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An Eden Break Birds return to Iraq marshes, but long-term recovery in doubt		30 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
An Eden Break Birds return to Iraq marshes, but long-term recovery in doubt Birds have begun to return to restored wetlands in southern Iraq, the famed marshes rumored to have been the location of the biblical Garden of Eden. In decades past, ornithologists recorded more than 250 bird species in the region, including the fun-to-say Iraq babbler and lesser white-fronted goose. In the 1980s and '90s, Saddam Hussein dra ...
Topics: Iraq, news, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)

Supply and the Land Cities spending millions on land to protect water supplies		04 Jan 2006	Daily Grist
Supply and the Land Cities spending millions on land to protect water supplies Many U.S. cities are discovering they have a choice: Build huge, multibillion-dollar water-treatment plants, or buy up land around water supplies to prevent them from being polluted in the first place. More and more, they are choosing the latter option -- derailing sprawl and protecting open space in the process. Austin, Texas, has used about $80 ...
Topics: news, water conflicts, wildlife (all these topics)