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  • Conservation groups come and go. Why?

    Pat Munday decries the “professionalization” of environmental groups.

    by Pat Munday, Jun 09, 2008

  • Judge orders litigating enviros to pony up

    A federal judge orders three environmental groups to post a $100,000 bond while their appeal of a logging project goes forward

    by Brett Wilkison, Feb 06, 2006

  • Snowy middle ground

    Wilderness advocates and snowmobile enthusiasts are working together in Montana to find enough room in the landscape to accommodate both their passions

    by Ray Ring, Mar 06, 2006

  • Conservation for the adrenaline crowd

    Can the Red Bull generation of outdoor recreationists get serious about saving the planet?

    by Terray Sylvester, Oct 26, 2009
  • Nonprofits reap the profits

    Nonprofits reap the profits

    Christine MacDonald takes on the unscrupulous executives who run big environmental groups in Green, Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad.

    by Brian Park, Apr 14, 2009

  • Easterners tilt at windmills while Westerners joust with a real foe

    Cape Cod’s opposition to a proposed offshore wind farm sounds crazy to Westerners, who would gladly exchange nuclear waste dumps, coal mines and gas wells for some renewable energy

    by Joshua Zaffos, Mar 07, 2005

  • Surprise bequest to protect Columbia Gorge

    The Friends of the Columbia Gorge, a small conservation group based in Portland, Ore., has received a $4 million bequest from Norman Yeon

    by Michael Milstein, Apr 18, 2005

  • Oil and gas opponents will have to move faster

    The Bureau of Land Management is shortening the amount of time that citizens and environmental groups in Wyoming and Utah will have to protest oil and gas leases

    by Matt Jenkins, May 02, 2005

  • So-called 'peace treaty' won't save the Rio Grande

    Environmentalists made a mistake when they settled with the city of Albuquerque over water use on the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico

    by Lisa Robert, May 02, 2005

  • Writing a comment letter? Better make it good

    The Bureau of Land Management is tightening its standards on what it considers worthwhile, "substantive" public comments from citizen activists

    by Matt Jenkins, Jun 27, 2005
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