And like many a fellow environmentalist, she is concerned that urban sprawl is now encroaching on surrounding conservation areas like Lake Mead, Spring Mountain and Red Rock Canyon.

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He has attended 53 Harvard basketball games in four years and flew to Salt Lake City this week on spring break to see his team try to win its first-ever NCAA tournament game.

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As the NAIC moves toward reform at its spring national meeting from March 12-15 in Salt Lake City, lots of issues still have to be thrashed out.

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Whether filming hippos in the clear water of Mzima Spring, flamingo chicks in a dried-out soda lake or the complex layers of life within a massive baobab tree, the Roots always let their subjects tell their own stories making astonishing discoveries along the way.

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There is a similar but slightly more secluded pool at Fatnas Spring, the small island in the salty Birket Siwa (Lake Siwa) accessible across a narrow causeway.

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With a net employment outlook of 22%, Salt Lake is the third best place for finding a job this spring.

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Each spring, the toothless, bottom-feeding giants make their way from Lake Winnebago in eastern Wisconsin up the Fox and Wolf rivers to spawn.

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The following spring, they set off on foot for the Red River Settlement around Lake Winnipeg in Canada where Scottish aristocrat, the Earl of Selkirk, had promised them land.

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Cooling down in the lake, and then watching the sun setting over the dunes while soaking in a hot spring is a surreal experience.

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The upstate town of Jay, located roughly half an hour from Lake Placid, expects to demolish 19 homes that suffered damage from Hurricane Irene under the program by spring.

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