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Verbatim: Alaska can learn from challenges elsewhere

...drilling, canals, and wetland drainage. The levees...deposits on the wetlands to counteract erosion...water is left. Wetland drainage also results...Louisiana's wetlands are storm buffers...so much coastal wetlands the recent storms...year because of wetland and coastal land...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/community/schools/2013-05-19/verbatim-alaska-can-lea
Schools
Kenai council approves residential adjacent lot building

...council member Bob Molloy said since the council reclassified a wetlands area to conserve its use for migratory birds, it has received...over half of the parcel.The parcel is identified as a tidal wetland, according to Kenai Watershed Forum mapping. "We're very...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-05-02/kenai-council-approves-residential-a
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Homer holds nose at stinky spring scent

...deteriorate." Bess said. Could it be Beluga Slough and other wetlands? Probably not, said Sue Mauger, a stream ecologist and science director at Cook Inletkeeper. "Wetlands generally aren't terribly smelly," she said. Mauger said she...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-05-04/homer-holds-nose-at-stinky-spring-sc
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Task force suggests changes - Habitat protection proposal OK'd

...decreasing erosion, sedimentation, damage to the protection district, ground or surface water pollution and damage to riparian wetlands. ? Stipulates that the educational materials be provided to the public that outline best management practices. ? Divides...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-04-30/proposals-from-anadromous-task-force
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...region, based on the scenarios evaluated, with the loss of wetlands ranging from 1,200 to 4,800 acres.The EPA focused on...would lead to further elimination or blocking of streams and wetland losses.EPA initiated the review process in response to concerns...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-04-27-0
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Refuge notebook: Springing ahead - what clocks and plants have in common

...plants including sugarcane, corn, sorghum, millet, and amaranth. In Alaska, native C4 plants are rare but include some wetland sedge family members such as rushes (Juncus), spikerushes (Eleocharis), beaked sedge (Rhyncospora) and coastal saltmarsh...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-03-21/refuge-notebook-springing-ahead-
Outdoors
Photos document wetland shrinkage

...films. For 11 wetlands, Kacy was able...the edge of the wetland, demarcating...not represent wetland loss. The wetlands are drying out...many obligate wetland plant species...moss. The drying wetlands are a result of...

http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/120707/outdoors_3442.shtml
Outdoors
Task force sparks debate

...high water down, so that's within the stream channel, and the Corps (Army Corps of Engineers) has some authority over wetlands fill and drain, but in terms of the other aspects of that riparian zone, that critical zone along river streams, there is...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-03-05
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Chickaloon Flats through a shorebird's eyes

...during high tides. As an estuary, Chickaloon Flats provides predictable tidal habitats and a reliable (compared to interior wetlands) source of abundant resources that shorebirds seek to refuel upon. On your next drive along Turnagain Arm, I hope you will...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/outdoors/2013-03-28/chickaloon-flats-through-a-shore
Outdoors
New management plan for NPR-A

...acres.Nicole Whittington-Evans, Alaska regional director for The Wilderness Society, said Peard Bay is important for its wetlands and waterfowl habitat. The entire coast is habitat for threated polar bears plus seals and walrus looking for places to rest...

http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-02-21/new-management-plan-for-npr-a
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