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The following articles all relate to water use and quality, and the paper industry.  PCB- and sediment-related articles are marked with bold. Over time, some articles are taken off-line by the host newspaper.  ProQuest articles may be inaccessible through certain Internet Service Providers, for more information see the Appleton Public Library website.)

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February 2002

Spring isn’t that far away - Feb 28, 2002 PG
Paper industry leader steps down - Feb 28, 2002 PC
Planned talks could bring tribal leaders and paper companies to agreement - Feb 28, 2002 Maine (PQ)
Panel Backs Off Agent Orange Finding - Feb 28, 2002 MilwJS
Bill Would Boost Cancer Study Funds - Feb 28, 2002 MilwJS
State Files Environmental Lawsuit in Oconto County - Feb 28, WisPolitics
Fox Valley Assembly Republicans Request Vote on Mining Bill - Feb 28, 2002 WisPolitics
Kaukauna, Little Chute targets for gypsy moth spraying - Feb 28, PC
City might bill stormwater work - Feb 28, 2002 PC
Outdoors: Spring isn't that far away - Feb 28, 2002 PG
Outdoor Recreation Report - Feb 28, 2002 DCA
Campaign-finance reform up to Jensen - Feb 28, 2002 PG
For first time, chronic wasting disease found in Wisconsin deer - Feb 28, 2002 MilwJS
Environmentalists seek buffer strips to reduce runoff - Feb 28, 2002 MilwJS
Natural resources bills pass State Assembly in flurry of activity this week - Feb 28, 2002 WisPolitics
DOE Ordered to Release Energy Documents - Feb 28, 2002 ENS
EPA official quits, rips White House - Feb 28, 2002 MSNBC
U.S. study ties 15,000 deaths to nuclear tests - Feb 28, 2002 MSNBC
Why do legislators oppose the voters - Feb 27, 2002 NC
Packers will use Ashwaubenon's water - Feb 27, 2002 NC
U.S. Companies:_Georgia-Pacific - Feb 27, 2002 Wall Street Journal (PQ)
Lambeau water deal eases service costs - Feb 27, 2002 PG
Competing campaign reform bills gain passage - Feb 27, 2002 PG
Appleton water plant proposal sent to development department - Feb 27, 2002 PC
PCB trial judge praises progress on both sides, recesses trial - Feb 27, 2002 Anniston Star
Wisconsin religious leaders ask Senate for tougher environmental rules - Feb 26, 2002 MilwJS
Judge urges settlement in PCB cases - Feb 26, 2002 Anniston Star
JUDGE PRESSES FOR SETTLEMENTS IN PCB CASES - Feb 26, 2002 St. Louis (PQ)
Spend more, spend smarter on clean water, groups urge Senate - Feb 26, 2002 ENN
Solutia admits Anniston claims  - Feb 26, 2002 
Cold War Technology Helps Deplete Ocean Fisheries - Feb 26, 2002 National Geographic
Georgia-Pacific to Sell Delair, N.J., Gypsum Paper Mill - Feb 26, 2002 (PQ)
Permit for Georgia-Pacific is a bad idea for the river -Feb 26, Florida (PQ)
No safe levels of air pollution, experts claim - Feb 26, 2002 Hamilton Spectator
GE's crucible - Feb 25, 2002 Albany NY
Monsanto found guilty of polluting - Feb 25, 2002 UK
Tanker collision causes oil leak - Feb 25, 2002 NC
A river runs through it: Downtown revolves around Fox - Feb 25, 2002 NC
Ashwaubenon eyes riverfront development  - Feb 25, 2002 NC
Trail has opened the river to more people - Feb 25, 2002 NC
Cruisin' the Fox River - Feb 25, 2002 NC
River was always part of plan for James Street Inn - Feb 25, 2002 NC
Fishermen return to the Fox - Feb 25, 2002 NC
Recreational yachting is on the increase - Feb 25, 2002 NC
