Keep the Clean Water Act Strong – NYTimes.com When the act became law, two-thirds of our nation’s lakes, rivers and coastal waters were unsafe for fishing or swimming, and untreated sewage and industrial waste was routinely dumped into our waters.

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In Philadelphia, a Garden Grows Wild – NYTimes.com Ms. Ruddick decided to embrace the philosophy embodied in a line she remembered from an old New Yorker: “Don’t just do something. Stand there!” She worked for years in India, she said, where people stop for the rituals that mark the passages of life. “How many times [...]

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Facebook Brine Garden page Monday: Anne Raver talk on her FAVES at the Horticultural Society “closer to home, Duncan and Julia Brine, who have created six acres of wild, painterly gardens in Pawling, NY.? “   The Horticultural Society of New York www.hsny.org April 11, 2011 Anne’s Favorites: Bill Noble and Jim Tatum in their [...]

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Acorn glut signals Lyme risks | poughkeepsiejournal.com | Poughkeepsie Journal – Annotated   In the 20 years we’ve been monitoring tree seed production, this is the first time we’ve seen such an acorn glut.   We have been tracking acorn production by Hudson Valley oaks for 20 years and have consistently seen a spike in [...]

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