Saturday, November 4, 2006

Screening process improves chance for fish survival in creek (Pond pumps)

Yakima Herald Republic - gauging stations that are barriers to fish passage and some very small diversions that need to be replaced by screened pumps to the screen, Tobin said, the project includes an unusual feature that takes advantage of an existing offstream pond. Such
Everett Herald - But be sure to make allowances for infrastructure including filters, pumps, lighting, sound and watering spigots for easy access to water. Go big. If you have the desire, ambition and energy, plan a large pond. It's easier to expand a pond in the
News-Review - One of his recent stream-like accomplishments on Jamie Loop in Winston flows into a collection of pebbles where a pond Understanding the water volume and what pumps, hoses and additional equipment will be needed is another step entirely. One
USA Today - Rancher Dean Baker picks his way through greasewood and sedge to a shallow dirt depression that was once a small pond fed by regulations wouldn't permit a repeat of Owens Valley, but ranchers want a guarantee that if the land suffers, the pumps would

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Pond pumps - New Web scams can entangle the unsuspecting

By now many of us are familiar with phishing and Nigerian money scams, but those are not the only Internet schemes trying to deceive you to get at your cash.
A group rehabilitating a stretch of Wildcat Creek hopes to finish its task this month despite losing thousands of dollars' worth of equipment to thieves and vandals at its San Pablo work site.
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait -- An explosion rocked Kuwait's smallest oil refinery on Saturday, sparking a fire that shut the facility, the Kuwait National Petroleum Company said. No injuries were reported.
Volunteers Help Flood Victims Clean Up Here's another reason to be proud of our town. It's been several days since rain last flooded several Toledo neighborhoods. Now volunteers are reaching out to help those who can't finish the cleanup themselves.
Abner Yoder, founder of Stark Truss Co., won the first annual Structural Building Components Industry Leadership Award. The award was established to honor individuals who have helped nurture, support...