PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.prweb.com PRWeb.com Press Release Feed - Press Releases en PRWeb Distribution Newswire http://www.prweb.com/images_v4/prweb_logo_hv.jpg http://www.prweb.com 200 46 xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Northampton, MA, Citizens Campaign to Protect Their Urban Wetlands, Prevent Flooding http://www.prweb.com/releases/northampton/wetlands/prweb556792.htm Citizens of Northampton, MA, are campaigning to preserve the buffer zones around the city's urban wetlands from development. Northampton has a proud tradition of environmental stewardship and sustainable growth, but on October 4, Northampton's City Council plans to vote on an ordinance that would slash the no-build zone around wetlands to as little as 10 feet in many districts. The North Street Neighborhood Association this week is mailing 16,978 postcards to virtually all the registered voters of Northampton. The postcards call for maintaining 50-foot no-build buffers, the general standard to this point, to mitigate flooding, prevent water pollution, and keep neighborhoods green and cool. (PRWeb Sep 28, 2007)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/northampton/wetlands/prweb556792.htm Petition Drive to Save Trees and Wetlands in Northampton, Massachusetts http://www.prweb.com/releases/northampton/massachusetts/prweb543935.htm The North Street Neighborhood Association is sponsoring a petition drive to save trees and wetlands in Northampton, Massachusetts. The drive, which has already garnered hundreds of signatures in this Western Massachusetts city of 29,000, calls on the mayor and city council to require public reviews before "significant trees" are cut down. It also calls for new development to leave a 100-foot buffer zone around wetlands unless extraordinary circumstances apply. Petition forms and background information are available at NorthAssoc.org (http://www.northassoc.org). (PRWeb Aug 2, 2007)

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