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2008
09/23/08 Burlington Times-News: Residents, council seek to preserve local water quality
09/23/08 Time-Warner News 14: Officials discuss creek restoration
09/18/08 Kinston Free Press: Officials prepare for stream restoration project
09/15/08 Burlington Times-News: Meeting will discuss plans for Little Alamance Creek
08/05/08 Kinston Free Press: Adkin Branch restoration delayed
07/26/08 Durham News: Open spaces saved forever
07/20/08 Greenville Daily Reflector: Scientists take part in Carolina Vegetation Survey
07/15/08 Southern Pines Pilot: County planner looking into power line concerns
06/05/08 Pisgah Mountain News: New Wal-Mart going up
02/08 Wildlife in North Carolina magazine – “Revival on the Mitchell” – February 2008
01/29/08 Daily Tar Heel: Grant to fund Bolin Creek cleanup
01/14/08 Council mulls potential use of old Meritor land
01/09/08 Smoky Mountain News: Property wanted for free streambank restoration effort
01/02/08 Mooresville Tribune: Wetlands/wildlife project prepares for take-off
2007
11/03/07 Shelby Star: Equestrian Authority’s debts total $1.64 million
10/12/07 Fayetteville Observer: Owners say power line despoiled land
10/11/07 Asheville Citizen-Times: State names new assistant secretary for natural resources
9/26/07 Goldsboro News-Argus: U.S. 70 project might help with wetland area
9/24/07 Hendersonville Times News: Mud Creek project stresses protection, prevention, restoration
9/20/07 Wake Forest Gazette: More work on Richland Creek
9/18/07 Fayetteville Observer: Endangered fish back in the swim
9/11/07 Raleigh N&O: Endangered minnow bounces back
9/10/07 Greensboro News Record: Dam removal good news for endangered fish
8/29/07 Kinston Free Press: Designs for restoration near completion
8/24/07 Kinston Free Press: Council debates pedestrian bridges
8/09/07 Alamance News: Burlington councilmen skeptical about state's offer to "help" with city streams
8/05/07 Charlotte Observer: McIntyre Creek being rerouted to cut erosion
8/02/07 Wilson Daily Times: State OKs trim at Rec
7/25/07 Tryon Daily Bulletin: FENCE undertakes major stream restoration project
7/03/07 Winston-Salem Journal: Conservancy buys 172 acres in Surry
6/29/07 Wilson Daily Times: Park becomes overrun
5/30/07 Jacksonville Daily News: Suffering lake gets a chance
5/10/07 Outer Banks Sentinel: Wastewater project remains stalled
4/16/07 Perquimans Weekly: State to improve estuary behind Hertford Grammar School
4/13/07 Duke University Chronicle: N.C. gets top marks for ‘innovation’
4/12/07 Fayetteville Observer: Long Valley Farm to join state park
4/04/07 Triangle Business Journal: North Carolina programs make Harvard list
3/30/07 Stanly News & Press: Restoration at Badin
3/22/07 Brunswick Beacon: Commissioners ready to hear Lockwood Folly recommendations
3/09/07 Tarboro Daily Southerner: Restoration of canal going well
2/25/07 Goldsboro News Argus: Building costs headed up for Wayne developer
2/23/07 Fayetteville Observer: Rhodes Pond dam repairs on hold
2/22/07 Charlotte Observer: Resurrection of a wetlands
2/06/07 Morganton News Herald: Plan calls for cleaner creek
2/05/07 Whiteville News Reporter: Stream restoration under way
1/06/07 Charlotte Observer: Wetland recovery begins at lake cove
2006
11/16/06 Charlotte Observer: Landowners and others disagree with town over issues such as paving
11/10/06 Triangle Business Journal: State buying up land, but some say not enough
11/01/06 Tarboro Daily Southerner: Canal project ‘a good thing’
10/22/06 Charlotte Observer: N.C. land deal hints at power of political ties
10/09/06 Rocky Mount Telegram: Creek work may reduce floodwaters
9/27/06 Watauga Democrat: Trustees OK river restoration
9/22/06 Triangle Business Journal: Letter to Editor from EEP on 9/8/06 story, "Liquid Assets"
9/08/06 Triangle Business Journal: Liquid Assets: North Carolina is attracting a new breed of bankers
9/08/06 Triangle Business Journal: Developers score in latest round of nitrogen fee fight
9/04/06 Rocky Mount Telegram: Stream restoration targets erosion, flooding in Tarboro
8/14/06 Fayetteville Observer: Blounts Creek restoration would be a bargain for Fayetteville
8/08/06 Fayetteville Observer: Stream may get new lease on life
6/26/06 Fayetteville Observer: Marshland on road to recovery
6/10/06 Raleigh N&O: Creek closer to health and no longer a threat to county buildings
5/06 Triangle Land Conservancy News: Good things come in three
5/18/06 Asheville Citizen-Times: Sandy Mush conservation lauded
4/13/06 Boone Mountain Times: N.C. land trusts protect record number of acres in 2005
4/13/06 Raleigh N&O: Life awaits beyond Lowell
4/10/06 Hendersonville Times-News Program teaches contractors stream restoration
3/28/06 Charlotte Observer: Developers urged to seek wetlands experts
3/22/06 The News of Orange County: Conservationists work to protect, preserve creek
3/02/06 Triad Business Journal: Hyco Lake land added to conservancy
2/17/06 New Bern Sun Journal: River Bend updates land use agreements
1/08/06 Charlotte Observer: State offers to pay for makeover of Rocky River near schools site
1/04/06 Greensboro News & Record: Project turns the river wild
2005
12/29/05 Ecosystem Marketplace eNewsletter: Proactive Mitigation -- EEP's
approach to wetlands in North Carolina
12/11/05 Charlotte Observer: Tributary feeds into Mountain Island Lake water-supply reservoir
12/11/05 Charlotte Observer: Environmental Success Stories
12/01/05 Boone Mountain Times: Greenway Restoration Project To Continue
12/01/05 Charlotte Observer: Easement plan aims to protect watershed
11/20/05 Southern Pines Pilot: Protecting pines can be profitable
9/18/05 Charlotte Observer: Project to restore wetlands
9/07/05 Forest City Daily Courier: School board OKs creek project
9/04/05 Durham Herald-Sun: County to give stream a facelift
8/31/05 Forest City Daily Courier: EEP focus is on water quality
8/07/05 Raleigh N&O: Hope for urban creek springs from state plan
8/06/05 Raleigh N&O: Natural beauty or overgrown eyesore?
8/04/05 Lenoir News Topic: State seeking a cleaner Lower Creek
7/05 NOAA Coastal Services magazine: Wetlands Mitigation -- Acting Proactively in North Carolina
7/05 Triangle Land Conservancy News: Bryan Properties makes major conservation donation in North Durham
7/29/05 Morganton News Herald: State projects will restore Burke streams, creeks
6/29/05 Durham Independent: Some white (hard) hats emerging at DOT
6/19/05 Charlotte Observer: Silt in creek a worry
5/19/05 Fayetteville Observer: Stream regains glory
5/06/05 Forest City Daily Courier: Cathey's Creek plans proceed
5/04/05 Winston-Salem Journal: Easing growth
4/25/05 Elizabeth City Daily Advance: Pasquotank watershed honored for ecosystem protection
3/22/05 Raleigh N&O: Innovation wins praise
3/10/05 Franklin Times: More property owners join EEP
3/03/05 Fayetteville Observer: Trust secures stream buffer
2/07/05 Hendersonville Times-News: Improvements to begin soon on watershed
1/25/05 Triangle Business Journal: Progress sells 2,600 acres to state for $10.2 million
1/25/05 Asheville-Citizen Times: State to preserve 2,600 acres
1/25/05 Charlotte Observer: 2,600 acres set aside near Asheville

