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Land

11/20/11 - Va. land conservation tops in Southeast - FOX Carolina 21‏

11/10/11 - Man wins Audubon award for bird conservation | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com‏

11/2/11 -Shore man presented Audubon award | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com‏

11/1/11 - THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release November 1, 2011 - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORT MONROE NATIONAL MONUMENT ------- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION

11/1/11Fort Monroe National Monument - move receives support - dailypress.com‏

11/1/11 - Fort Monroe's history - Daily Press‏

10/29/11 - Virginia buys land on Eastern Shore for preservation | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com‏

10/20/11 - Fort Monroe – Hampton site is one of two in state to be highlighted under Obama initiative - Daily Press

10/19/11 -Fort Monroe National Park – Senators make case during Congressional hearing - dailypress.com

10/18/11 - Mayor to Pitch Fort Monroe Park Plan - http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/hampton/mayor-to-pitch-ft.-monroe-park-plan

10/14/11 -Fort Monroe backers see Obama's visit as opportunity | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

10/12/11 - Fort Monroe being considered for statewide high school - Daily Press

10/12/11 -Insurance News - Three Families Conserve 1,600 Acres of Private Forestland Central Virginia; Properties Are in Dinwiddie, Prince George, Sussex and Isle of Wight... -http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=284905&type=newswires

9/28/11 - CHESAPEAKE-NAVY LAND DEAL SHIELDS 640 ACRES FROM DEVELOPMENT on Page B1 of Wednesday, September 28, 2011 issue of The Virginian-Pilot

9/23/11 - Easement to preserve Werowocomoco historic site - York River Indian village was home of Powhatan, Pocahontas - http://articles.dailypress.com/2011-09-23/news/dp-nws-gloucester-werowocomoco-0924-20110923_1_easement-werowocomoco-lynn-ripley

9/22/11 - The Future of Fort Monroe - Preservation Expected in Presidential Proclomation - Read More

9/21/11 -Salazar pushing to make Fort Monroe a national monument | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com - http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/salazar-pushing-make-fort-monroe-national-mo nument

9/17/11 - Family farm in urban Va. Beach defies time's march | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com - http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/family-farm-urban-va-beach-defies-times-march

9/15/11 - City of Virginia Beach Receives $500,000 for Acquisition of Pleasure House Point - http://www.vbgov.com/news/pages/selected.aspx?release=337

9/15/11 - Interactive guide | Fort Monroe now open to the public | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com - http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/interactive-guide-fort-monroe-now-open-public

9/13/11 - Legacy of live oaks continues as Fort Monroe changes its mission - Daily Press- http://articles.dailypress.com/2011-09-13/features/dp-nws-fort-monroe-trees- 0914-20110913_1_remarkable-trees-algernourne-oak-jeff-kirwan

9/8/11 - Glenn Oder - Fort Monroe's new executive director is bullish about the challenges at Fort Monroe - Daily Press‏ - http://articles.dailypress.com/2011-09-08/news/dp-nws-oder-monroe-interview-20110908_1_bill-armbruster-fort-monroe-authority-army

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Water/Cheseapeake Bay

12/7/11-Director of Whitaker's Imax film on Chesapeake Bay watershed visits area | PennLive.com‏

12/7/11-Maryland approves $17 million in construction grants for Blue Plains sewage plant upgrades - The Washington Post‏

12/6/11-Shells Returned to the Chesapeake Bay Improve Ecosystem, Result in Cleaner Water - Southern Maryland News, Charles County, Calvert County and St. Mary's County News‏

11/9/11 - Chesapeake dead zones return to life - http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/chesapeake-dead-zones-return-to-life/

11/5/11 - A pearl of a program to help Virginia Beach river | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com‏

10/14/11 -Growing Algae Could Clean the Chesapeake Bay and Create Biofuel - Pasadena, MD Patch - http://pasadena.patch.com/articles/growing-algae-could-clean-the-chesapeake-bay-and-create-biofuel

11/2/11 - U.S. Marine Corps Installs Living Machine System at San Diego Training Base - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, Nov 02, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Living Machine(R) Systems, L3C, a provider of industry-leading water reuse technology, today announced that the Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) in San Diego will recycle blackwater for sub-surface irrigation, minimizing its water usage in drought-prone San Diego.

