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Philadelphia cuts costs with solar-powered trash cans http://bit.ly/TIdyr

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The feasibility of using floating vegetation to remove nutrients from fishery wastewater is being tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Looks like fisheries are starting to incoporate some of the same practices small pond owners use to bind nutrients and protect agains algae. Full Story

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In a recent blog entry on Yahoo Green, tips and advice are shared on how to grow food in almost any type of container including reusable grocery sacks and plastic water bottles. Interesting read: http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/251/grow-your-own-food-in-a-bag-in-a-truck-anywhere.html

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A liitle insight into controlling algae in ponds http://bit.ly/lGgy9

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This is a good article on the findings of a research test done after the City of Ann Arbor, MI adopted an ordinance limiting the use of phosphorus containing fertilizers.  Just gors to show how much fertilizer run off makes it way into our lakes and rivers. Full story here

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Back from the TNLA Show and it seems to have been a success, but only time will tell. Thanks to all that stopped by.

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Add this to the list of things that make sewage stink: Mosquitoes thrive on it. A new study, presented at the meeting of the Ecological Society of America in Albuquerque, found far more mosquitoes in sewage-contaminated streams than in clean ones. Sewage-bred mosquitoes were also bigger and faster than those in purer waters. Read full [...]

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