St. Norbert campus 'living room' utilizes river view - Feb 25, 2002 NC
Half-day season hits the mark - Feb 25, 2002 PC
Half day sturgeon spearing could become permanent  - Feb 25, 2002 ON
Superfund Gets the Super Shaft; The White House wants taxpayers to fund cleaning up industrial waste - Feb 25, 2002 TIME
Jury decides against Monsanto, Solutia in PCB case - Feb 25, 2002 Reuters
Lawmakers criticize Fox River cleanup plan - Feb 24, 2002 MilwJS
Local lawmakers uncertain about PCB dredging - Feb 24, 2002 NC
Street talk: No solution in pollution logic - Feb 24, 2002 NC
Walking on water is an uncommon occurrence - Feb 24, 2002 NC
Health briefs - Feb 24, 2002 NC
Crappie is still king in ice fishing around Wisconsin - Feb 24, 2002 PC
Tissue plant buyer sought - Feb 23, 2002 PC
American Tissue creditors close Wisconsin plant - Feb 23, 2002 MilwJS
Getting to the meat of budget battle - Feb 23, 2002 MilwJS
Sturgeon season sees full 16-day run - Feb 23, 2002 PC
Sturgeon spearing season has three fish to go  - Feb 23, 2002 ON
Jury rules against Monsanto - Feb 23, 2002 Anniston Star
Environmentalists say Bush soft on species protection - Feb 23, 2002 CNN
Healing Our World: Weekly Comment - Feb 23, 2002 ENS
Algoma chairman suggests referendum to solve arsenic woes - Feb 23, ON
Private wells invite arsenic - Feb 22, 2002 PC
Wetlands-filling proposal argued again - Feb 22, 2002 MilwJS
ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY FINED $9 MILLION IN FRAUD CASE - Feb 22, 2002 EPA
Full-length sturgeon spearing season is expected Feb 22, 2002 PC
Monsanto guilty of polluting town - Feb 22, 2002 MSNBC
Jury Rules Monsanto Polluted Town  - Feb 22, 2002 Alabama Links
New solutions needed to manage fisheries sustainably - Feb 22, 2002 ENN
NAFTA’s Chapter 11 threatens the environment and democracy - Feb 22, 2002 ENN
Hansen encouraged by progress of mining bill - Feb 21, 2002 NC
State gets low marks on tracking birth defects - Feb 21, 2002 NC
Danger deepens for spearers as Lake Winnebago ice thins - Feb 21, 2002 PC
Report: Wisconsin Delegation Above Average on Environment - Feb 21, 2002 PG
Scorecard Shows Partisan Polarization in Congress - Feb 21, ENN
PCBs case sent to jury - Feb 21, 2002 Anniston Star
PCBs in the News - Winter Spring 2002 EPA
Labor & Green Groups Endorse Tax Shift - Feb 21, 2002 EMS
Land trusts help protect the environment and save money too - Feb 21, 2002 ENN
Bureaucracy argument cuts both ways - Feb 20, 2002 NC
Spearing for sturgeon slows to a sputter - Feb 20, 2002 PC
Sturgeon spearing season could last through weekend - Feb 20, 2002 MilwJS
LCV releases Scorecard on Congress - Feb 20, 2002 ENN
Get serious about campaign reform - Feb 19, 2002 PG
Groups preparing for Fox Locks fight - Feb 19, 2002 PG
Mining firms get too much leeway, engineer says - Feb 19, 2002 MilwJS
Local groups fight paper mill permit  - Feb 19, 2002 Florida (PQ)
Ashwaubenon may supply Lambeau water - Feb 19, 2002 PG
Council eyes change in policy for storm sewers - Feb 19, 2002 PC
Wetlands issue stalls plan for Sister Bayfirehouse - Feb 19, 2002 PG
Weather may end season before spearers reach cap - Feb 19, 2002 PG
Study finds sturgeon with high PCB levels - Feb 19, 2002 The Oregonian
Environmentalist Predicts Economic Collapse If Trends Continue - Feb 19, 2002 Radio Free Europe
