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To the editor: This summer’s soggy weather hurt many farmers, but rain’s great for wetlands.
To the editor: After reading the misleading information concerning the future of the South Lawrence Trafficway recently,
I thought it would be nice to point out a couple of things.
Apr 8, 2010 ... Eileen Horn will help the city and county conserve energy
and move the area toward more environmental .....
www2.ljworld.com/.../lawrence-douglas-county-team-hire-sustainability-c/ - Cached
To the editor: I was out at the Wakarusa wetlands a few weeks ago and noticed a group of coots swimming and feeding. By that I mean American coots — black, duck-like birds with white bills — not “old coots” — geezers who write cranky letters to the editor.
Rex Powell, a volunteer with the Wakarusa Wetlands Learners, talks about the variety of wildlife living in the wetlands.
Published on April 26, 2010
Crews perform the annual burning of the Baker Wetlands south of Lawrence on April 14, 2010.
Published on April 14, 2010
Members of the West family take a hike through the Baker University Wetland during the Jayhawk Audubon Society butterfly tagging event Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009. A colder and wetter summer resulted in fewer wetlands flowers and a lower migrating monarch population this year for partipants.
Published on September 19, 2009
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A response to those who keep claiming the wetlands is merely old farmland Baker University flooded.
The version of history that trafficway proponents constantly harp on is full of half truths and deliberate distortions largely constructed to justify decades of attempted cultural extermination and land theft. Haskell's sense of its past has no merit in this bigoted self-serving mega-narrative of determined wetland pavers.
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Students from Langston Hughes Elementary spent some time in the Baker Wetlands learning about critters Monday. Other area schools will be visiting the wetlands later this month.
Local activists hoping to help save the Baker wetlands from South Lawrence Trafficway construction were on KU's campus Monday. They were asking for students and other concerned individuals to sign a petition.
The annual burning of portions of the Baker Wetlands took place most of the day Wednesday. Smoke from the controlled burn could be seen from many parts of Lawrence.
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Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 4:19 am on Jun 3, 2010
See link below for history of Initiative Foundation, Little Falls (MN)
which acted as a consultant to Friends of Diamond Lake (FoDL)
for its recently launched stormwater mitigation plan.
http://www.ifound.org/environmental_train.php
For full details of FoDL plan, see this link:
http://www.friendsofdiamondlake.org
For further info on the FoDL organization, contact the president and a former neighbor:
Dave Oltmans <dmoltmans@comcast.net>
Maybe there are some lessons to be learned for your Kansas kin. Good luck.
Bob-RJ Burkhart said
at 6:09 am on May 30, 2010
MentorshipART of Peace ... i4CQuest-Keywords: 2010 Landrigan NIH "National Children's Study" "health effects" chemical risks autism mental
Seven tips for a healthy pregnancy ...
Apr 20, 2010 ... Dr. Philip Landrigan, pioneering pediatrician, lead investigator of the National Children's Study, and winner of the 2010 Heart of Green. ...
to regulate chemicals not just on their health effects on adults, but on children too. ... high risk of heart and lung deformities in her child, even autism. ...
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/daily_green_news/330/seven-tips-for-a-healthy-pregnancy-including-some-you-might-not-hear-from-your-doctor.html
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