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Mercury Proposals Face Deadline

By Doug MacPherson on Friday, April 30, 2004.

The public comment period for the Environmental Protection Agency's
proposals to reduce mercury pollution was to have ended today. In a surprise announcement late yesterday, the E-P-A decided to extend the comment period for another two months. Apparently, the public has more to say than the agency anticipated. New Hampshire Public Radio's Doug MacPherson reports.

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ATVs in Pisgah State Park Rile Environmentalists

By Eesha Williams on Friday, April 30, 2004.

A new coalition of environmental groups is calling on the state to better control all terrain vehicles, or ATVs in New Hampshire?s biggest state park.

Pisgah, in the southwest corner of the state, already has 20 miles of ATV trails.

But some park users complain ATVs are not sticking to the trails.

And State law enforcement doesn't have the means to do anything about it.

NHPR correspondent Eesha Williams files this report.

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