Military Technologies and Increased Fishing Effort Leave No Place for Fish to Hide - Feb 19, 2002 ENN
North Atlantic Study Reveals Food Fish Catches Have Declined by Half - Despite Tripled Fishing Effort - Feb 19, 2002 ENN
UN seeks crackdown on hazardous chemicals - Feb 18, 2002 Planet Ark
Enron shakes faith in American business - Feb 18, 2002 PG
P & G products find new home - Feb 18, 2002 PG
Outdoor Recreation Report - Feb 18, 2002 DCA
American Tissue Mills lays off 61 workers - Feb 18, 2002 PC
Bill To Close Loopholes In Mining Law Gets Public Hearing In Assembly - Feb 18, 2002 WisPolitics
Letter to Committee Chair Kedzie on Environment - Feb 18, WisPolitics
DNR says sturgeon spearing season could end Tues. - Feb 18, MilwJS
Public Companies Tweak Accounting to Hide Environmental Debt - Feb 18, 2002 ENS
High Tech Methods Decimating Fish Populations - Feb 18, 2002 ENS
Tiny air pollutants may get into the blood - Feb 18, 2002 Reuters
Public Water Systems in Need of Funding - Feb 18, 2002 Great Lakes Radio Consortium
States Disagree About Water Pollution - Feb 18, 2002 Great Lakes Radio Consortium
WRI Warns Global Warming Endangers Future Winter Olympics - Feb 18, 2002 ENN
Attacks boost boat business - Feb 17, 2002 PG
Boat builders in Northeast Wisconsin are booked - Feb 17, 2002 PG
Theater on Bay's "Ice Fishing Play" opens - Feb 17, 2002 PG
Big Crappie highlights week of panfish - Feb 17, 2002 PG
Panfish pan out in Master Angler contest - Feb 17, 2002 PC
Fishing weekend dimmed only by a lack of walleyes - Feb 17, 2002 PC
Spearing season could stretch until Wednesday - Feb 17, 2002 PC
Fond du Lac man spears 120-pound sturgeon - Feb 17, 2002 ON
Chill of sturgeon spearing warms his heart - Feb 17, 2002 MilwJS
Monsanto's PCB scandal - Feb 17, 2002 Toronto Star
Global warming 'unstoppable for next 100 years' - Feb 17, 2002 Ananova UK
Senate Passes Farm Bill That Doubles Conservation Spending - Feb 17, ENS
VFW addresses Agent Orange concerns - Feb 17, 2002 PG
Ice cracks force shanties near shore  - Feb 16, 2002 ON
Boat permits are available in Menasha - Feb 16, 2002 PC
Budget may stall water pipeline - Feb 16, 2002 PG
GROUP IN JUDGE SEMINARS DENIES SLANTED VIEWPOINT - Feb 16, 2002 Pittsburgh (PQ)
Debates over cost, technology delaying water agreement - Feb 16, 2002 NC 
Sturgeon season may last weekend - Feb 16, 2002 PC
Solutia Manager Questioned in Trial - Feb 16, 2002 Anniston Star
In America conservation increasingly means economic development - Feb 16, 2002 Earth Times
Paper companies should stay on the hook - Feb 15, 2002 PG
Sturgeon may be ugly, but they’re a delicacy for some - Feb 15, 2002 ON
Bill To Close Loopholes In Mining Law Gets Public Hearing In Assembly - Feb 15, 2002 WisPolitics
Developers allowed to build on landfill - Feb 15, 2002 PC
INTERIM AIR TOXIC STANDARDS SET FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE COMBUSTION  - Feb 15, 2002 EPA
Meeting looks at runoff buffers - Feb 15, 2002 PG
Outdoor Recreation Report - Feb 15, 2002 DCA
U.S. Water Supply at Risk - Feb 15, 2002 ENN
Tepid response to Bush climate plan - Feb 15, 2002 MSNBC
Lieberman on Bush's Global Warming Policy - Feb 15, 2002 Fox News
Global warming threatening US wildlife - Feb 15, 2002 NWF
Bush Climate Plan Only a Baby Step, GOP Group Says - Feb 15, 2002 ENN
Solving Climate Change With Texas-Style Accounting - Feb 15, 2002 TomPaine.com