1/12/05 Fayetteville Observer: Rhodes Pond protected; state will manage the land and water

1/05/05 Fayetteville Observer: Group floats park proposal

2004
12/04 DENR UpClose newsletter: US Army Secretary receives EEP overview
12/12/04 Charlotte Observer: Creative minds score victories in recycling, preservation
11/29/04 Winston-Salem Journal: Saving the Woods
11/26/04 Asheville Citizen-Times : Conservation group gives state Little Table Rock Mountain
11/14/04 Winston-Salem Journal: Grant will help create Surry's first state game land
11/11/04 Boone Mountain Times: National committee adds on to state park with latest purchase
10/04 Piedmont Triad Rural Planning Organization Update
10/04 HDR Inc. Innovations: Freedom Park Stream Restoration
10/27/04 Wake Forest Gazette: Rezoning may be a factor in creek, greenway funding
10/25/04 Salisbury Post: State Mitigation Takes Positive Turn
9/28/04 Raleigh N&O: Third Fork Creek project
9/3/04 Winston-Salem Journal: DOT Shifts Aim To Repairs
9/2/04 Raleigh N&O: DOT changing strategy
9/2/04 Fayetteville Observer: Rhodes Pond
8/04 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Nonpoint Source News-Notes: Where Mitigation Really Works
8/22/04 Durham Herald-Sun: Third Fork Creek project
6/26/04 Greensboro News & Record: Buffalo Creek
5/28/04 Fayetteville Observer: Drowning Creek
5/25/04 Lenior News-Topic: Mingo tract
5/13/04 Charlotte Observer: South Mountains
4/04 NCDENR's Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance Focus newsletter article
4/02/04 Raleigh N&O: Haw River tract
3/13/04 Franklin Times: Allen tract
3/06/04 Forest City Courier: Catheys Creek study
3/01/04 Elizabeth City Daily Advance: watershed meeting
2/23/04 Triangle Business Journal: EEP profile
2/16/04 Raleigh N&O: Allen tract
2/12/04 North Raleigh News: Horse Creek
2/10/04 Wilmington Daily Star: Hewletts Creek
1/17/04 Asheville CITIZEN-TIMES: Nature Conservancy column
1/16/04 Charlotte Observer: AP Needmore
1/15/04 Asheville CITIZEN-TIMES: Needmore tract
2003
12/20/03 Franklin Times: Allen tract
12/14/03 Raleigh N&O: EEP Program a boon to parkland
12/10/03 Durham Herald Sun: Rankin tract AP
12/07/03 Charlotte Observer: Rankin tract commentary
12/07/03 Charlotte Observer: Public private initiatives
12/05/03 Charlotte Observer: Rankin tract
12/04/03 Mountain Times: New Conservation Effort
11/26/03 Charlotte Observer: EEP-CTNC contract
11/13/03 Chatham News: Duke Forest
11/18/03 Chronicle Online: Duke Forest
11/04/03 Lenoir News-Topic: Mingo tract
8/22/03 Wilmington Star News: Wetlands mapping
7/22/03 Wilmington Star News: EEP announced
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