Maize Residents Leery of Lake Projects
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By Phyllis Jacobs Griekspoor, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Feb. 11--MAIZE -- Mary Belton lives in a neighborhood built around a lake that was once a sandpit.
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By Sallie James and Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 26--Coral Springs officials are fuming over a Parkland proposal to annex almost 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton because the plan dumps traffic from future development onto already clogged Coral Springs roads.
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By Steve Cahalan, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 20--SPARTA, Wis. -- After hearing from a few supporters and far more opponents to the plan, the Sparta City Plan Commission on Monday tabled action for two weeks on a proposed conditional-use permit for the region's first ethanol plant.
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By Rick Armon, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Jun. 7--SILVER LAKE -- Faced with a dwindling water fund that will soon run out of money, village officials will begin debating today whether to raise water rates by as much as 17.2 percent.  "We need to address rates soon.
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TO THE EDITOR:           Thank you for your coverage of the residents' discontent over the development of a 159-home community on the Hawk Valley Golf Course property owned by Jim Fricke.           Of particular concern to us is the future adequacy of the water supply.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Dec. 13--A plan to improve Cucharas Reservoir has been put on hold because a company that would have paid part of the cost can't get a permit for a power plant in northern Pueblo County in a timely manner.
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CHICAGO _ The idea of turning the Great Lakes into a giant shooting range didn't sit well with boaters, anglers or politicians, especially since it almost happened with little public notice.  Surrendering to a barrage of complaints, the U.S.
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MILWAUKEE _ People are worried Lake Michigan water levels are lower than normal, but most have no grasp of what "normal" is for the world's fifth largest freshwater lake.
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WHITING, Ind. -- A proposal to allow BP to greatly increase the amount of pollutants it discharges into Lake Michigan from its refinery here has prompted a bitter war of words between officials in Illinois and Indiana.
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By Dan Egan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Dec. 11--There is a torrent of opposition across the region to the City of New Berlin's request to pump Lake Michigan water out of the Great Lakes watershed, but that doesn't mean Wisconsin will necessarily heed it.
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By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Jun. 24--A lot has changed in the eight years since farmland lovers battled a plan to build a water pipeline from Louisville to Lexington and the Urban County Council endorsed a Kentucky River solution.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 21--A proposal to offset the future loss of Monterey County farmland to development in the proposed county general plan provoked heated protests Wednesday before county planning commissioners.
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 18--When the neighbors of a proposed sewage treatment plant for Port  Wentworth got wind of its location, they got concerned.
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By Mary Ann Ford, The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill.  Feb. 9--BLOOMINGTON -- A controversial wind farm proposal has been recommended to the McLean County Board.
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By DALE QUINN, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Wonder what's killing the fish at Reid Park lake?  The warm, sunny weather has created ideal conditions for an algae bloom, said Sterling Ford, the environmental project coordinator for Tucson's Parks and Recreation Department.
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By David Magliano, Walton Sun, Santa Rosa Beach, Fla.  Dec. 16--Worth Williams' property on the southern end of Eastern Lake is causing a stir, and he is the focus of some concerned residents.  At issue is a planned dredging project that includes using a portion of Williams' property.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 15--El Dorado Irrigation District board members followed up a call for banning personal watercraft on Silver Lake with a request to limit boat speeds, a move that would effectively eliminate water skiing as well.