Monroe County Executive Receives Top Environmental Honor
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By Daily Record Staff  Recognized for her environmental stewardship and commitment to renewable energy resource development, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks was awarded the Frank E. VanLare Award from the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA).
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By Blair Goldstein, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Sep. 6--Ted Harris said his dream is to preserve patches of forestland  across the state.   A recent grant awarded to the 500-Year Forest Foundation marks one of the  first steps to his long-term vision.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 21--Some of Ohio's most pristine wetlands are now part of Metro Parks, Serving Summit County thanks to sewer projects in Medina and Lorain counties.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 8  /PRNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty today received Keep America Beautiful's Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson Award, the highest award given to women volunteers.
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By Jason Lowell, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Sep. 13--KEY WEST -- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday identified the diver found drowned over the weekend, apparently after spearing a giant fish and becoming tangled in a line underwater.
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By Ian Berry, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Sep. 8--Hamilton County Mayor Claude Ramsey says a recent Hamilton County grand jury report that blasts oversight of the Silverdale Workhouse included "blanket statements" that did not reflect all of the facts.
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By Maggie Borman, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  Dec. 10--A visiting bowhunter from Louisiana added to Greene County's deer-hunting statistics, but not by bagging a deer.   Anthony J. Latino, 53, of Robert, La., remains in good condition at St.
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By Rachel Cohen, STAFF WRITER  SAN MATEO -- From ceiling to floor, the county's new Youth Services Center is built "green," earning it a silver rating from the Leadership Environmental and Energy Design (LEED).
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Gary H. Baise calls himself "one of the original environmentalists," a reference to his role in the creation of the EPA and the 700-acre corn and soybean farm he still owns in his native southern Illinois.
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By Joe Grundle  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has scheduled two public hearings in late March on proposed air-quality regulations for some lands on the Forest County Potawatomi Community reservation.  One hearing will be begin at 6 p.m.
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By Conor Reilly, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Feb. 10--RICHMOND -- Lynchburg officials were on Capitol Square on Friday to accept a federal environmental award for the effort to clean up a sewer system that dumps 100 million gallons of raw sewage into the James River annually.
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By Eric Ferreri, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Dec. 9--DURHAM -- Durham County employs strict guidelines to manage stormwater during development. If the state has its way, the county will be punished for that environmental vigilance, county leaders say.
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By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Sep. 12--Township supervisors in Robinson, Washington County, last night  unanimously approved construction of a coal-fired power plant, but not before  leveling criticism at officials of the company and state environmental  regulators.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Mar. 13--Warnings about eating fish contaminated with toxic chemicals have been extended upstream from Lake Crabtree County Park along Crabtree Creek in Wake County to Cedar Fork District Park in Morrisville.
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By Anonymous  JACKSON - Gov. Haley Barbour has named Trudy D. Fisher, an attorney in natural resources, energy and environmental law, to lead the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) as executive director.
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By Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 13--Columbus Water Works received two prestigious national awards Monday at the meeting of the Board of Water Commissioners.
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By Allyson Bond, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Feb. 5--ASHEBORO -- The changing global environment and its impact on Americans is not that far off, according to North Carolina Zoo Director David Jones.