Contributor: Gloria Maender
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1. Mysterious, alarming decline in otter population (San Francisco Chronicle)
2. Otter population decreases slightly (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
3. Sea otter deaths mystify scientists (Monterey Herald)
4. Water Conservation Fades But Drought Still Looms (WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore)
5. Necedah becoming a haven for chicks (Lacrosse Tribune)
6. Water levels hit record lows: Summer rain predictions mixed (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
7. The Search-Engine Getaway (New York Times)
8. G.P.S. in the Hand: Worth It in the Bush (New York Times)
9. Floods plague small Minnesota town (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer)
10. County Bridges To Be Replaced (Honesdale Wayne Independent)
11. Marking a century of denial (Scripps Howard News Service)
12. Get your head up in the clouds (Denver Post)
13. Minor temblor hits the Mammoth Lakes area (San Diego Union-Tribune)
14. Report: Many N.H. frogs malformed, but reason still unclear (Boston.com)
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1. Mysterious, alarming decline in otter population (San Francisco Chronicle), 6/12
By Michael McCabe, Chronicle Staff Writer
No one is exactly sure why, but the California sea otter population is continuing to decline, confounding researchers who had hoped their numbers would be strongly rebounding by now. For the sixth year out of the last seven, the population along the coast from Half Moon Bay to Santa Barbara has declined, according to an annual survey by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Since 1995, the rate has declined by an average of about 1 to 2 percent a year.
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2. Otter population decreases slightly (Santa Cruz Sentinel), 6/12
By Brian Seals, Sentinel Staff Writer
SANTA CRUZ ? The great California sea otter mystery continues. Results of the 20th annual spring count of otters released Tuesday differs little from last year, with only a 1 percent dip.
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3. Sea otter deaths mystify scientists (Monterey Herald), 6/12
92 carcasses found this year
By Amy Ettinger
The annual count of California sea otters dipped for the second straight year, leaving researchers puzzled over why the popular animals are dying off. Scientists combed the waters from Half Moon Bay to Santa Barbara in May, tallying the actual number of otters they spotted.
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4. Water Conservation Fades But Drought Still Looms (WMAR-TV ABC 2 Baltimore), 6/13
Frederick - Water conservation has faltered as recent rains have greened lawns in central Maryland, prompting reminders Monday from government officials that the region remains in a drought that is likely to worsen this summer.
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5. Necedah becoming a haven for chicks (Lacrosse Tribune), 6/12
By Betsy Bloom,Tribune staff
NECEDAH, Wis. - The second year of an effort to establish a flock of endangered whooping cranes in Wisconsin kicked off Wednesday with the arrival of seven new chicks at Necedah National Wildlife Refuge. The rust-colored chicks made a five-hour flight by private plane Wednesday from the U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel, Md., to the refuge in Juneau County.
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6. Water levels hit record lows: Summer rain predictions mixed (Daytona Beach News-Journal), 6/13
By Dinah Voyles Pulver, Environment Writer
Water levels in two Central Florida lakes fell to record lows at official monitoring stations in May and groundwater levels dropped 2.5 feet in Volusia County. Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported the flow in the St. Johns River at a new low at Sanford. Spring has been one of Florida's driest ever.
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7. The Search-Engine Getaway (New York Times), 6/13
By James Gorman
HERE are times when cruising the Web ? looking for mountains or swamps to visit, or rivers to canoe ? that I must tear myself away from tales of grappling for catfish (you use your own hand as bait), or of a guided llama trek in West Virginia, or of the waterfalls of Transylvania. That's Transylvania County, in North Carolina.
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8. G.P.S. in the Hand: Worth It in the Bush (New York Times), 6/13
By Bonnie Tsui
HEN you are hiking, there is something nice about being away from the buzz of technology, enjoying the outdoors without having any superfluous equipment get in the way. But there is always a moment during the trek when you need to head to the campsite or the next checkpoint, or back to the car.
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9. Floods plague small Minnesota town (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer), 6/12
Reuters
ROSEAU, Minn. - - Chest-high flood waters drove the mayor of Roseau, Minnesota, from City Hall Wednesday and many residents streamed out of the small town after spring storms deluged the U.S.-Canadian border region.
Minnesota National Guard troops in helicopters delivered 80,000 sandbags and construction equipment arrived from around the region to fight the flood waters from the record-high Roseau River.
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10. County Bridges To Be Replaced (Honesdale Wayne Independent)
HONESDALE - Wayne County is seeking an engineering firm for the replacement of two county bridges.
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11. Marking a century of denial (Scripps Howard News Service), 6/12
By John Krist, Scripps-McClatchy Western Service
- On Monday, a crowd will gather at Hoover Dam for speeches, a fancy catered dinner, and an aerial fireworks display that will illuminate the placid waters of Lake Mead. every corner of the vast region.
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12. Get your head up in the clouds (Denver Post), 6/12
High country offers anglers high rewards
By Charlie Meyers, Denver Post Outdoor Editor
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 - At a time when Colorado fishing is on fire in the literal sense, there's an exhilarating way to escape the blaze as well as the summer heat. For a season whose story increasingly is written in smoke, one solution available to mobile anglers is to rise above it all.
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13. Minor temblor hits the Mammoth Lakes area (San Diego Union-Tribune), 6/12
MAMMOTH LAKES ? A minor quake rattled the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada early Wednesday, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries.
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14. Report: Many N.H. frogs malformed, but reason still unclear (Boston.com), 6/10
By Associated Press
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Many of the state's frogs have extra limbs, missing eyes, unnatural swelling or other malformities, but scientists say the reasons are still unclear. Over four years, the state Department of Environmental Services looked at 5,036 frogs in the state's ponds, lakes and rivers and found that 93 percent of them were normal or had deformities caused by injuries and known diseases.
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