Defense witnesses testify PCBs have not harmed western Anniston - Feb 15, 2002 Anniston Star
Nevada site OK'd for nuclear waste - Feb 15, 2002 MilwJS
Battle rages over beach access - Feb 15, 2002 Chicago Tribune
Future environmental havoc resulting from Western lifestyle - Feb 15, 2002
Healthy environment priceless - Feb 15, 2002 Atlanta
Weekly fishing report - Feb 14, 2002 MilwJS
Mental Disorder Numbers Challenged - Feb 14, 2002 MilwJS
CDC: Heart Patients Die Suddenly - Feb 14, 2002 MilwJS
Campaign reform goal near for Feingold, McCain - Feb 14, 2002 MilwJS
Big day in campaign finance - Feb 14, 2002 MilwJS
County gets $49,600 to combat terrorism  - Feb 14, 2002 Kewaunee
An encouraging step, but a long way to go - Feb 14, 2002 PC
Mining bills are held up in state committee - Feb 14, 2002 PC
Sturgeon season will stretch til Saturday - Feb 14, 2002 PG
Tribe may rejoin pipeline group - Feb 14, 2002 PG
Plaintiff's attorney challenges PCB findings of defense witness - Feb 14, 2002 Anniston Star
Congress Revisits Individual Fishing Quotas - Feb 14, 2002 AmeriScan
Green Groups Reject Bush Global Warming Plan - Feb 14, 2002 EMS
Diabetic cookbook offers pleasing recipes - Feb 13, 2002 PC
Low count extends spearing season - Feb 13, 2002 PC
State could see $4 million in environmental cuts under Bush proposal - Feb 13, 2002 MilwJS
DNR says winter trails suffering from lack of snow - Feb 13, 2002 MilwJS
Rules to reduce runoff passed - Feb 13, 2002 WSJ
Michigan Senate passes Great Lakes drilling ban - Feb 13, 2002 MilwJS
Mining Industry Exaggerates Economic Benefits to Alaska - Feb 13, 2002 EMS
Witness says PCBs pose little health risk for humans - Feb 13, 2002 Anniston Star
Congress releases Clean Water Act report - Feb 13, 2002 WaterTech
Report challenges media on green coverage - Feb 13, 2002 ENN
Sturgeon-spearing a four-generation tradition for family - Feb 12, 2002 ON
Broadcasters Seek To Profit From Reform - Feb 12, 2002 TomPaine.com
Michigan Lab, owner admit falsifying test results - Feb 11, 2002 EPA
Unprecedented pollutant levels over NY after Sept. 11 - Feb 13, 2002 ENN
Solutia defense describes corporate culture that values safety - Feb 12, 2002 Anniston Star
Beasley says big polluters go unpunished - Feb 12, 2002 Birmingham News
Support grows for melting PCBs dredged from Fox - Feb 11, 2002 PG
Forum to offer facts on De Pere bridge options - Feb 11, 2002 PG
Fewer sturgeon speared during opening weekend - Feb 11, 2002 MilwJS
Spear a sturgeon ... or at least a tale - Feb 11, 2002 PG
Spearers still "shacked up" - Feb 11, 2002 ON
Masses of Very Fine Particles Emitted from Ground Zero - Feb 11, 2002 ENS
EPA sued over water policy - Feb 11, 20002 WaterTech
Cousteau Represents Environment at Winter Olympics - Feb 11, 2002 ENS
Strike at Bay Shipbuilding comes during a busy time - Feb 10, 2002
Paper firms say PCBs furnace tied to dredging; Foes say capping is private waste on public land - Feb 10, 2002 PC
Low kill good news for sturgeon hunters - Feb 10, 2002 PC
DNR urged to delay ruling on PCB cleanup - Feb 9, 2002 PG
Sturgeon season opens today - Feb 9, 2002 PC
Arrowhead will not go to the dogs - Feb 9, 2002 PC
"Healthy Hearts" offers info for older adults - Feb 9, 2002 PG
Proposed coal plants stir pollution debate - Feb 9, 2002 MilwJS
Determined anglers reel in record catches - Feb 9, 2002 MilwJS
