Sentences with phrase «nearby residents began»
A park district official at the time donated a bear, and nearby residents began donating ducklings and other small animals.
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Lava began to flow today from Chile's Chaitén volcano, chasing remaining residents out of a nearby town and putting the government of the affected Palena Province on high alert.
Over three years, the EPA has sampled water in Dimock, Pa., Pavillion, Wyo., and Parker County after residents complained that their water had turned foul once natural gas drilling began nearby.
In the 1970s, when local unemployment was high, residents began to exploit the nearby Kings Hill Forest Reserve, one of the oldest reserves in the world.
The REIT began working on the project in 1994, but environmental groups, federal agencies, residents and nearby competitors had dragged out studies, reviews and hearings for years.