He and his wife had been planning to open a lodge near Two Lakes.

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Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service warned people with dogs or children to be careful near frozen lakes, ponds and rivers.

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Written by experts who pioneered use of genetic data to search for the aggressive fish, the paper disagrees with government scientists who say many of the positive Asian carp DNA hits recorded in or near the lakes in recent years could have come from other sources, such as excrement from birds that fed on carp in distant rivers.

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Beinn Bhreagh (pronounced "ben vreyah, " Gaelic for "beautiful mountain") still stands on a promontory that juts into the Bras d'Or Lakes near the village of Baddeck.

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But there is plenty for the less physically ambitious to do as well, including taking a walk through the Valley of the Moon near sunset (the salt rock formations can be heard popping and crackling with temperature swings), visiting flamingo-dotted salt lakes, swimming near the El Tatio geysers, or stargazing at Explora's own observatory.

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Cumbria-based Land and Lakes Ltd has plans for a 29-acre site at Penrhos near Holyhead and 360 more houses at a nearby site at Kinglsand.

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In the chemical industry, factories freely pollute rivers, lakes, and the air with dangerous chemicals, placing the country near the top of the world pollution list.

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