Angler's tackle box has all the essentials - Feb 9, 2002 MilwJS
Conditions slow spearing - Feb 9, 2002 MilwJS
Relay for Life to fight cancer  - Feb 9, 2002 NC
The thrill of the chill - Feb 9, 2002 NC
Healing Our World: Weekly Comment - Feb 9, 2002 ENS
Bay Data Debate - Independent Investigation Needed Immediately - Feb 8, 2002 - CWAC
UW scientists challenge DNR’s bay PCB figures - Feb 8, 2002 PG
Fox advocates vow to save river system - Feb 8, 2002 PC
Council approves $17 million AMC expansion plan - Feb 8, 2002 PC
State’s manufacturing sector down, but it’s been much lower - Feb 8, 2002 PC
Sturgeon season opens on thin ice - Feb 8, 2002 PC
Congress must end big money influence - Feb 8, 2002 PC
Kanemi oil poisoning blamed on dioxins - Feb 8, 2002
1,300 may sue city over damage from cleanup - Feb 8, 2002 MilwJS
Plan to cut power plant funds was news to McCallum aides - Feb 8, 2002 MilwJS
Shelby will seek meeting with EPA on PCBs issues - Feb 8, 2002 Anniston Star
Judge calls two-day break in PCB trial - Feb 8, 2002 Anniston Star
Fox River Capping Claims Challenged - Feb 7, 2002 WisPolitics
Stora Enso shuts down two lines - Feb 7, 2002 PC
Sturgeon spearing starts on Lake Winnebago Saturday - Feb 7, 2002 MilwJS
Anxieties over toxins rise at Ground Zero - Feb 7, 2002 New York PQ
Groups Tell EPA to Fully Protect Public from Wood Preservatives - Feb 7, 2002 New York
Brown County closes its snowmobile trails - Feb 7, 2002 PC
Runoff rules delay Wrightstown project - Feb 7, 2002 PG
Rules will aid cleanup of state’s waters - Feb 7, 2002 PG
Spears will find cracks in the ice - Feb 7, 2002 PG
Appraiser stands by PCB analysis - Feb 7, 2002 Anniston Star
Is Capping a Great Idea, or a Dodge? - Feb 6, 2002 CWAC
Is DNR Too Reluctant To Prosecute Offenders? - Feb 6, 2002 Channel3000
The Race to Despoil Door County - Feb 6, 2002 NC
Stormwater worries plug up annexation - Feb 6, 2002 PC
Grass greener here, business leaders believe - Feb 6, 2002 PC
Lawmakers seek ground water rules change - Feb 6, 2002 PG
Ledgeview puts strings on water deal - Feb 6, 2002 PG
Superfund sought for 3 state sites - Feb 6, 2002 Indiana PQ
Fishing report - Feb 6, 2002 MilwJS
A new profit motive: The bottom line is preserving the environment - Feb 6, 2002 ENN
Appraiser: Monsanto should pay 16 plaintiffs $8.6 million - Feb 6, 2002 Anniston Star
Enforcement of state standards spurs water authority’s timeline - Feb 5, 2002 PG
Solutia testimony: 'Appropriate remedy' for PCB contamination has yet to be determined - Feb 5, 2002 Anniston Star
Moody's lowers Solutia's senior debt rating to junk - Feb 5, St. Louis PQ
Environmental Experts Decry Bush Budget Cuts - Feb 5, 2002 EMS
Bush Budget Gives Conservation Short Shrift - Feb 5, 2002 ENN
Bush seeks to trim EPA budget Biggest cut would be $500 million less for water projects - Feb 5, 2002 MSNBC
Boards won’t reduce speed limit on lakes - Feb 5, 2002 PC
Ship from Navy's past will dock in Green Bay - Feb 5, 2002 PG
Dangers of Water Privatization Demand Greater Scrutiny - Feb 5, 2002 ENN
Company recommends burning PCBs - Feb 4, 2002 PG
PCB cleanup from pond in Calumet County moves ahead - February 4, 2002 PC
Proposal calls for $1.9 million water tower - Feb 4, 2002 PC
Top Environmental Groups to Offer Analysis of Bush Budget, Its Priorities and Effects - Feb 4, 2002 EMS
