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COMMON GROUND VOL, 12 NO . 4 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2001
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<br /> 2 American Electric Power (AEP ), the U. S . will donate a portion of the proceeds from
<br /> 2001 Kodak Photo Fish and Wildlife Service and The Conser- sales of Natural Light and Natural Ice beer
<br /> Voice Award vation Fund recently acquired an 18, 372- acre to the Fund . In South Carolina, the promo-
<br /> RecipierltS tract near the Catahoula National Wildlife tion aims to boost citizen and corporate 1n-
<br /> Refuge in Louisiana in the first large - scale ef- volvement in the completion of the 400-mile
<br /> The Parks and Recreation fort to combine land conservation and vol- Palmetto Trail and preservation of the 240 -
<br /> Board, Eufaula, Ala.Friends of the Tule River, untary carbon sequestration in the United mile Savannah Heritage Corridor . In North
<br /> Springville, Calif. States . The Fund bought the land in March Carolina, proceeds will promote the preser-
<br /> San Juan Mountains from the Tensas Delta Land Co . It then sold vation of river corridors and communities .
<br /> Association, Durango, 10, 257 acres to AEP for restoration to bot-
<br /> Colo . tomland hardwood habitat and creation of a M The U . S . paper industry is closing in on its
<br /> Conserving Tolland, sink for atmospheric carbon . AEP expects to goal of 507o paper recovery it set in 1995, re-
<br /> Tolland, Conn. plant 3 million trees on the land by spring of ports the American Forest and Paper Asso -
<br /> Abacoa Partnership for 2002 . After reforestation, AEP will transfer ciation (www . afandpa . org / recycling, 202 /
<br /> Community, Jupiter, Fla. the land to the refuge , "We believe that large 463 -5162 In 2000, Americans recycled 49 . 4
<br /> National Community g g ) • Y
<br /> Building Network / reforestation programs can offset a great million tons of paper and paperboard con-
<br /> Collins Center for Public deal of the carbon dioxide released during sumed in the U . S ., a 487o recovery rate . In~
<br /> Policy, Miami, Fla, the combustion of fossil fuels, " said E . Linn creased export demand for recovered paper
<br /> Pine Jog Environmental Draper Jr ., AEP' s chairman. The Fish and and more domestic consumption of recov-
<br /> Education Center, Wildlife Service used a $ 1 . 5 million grant ered paper accounted for a spike from the
<br /> West Palm Beach, Fla .
<br /> West Palm Beach Public from the Migratory Bird Commission to ob - 457o recovery rate in 1999 , The paper recov-
<br /> Library, West Palm taro the remaining 8, 115 from the Fund for ery rate was 307o in 1988, when the industry
<br /> Beach, Fla . the refuge . Acquisition of the tracts will began keeping track of the waste stream.
<br /> Dalton Whitfield Chamber triple the size of the refuge . " The Catahoula
<br /> of Commerce, Dalton, Lake region and the Catahoula National L9 Thor Heyerdahl and the Norwegian Ship -
<br /> Ga . Wildlife Refuge are among the most impor- owners ' Association recently presented the
<br /> Canal Corridor tant wetland habitats for waterfowl in the first Thor Heyerdahl International Environ- .
<br /> Association, Chicago,Ill. world, " said Interior secretary Gale Norton at ment Award (www .heyerdahlaward . com),
<br /> Miami County Swan a June 27 news conference in Washington, accompanied by a $ 100, 000 grant, to the
<br /> River Museum, Paola, D . C ., also attended by Sen. Mary Landrieu Green Award Foundation (www . green
<br /> Kan. (D -La . ) and Rep . John Cooksey (R-La . ) . award . org) . The Netherlands foundation
<br /> City of Arnold, Mo . encourages ship owners to protect the ma-
<br /> Boone Area Chamber of LM Eastman Kodak Co . and The Conserva- rine environment by awarding certificates to
<br /> Commerce, Boone, N . C. tion Fund have chosen 19 organizations i
<br /> Town of Silver City, N .M. n vessels that meet strict environmental stan-
<br /> Center for Photography 14 states to receive the first-ever Kodak dards . The program has led to a similar pro-
<br /> at Woodstock, Photo Voice Awards . Kodak will donate gram run by the Coast Guard (QUALSHIP )
<br /> Woodstock, N . Y. more than 2, 500 Kodak Max Flash recyclable and others in Australia and Sweden .
<br /> Cornell Cooperative cameras to the groups to give "voice" to
<br /> Extension, Tioga County, their vision of how their communities should Indiana Gov . Frank O'Bannon recently
<br /> N .Y .City of Oberlin, Ohio be conserved . Awardees are on the left. helped NiSource Inc ., the utility holding
<br /> Huron Chamber of company, dedicate the Coffee Creek Water-
<br /> Commerce and Visitors 12 Toyota Motor Manufacturing North shed Preserve on 167 acres in Chesterton,
<br /> Board, Huron, S .D . America has released its first Environmental Ind ., donated by its subsidiary, the Lake Erie
<br /> Lead Area Chamber of Manufacturing Report (www . toyota . com / Land Co . Restoration activities at the site
<br /> Commerce, Lead, S .D . environment) that includes a plan to cut included replacing exotic vegetation with
<br /> water and energy usage by 15 % per manu- native species to help increase the water
<br /> factured vehicle, volatile organic compound retention capabilities of the land . NiSource
<br /> emissions by 30 % , toxic emissions by 40 % also plans to expand the Environmental
<br /> and hazardous waste landfilling by 957o . The Challenge Fund run by its subsidiary North-
<br /> company already saves more than 111 tons ern Indiana Public Service Co . to include
<br /> of coolant a year during engine testing by the company' s nine-state service area .
<br /> filtering and reusing it . By improving waste NIPSCO has awarded $234, 249 in habitat
<br /> segregation practices, Toyota also recycles restoration grants through the program. Two
<br /> 2, 628 tons of wooden pallets annually . years ago, the North American Waterfowl
<br /> Management Plan Committee honored
<br /> 0 Anheuser- Busch Inc . and The Conserva- NiSource with a National Great Blue Heron
<br /> tion Fund are cosponsoring a four-month Award for its donation of 700 acres of wet-
<br /> " Keep It Natural Carolinas" promotion that lands, prairie and black oak savanna as part
<br /> ends Sept . 30 during which the company of the Grand Kankakee Restoration project.
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