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  • CA: Island fish zone may grow -Federal plan would double protected areas (232 sq mi MarineSanctuary)

    08/12/2006 7:29:43 PM PDT · by calcowgirl · 9 replies · 347+ views
    Ventura County Star ^ | August 12, 2006 | Tamara Koehler and Michelle Klampet
    Federal officials released a proposal Friday to double the size of protected waters within the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary — a plan they say will help restore sea life and have minimal effect on the local fishing industry. The draft plan, written by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is the latest piece of a state and federal seven-year effort to preserve essential fish habitat circling the chain of islands. The protected areas of the Channel Islands make up the largest marine reserve network on the West Coast. The new boundaries would add 141 square nautical miles to restricted...
  • Army to conduct mock aerial chem-bio attack

    04/12/2002 8:54:10 PM PDT · by ATOMIC_PUNK · 21 replies · 161+ views
    <p>MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- The U.S. Army will drop hundreds of pounds of clay dust and egg whites off the Florida coast next week, part of a four-day mock aerial terrorist attack.</p> <p>The exercise aims to determine how well existing U.S. radar systems can detect weapons of mass destruction that might be dispersed from the sky using crop dusters and other aircraft.</p>