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Anyone dealing with invasive aquatic or wetland plants may want to look further into these grants. Grants can be given for 1) education, prevention and planning (generally for a particular area), 2) early detection and rapid response (for new species or new sites), 3) controlling established infestations.

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Tom Meersman

From the Duluth News Tribune, by John Meyers Great Lakes governors have tightened their plan to regulate water diversions, hoping to lure Canadian and environmental support for an international agreement. The revised plan, unveiled Thursday, tightens the spigot on the governors' original water use plan announced last summer.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday she is retiring.

The director of a rural policy organization says privatizing Social Security is dangerous for rural America. The stock market is not a sure thing, said Niel Ritchie, executive director of the League of Rural Voters, at a Rochester news conference last week. His IRA still hasn't recovered from the stock market dip of a few years back.

From the BBC Millions of conifers and other non-native trees are to be felled in the next 20 years to regenerate indigenous trees in England's woodland. Oak, ash and beech would be encouraged to naturally seed and regenerate, said Forestry Minister Jim Knight, and Lord Clark, of the Forestry Commission.

From the Associated Press via Maine Today