11/1/11 - Marines deploy novel sewage treatment plan (Living Machine in San Diego) - http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/01/marines-deploy-novel-sewage-treatment-plant-san-di/

10/28/11 - Talking Water Gardens garners awards - http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_5bc3efb8-0177-11e1-bab7-001cc4c03286.html

10/14/11 -Sponge Park To Start Soaking Up Pollution From the Gowanus Canal this Spring! | Inhabitat New York City - http://inhabitat.com/nyc/gowanus-canal-sponge-park-could-transfrom-superfund-site-into-lush-green-space/

10/7/11 - River program in Norfolk aims at reducing pollutants | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com -http://hamptonroads.com/2011/10/river-program-norfolk-aims-reducing-pollutants

10/5/11 - Chesapeake Bay projects receive more than $1 million - http://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dead-rise-blog/dp-chesapeake-bay-projects-receive-more-than-1-million-20111005,0,4241133.story?track=rss

10/2/11 - Perdue partners for oysters | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com - http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20111002/NEWS01/111002005/Perdue-partners-oysters

9/25/11 - A sound plan for the ecoomy and environment - Cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay will be costly, but the investment must be measured against the economic importance of the Bay and against the greater costs of inaction.
HARVEY B. MORGAN - Virginian Pilot

9/21/11 - Virginia lawmaker: Chesapeake Bay programs are "grossly inadequate" - dailypress.com -
http://www.dailypress.com/news/science/dead-rise-blog/dp-virginia-lawmaker-c hesapeake-bay-programs-are-grossly-inadequate-20110921,0,5361199.story?track =rss

9/17/11 - Chesapeake Bay: Farmers learn about tools that help reduce nitrogen pollution - http://www.dailypress.com/features/family/home-garden/outdoors/diggin-in-blog/dp-chesapeake-bay-farmers-learn-about-tools-that-help-reduce-nitrogen-pollution-20110914,0,7621710.story

9/17/11 - Rain garden rises - The Frederick News-Post Online - http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=126093

9/16/11 - Cultivating A Wastewater Treatment System : NPR‏ - http://www.npr.org/2011/09/16/140537854/cultivating-a-wastewater-treatment-system

September 15 - Virginia Aquarium Event Featuring special guest, fly fisherman and author Beau Beasley and a screening of A Fish in Troubled Waters - Virginia Conservation Network -http://www.vcnva.org/anx/index.cfm/1,93,2269,0,html/Sept-15-Featuring-special-guest-fly-fisherman-and-author-Beau-Beasley-and-a-screening-of-A-Fish-in-Troubled-Waters

Rainwater Havesting as Stormwater Management Practice Webcast - September 14, 12-2 - sponsored by the Center for Watershed Protection - Info

9/8/11- Environmental Group Tests Floating Wetland on Lake - http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/129416718.html

9/2/11 - Clear inspiration (Floating Wetland) - Spokesman.com - Sept. 2, 2011‏ - http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/sep/02/clear-inspiration/

9/1/11 - Oyster gardeners aim to revive ailing Chesapeake Bay, IBN Live News‏ - http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/oyster-gardeners-aim-to-revive-ailing-chesapeake-bay/807750.html

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Wildlife

If you see an injured or dead marine mammal, please report it to the the Virginia Aquarium's Marine Mammal Stranding Team at 437-6159. Help for other injured wildlife can be found at Wildlife Response - 543-7000.

12/5/11 - Injured bald eagle may have broken wing | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com‏

11/9/11 - Fishing curb due for 'most important fish in sea' - http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2011/11/fishing_curb_voted_for_most_im.html

11/7/11 - Manatee in the Hague - http://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/manatee-hague

11/1/11 -Land deal preserves songbird hot spot | The Daily Times | delmarvanow.com‏

10/31/11-Chesapeake Bay menhaden: A threatened species - baltimoresun.com‏

10/19/11 -Watts: Chesapeake wildlife in the balance | Richmond Times-Dispatch

10/03/11 - Feds: American eels may need protection - http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/03/2436258/feds-american-eels-may-need-protection.html

9/30/11 -Gazette.Net: Keep Bay (Crab) restrictions in place‏ - http://www.gazette.net/article/20110930/OPINION/709309645/1033/keep-bay-restrictions-in-place%26template%3dgazette

9/29/11 - Hundreds of plants, animals up for new protections - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ENDANGERED_SPECIES?SITE=VANOV&SECT

9/1/11 - NRDC seeks 'threatened' status for blueback herring, alewife - http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=4177

9/1/11 - Healthy Dolphin Discovered in Creek‏ - http://www.wavy.com/dpp/weather/hurricane/healthy-dolphin-discovered-in-creek

8/31/11 - Last Norfolk Botanical Garden eagle soars to freedom | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com‏ - http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/last-norfolk-botanical-garden-eagle-soars-freedom

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