City officials amended an ordinance on Tuesday that regulates outdoor burning for commercial land-clearing.

It took several months to seriously consider the impact of changing the ordinance, said Chief Keith Kiplinger of the Nacogdoches Fire Department. We wanted to come up with something thats simple to understand.

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Bangalore, May 6: Even as the results of the Lok Sabha elections for 2014 are awaited and the fate of the thousands of candidates and the formation of the new government at the Centre will be known only after May 16, BJP Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Council D V Sadananda Gowda has accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of mobilizing huge funds for the polls through the land denotification route.

Addressing a news conference in Bangalore on Tuesday, the former Chief Minister alleged that the Chief Minister has collected huge amount of money to fund elections by clearing files related to land de-notifications and change of land use before the announcement of elections to Lok Sabha.

Gowda demanded that Siddaramaiah should come out with a white paper on cases of land de-notifications in Bangalore City and collection of money from various sources for funding the partys campaign.

The BJP leader, who himself is a candidate from the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency, said he had leveled charges against Siddaramaiah based on credible information.

But the State Government has been denying information to him on clearing of files related to land denotifications and change of land use in Bangalore, the BJP leader said.

Accusing that the state government was not ready to part with the information regarding denotification cases, he said: ''I will use RTI platform to obtain the required information to prove charges against Siddaramaiah.

The truth would be known if the Chief Minister brought out the white paper on land transactions, he said.

Alleging that the Government machinery has failed to respond to the grievances of the drought hit taluks, the BJP leader said lack of coordination between bureaucracy and the government impeding development works.

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SUNDERLAND, MD. Have you herd? Goats will soon be making their way through Maryland and Northern Virginia, as property owners trade machinery and labor crews for hungry, four-legged landscapers ready to decimate any vegetation in their way.

Mary Bowen, owner of Sunderland-based Green Goats and Prosperity Acres farm, will be putting her herd of more than 70 goats to work from May to October, using them to clear overgrown vegetation in various private and public areas across the state.

Unlike traditional land-clearing methods such as herbicide treatments and excavation services, which can have adverse effects on the environment, goats offer an environmentally-friendly alternative.

Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac are some of the goats favorite vegetation choices, making the animals perfect for jobs with highly concentrated areas of poisonous plants humans wouldnt dare tackle themselves.

Bowen founded Green Goats three years ago, with the intention of providing a service that would benefit both the environment and the state.

For years, the Bowen family had been showing goats, along with cattle and horses, at local 4-H shows around the state, including the Anne Arundel County Fair in Crownsville and the Maryland State Fair in Timonium.

I wanted to be able to do something with the goats other than showing them. ... I actually wanted to utilize them to do what they naturally do, which is forage, Bowen said.

After linking up with Enrique Escobar, a small ruminant specialist and assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Bowen was able to make her plan a reality.

During a workshop in which Escobar recounted past experiences with using goats for land clearing projects in Oklahoma, Bowen saw the potential in bringing the practices to Maryland.

I decided I wanted to be able to develop this business, because I had heard in other states, particularly California, where they use the goats to clear out for firebreaks in the park services ... and that was what I really wanted to be able to start doing, Bowen said. Something that is good for our community ... good for our state.

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Jacqueline Bowen, 14, who helps run the Green Goats business with her mother Mary, holds a baby goat. Jacqueline is in charge of naming every goat born to the family's herd, and says every name is a reflection of each goat's personality. (Capital News Service photo by Patrick Farrell)

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SUNDERLAND, Md. -- Have you herd? Goats will soon be making their way through Maryland and Northern Virginia, as property owners trade machinery and labor crews for hungry, four-legged landscapers ready to decimate any vegetation in their way.

Mary Bowen, owner of Sunderland-based Green Goats and Prosperity Acres farm, will be putting her herd of over 70 goats to work from May to October, using them to clear overgrown vegetation in various private and public areas across the state.

Unlike traditional land-clearing methods such as herbicide treatments and excavation services, which can have adverse effects on the environment, goats offer an environmentally-friendly alternative.

Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac are some of the goats' favorite vegetation choices, making the animals perfect for jobs with highly concentrated areas of poisonous plants that humans wouldn't dare tackle themselves.

Bowen founded Green Goats three years ago, with the intention of providing a service that would benefit both the environment and the state.

For years the Bowen family had been showing goats, along with cattle and horses, at local 4-H shows around the state, including the Anne Arundel County Fair, in Crownsville, and the Maryland State Fair, in Timonium.

"I wanted to be able to do something with the goats other than showing them I actually wanted to utilize them to do what they naturally do, which is forage," Bowen said.

After linking up with Enrique Escobar, a small ruminant specialist and assistant professor at the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, Bowen was able to make her plan a reality.

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IPOH: The recent tidal flooding which affected more that 30 households in Kampung Sungai Batu, near here, could have been avoided if repeated warnings against the clearing of mangrove forests along Perak's coastline had not been ignored.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia field officer Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman said he had voiced his concern over the issue as early as 2007, where he told Berita Harian that the destruction of mangrove forests would remove a natural barrier against coastal erosion and tidal surges.

"Unfortunately, the land clearing activities continued and it was only a matter of time before high tides flooded the inland areas," said Meor Razak yesterday.

He said the mangrove forests acted as a buffer that "absorb" incoming tidal waves, effectively stopping the tidal floods from coming inland.

"Their roots, which are spread out over a large area, dissipate the energy of the waves while the excess tidal floodwaters flow into the wetlands.

"However, after the mangrove forests are cleared, only a dry expanse of land is left and it is unable to effectively absorb the tidal floodwater."

The New Straits Times reported yesterday that Kampung Sungai Batu, which is located one kilometre from the seaside, had been inundated after 80ha of mangrove forest was removed to make way for a housing project.

Meor Razak said this expanse included two compartments of the Tanjung Burung forest reserve, which had been de-gazetted before the project began in 2011.

Land clearing activities had also been carried out in Compartment 114, north of Pantai Remis.

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ALBANY -- The city this week continued a cleanup of campsites at the Albany Bulb, one week after a settlement was reached with a group of residents at the homeless encampment who had sued over plans to remove them from the property.

Early this week, 25 of the 28 people who agreed to the settlement had received their payment of $3,000 in relocation fees, according to City Clerk Nicole Almaguer. She added that 27 of the 28 had left the Bulb and that the last one was expected to move out that afternoon.

Thirty people were eligible to take the settlement, either as part of the lawsuit or because they had requested accommodations with the city under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Amber Whitson and Phillip Lewis were the only two eligible for the settlement who declined to sign on. Whitson has been a de facto spokeswoman for the campers, speaking at several City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings.

A camper who was not eligible for the settlement despite being one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit was Katherine Cody. She was arrested at the Bulb for drug possession shortly before the settlement agreement was reached.

In return for accepting the payment, the campers agree to stay off the Bulb, even during daylight hours, for one year. They also agreed to stay off the Neck, the Albany Hill area and city-owned property on Pierce Street.

The city also promised to work with the Alameda County Superior Court to dismiss any curfew or camping violations filed against those who agreed to the settlement.

It's unknown exactly how many people remain on the property. Whitson last week told KQED that there were 36 people still living on the Bulb at the time of the settlement and that eight would remain.

Last year, the city estimated that 60 people were living on the property. Thirteen of those have found housing through a city-funded program facilitated by local nonprofit organizations.

The city has been working for the past year to remove the homeless population from the Bulb so the land can be turned over to the East Bay Regional Park District as part of the Sylvia McLaughlin Eastshore State Park.

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