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ArchivesWetlands vs WetlandsBy The Environment... on Monday, October 29, 2007.More than half of US wetlands have been drained for development, farmland, and other purposes. That's 100-million acres now dried up. The Bush Administration has continued a "no net loss" policy of any more wetlands. So, when someone wants to drain a marsh or a swamp for, say, a new housing development, they've got to build a man-made wetland to replace it. But a new study is finding that most of those man-made wetlands aren't doing very well. Julie Grant reports. listen:
  Wausau Plant Closing is Just Another Nail in the Paper Industry CoffinBy Chris Jensen on Monday, October 29, 2007.For 100 years paper manufacturing has been the economic core of Coos County. It has provided solid jobs for thousands of workers. But take-no-prisoners global competition has reached out and clobbered Coos. NHPR correspondent Chris Jensen has the story. listen:
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