Environmental issues

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• Vote for King County Conservation District supervisor, if you can figure out how (Seattle Times)
  The King County Conservation District is a little-known but important agency with a $6 million budget making important decisions about conservations measures. Guest columnist Bill Sherman argues for changes to increase public participation in its elections.
• Water conservation (Skagit Valley Herald)
  Residents asked to conserve water Lack of water in the mountains is already making conservation critical in our area this year. The Skagit Public Utility District and the cities…
• DeSoto youth conservation corps summer program set (Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner)
  DeSoto Refuge will host a Youth Conservation Corps program this summer. Youths from Iowa and Nebraska will be drawn to participate in the program. The enrollees will work on a wide range of projects such as nature trail maintenance, litter pickup, exotic weed control and banding Canada geese. They will also be involved in many different environmental educati […]
• Grove owner, Conservation Alliance challenge growth plan amendments (Stuart News)
  STUART — Recent changes to Martin County’s growth plan are under attack by a large agricultural land owner as well as the Martin County Conservation Alliance.
• Conservation seeks plan for permanent duck blinds (Keokuk Daily Gate City)
  MONTROSE –– The Lee County Conservation Board decided not to allow permanent duck blinds on property just acquired from electrical company Ameren – at least for now.
• Conservation District proposes 15 percent increase (Highland Community News)
  The San Bernardino Valley after Conservation District is considering a 15 percent increase in the groundwater recharge cost charged to those who extract water from their portion of the Bunker Hill Basin.