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Mesozoic Marine Monsters of Mangahouanga (2899 words) |
 | During their tour to a range of New Zealand marine reptile fossil exposures in February and March 1999, the North American visitors took the opportunity to recover two concretions from the Haumuri Bluff locality, and initially involved a helicopter, and later a flat-bed truck. |
 | A Conway River locality has also provided further mosasaurian material recently, for which the preparation process is understood to be underway by Canterbury Museum staff. |
 | A new marine reptile (Sauropterygia) from New Zealand: Further evidence for a Late Cretaceous astral radiation of cryptoclidid plesiosaurs. |
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McKinley Conway, Global Environmentalist (2697 words) |
 | Conway foresees the construction of huge new desalting plants using new energy sources as a solution to water shortages and political conflicts throughout the Middle East. |
 | Conway's kaleidoscope of forest observations include redwoods in California, cedars in Lebanon, baobabs in Senegal, Norfolk pines in New Zealand, bamboo in Burma and literally thousands of species he will never be able to identify. |
 | Conway's latest project is his "Eco-Site" which he hopes will provide a prototype of a plan for providing a better quality of life while protecting and enhancing the natural environment. |