21st century.
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Read more: New Forestry Practices
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I-73 work illegal, group says
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(article originally appeared in the State)
Environmentalists fighting a $2.4 billion freeway to Myrtle Beach are asking the state to stop construction of a small road project that would eventually tie into the proposed interstate.
The Southern Environmental Law Center says state and federal highway agencies are trying to jumpstart construction of Interstate 73 by moving forward illegally with upgrades along U.S. 501 and U.S. 301 near Latta.
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Read more: I-73 Might Be Illegal
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Giant mound of tires in SC visible from space
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press
Dumped tires are seen piled in a wooded area near Elloree, S.C. on Nov. 17, 2011. The tires started piling up on some county land in South Carolina, little by little, growing to a mound of about a million tires covering several acres of land. Officials say a $400 littering fine is hardly enough to deal with the problem.
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Read more: SC, Tires & the Great Wall of China
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Obama Administration: No Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
Sierra Club Praises Decision to Protect National Park, Southwest Drinking Water
Washington, DC: The Obama Administration today took a critical step in finalizing protections to keep more than a million acres of public land around Grand Canyon National Park free from mineral exploration and new mining. The decision comes as the lands around the Grand Canyon are threatened by thousands of new uranium mining claims.
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Read more: The Grand Canyon Gets a Reprieve
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Reverse road-funding course
The state highway commission has a last-gasp chance at its next meeting to reverse its profligate, irresponsible course by jettisoning a $344 million plan for mostly non-essential highway projects. It should seize the opportunity.
Fourth District Commissioner Johnny Edwards will ask that the commission rescind the bond issue, which would consume most of the remaining borrowing capacity of the state Department of Transportation.
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Read more: A Bad Hollywood Road Movie
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