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Conservation News from November, 2010
Conservation News 11/24/2010
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State monitoring levels of contamination in Lampasas RiverEPA recognizes nation’s first WaterSense labeled homes
New water source coming to Fort Stockton
Building bright futures at Belding Farms
Magazine honors UNT professor for conservation efforts
Soil & water conservation district offers scholarships
Conservation News 11/22/2010
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Longleaf Pine Ecology Workshop to be heldConservation work earns rancher national honor
Clearwater Groundwater District seeks annual contest entries
Feral-hog control workshop set Nov. 30 in Mt. Pleasant
Master Gardener training course to begin in January
New technology helps producers monitor water use via phones
Conservation News 11/19/2010
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USDA soil lab celebrates 75 years of innovative researchConservation loans available to Texas farmers and ranchers
New weapon in coal plant fight: water
A&M-Kingsville receives $1.5 million engineering grant
Final vote expected on water plant
Annual Panhandle Farm and Ranch Management Symposium set for Dec. 1
Conservation News 11/17/2010
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Feral hogs pose a threat as big as TexasHaving shovels, will learn: School provides lesson in conversation
Will water rights be on the legislature's agenda?
Taking a closer look at tannins
EPA to expand chemicals testing for endocrine disruption
Inaugural class of Chesapeake Conservation Corps chosen
Conservation News 11/12/2010
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Applications due by Nov. 15 for internships with USDA-NRCSWater quality issues making a SPLASH
EPA to hold listening sessions on potential Chesapeake Bay stormwater rule
Lometa opens first solar powered wastewater plant
"Black Sunday" - what, where and when was it?
Landowner groups urge conservation districts to reaffirm groundwater a vested property right
Conservation News 11/10/2010
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Prescribed burns may need to include both summer and winter fires"Low Impact" workshops highlighted in TCEQ newsletter
Seguin ready to dedicate new paddling trail
“No-Till” farming is a growing practice
Better ballfields and rain gardens start below the surface
News from the Texas TMDL program
Conservation News 11/04/2010
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Conservation program signup continuesMaster Naturalists: Welder Wildlife Foundation dedicates new gardens for native grasses, plants, butterflies
Watershed meeting on Geronimo, Alligator creeks set Nov. 9 in Seguin
Water district elections show varying opinions
Council debates water rebates
EPA proposes adding Texas site to Superfund list