Toxins found in sludge; study questions safety of fertilizer - Feb 4, 2002 Virginia PQ
White Lake pollution agreement reached  - Feb 4, 2002 Michigan PQ
Milwaukee port courts rail traffic - Feb 4, 2002 PG
Two-time cancer survivor to share story at relay event in De Pere - Feb 4, PG
Bush Administration Unveils 2003 Budget - Feb 4, 2002 ENS
Mistrust threatens campaign finance reform Bill 104 - Feb 4, 2002 PG
Libraries share in papermaker’s success - Feb 4, 2002 PC
PCB furnace shows promise - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Georgia-Pacific gives Hartmann a grand send-off - Feb 3, 2002 PG
Spearers face cold reality - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Decoy business brings together love of sturgeon, art - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Weak ice not likely to undercut strong tradition - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Sturgeon Radio returns to the air - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Employee-Stock plan consulting big business for Appleton's BCI - Feb 3, 2002 PG
Enron fallout threatens ESOPs - Feb 3, 2002 PG
2002 Sturgeon Regulations - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Master Angler contest still in grip of mild winter - Feb 3, 2002 PC
Sex sells: Veggies, Lettuce Ladies and the protection of wildlife - Feb 3, PC
EPA order to dredge a milestone  - Feb 3, 2002 New York PQ
DNR takes a strong stand - Feb 3, 2002 MilwJS
Judge in PCB trial scolds lawyers for lack of preparation - Feb 2, 2002 Anniston Star
World forum scientists: Grim future - Feb 2, 2002 CNN
GE Cedes to Hudson Cleanup - Feb 2, 2002 Newsday NY PQ
Smog may cause asthma, study in Calif. suggests - Feb 2, 2002 SunSpot.net
Fishing for a bouncing baby boy - Feb 2, 2002 Lake Michigan PQ
Study Puts Finland First, and U.S. 51st, in Environmental Health - Feb 2, 2002 New York Times
Key river, bay data still unavailable online - Feb 1, 2002 NC
Thousands speak out on PCB Cleanup - Feb 1, 2002 PG
Neighbors warming up to Fox River Trail - Feb 1, 2002 - PG
Revenue from trail passes rises to $58,618 in 2001 - Feb 1, 2002 PG
Trout Unlimited honors Shibilski's efforts to restore rare trout to Wisconsin waters - Feb 1, 2002 WisPolitics
Monsanto's handling of PCBs examined Thursday in trial - Feb 1, 2002 Anniston Star
River cleanup plan signed by EPA - Feb 1, 2002 WaterTech
Study: Pollution May Cause Asthma - Feb 1, 2002 Washington Post
More chemicals feared at Trade Center site - Feb 1, 2002 ENN
State blasted for dioxin problem - Feb 1, 2002 Michigan PQ
U.S. Settles Case With Natural Gas Pipeline Company - Feb 1, 2002 Washtington PQ

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Abbreviations

PG 
Green Bay Press Gazette

NC
Green Bay News Chronicle

PC
Appleton Post Crescent

ON
Oshkosh Northwestern

MilwJS
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

DCA
Door County Advocate

OCE
Oconty County Reporter

SP
Sheboygan Press

WDH
Wausau Daily Herald

Pesh
Peshtigo Times

Eagle
Marinette Eagle Star

EPA
Environmental Protection
Agency

DNR
Wisconsin Dept. of
Natural Resources

USFWS
U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service (Dept. of Interior)

ENN
Environmental 
News Network

ENS
Environmental 
News Service

EMS
Environmental
Media Service


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