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  • 'Conservation' strategy is a wolf in sheep's clothing

    The Bush administration’s doublespeak on roadless areas may alienate one of its constituencies: the hunters and anglers who love our wild country

    by Chris Wood, Aug 16, 2004

  • 'Green elephants' abandon Bush

    The grassroots group Republicans for Environmental Protection withholds its endorsement from President Bush, citing his "deliberately anti-environmental, anti-conservation" record

    by Geordie Romer, Oct 25, 2004

  • (Un)clearing the air

    George Bush’s BLM will leave a legacy of air pollution in oil and gas producing states, especially Utah.

    by Keith Kloor, Dec 22, 2008

  • A law born from the ashes

    In George W. Bush’s Healthy Forests: Reframing the Environmental Debate, authors Jacqueline Vaughn and Hanna Cortner demonstrate that under Bush, "there has been a rollback of environmental standards and regulations."

    by Renee Guillory, Apr 17, 2006

  • A political fish-kill is in the making

    Ted Williams says the Bush administration is doing its best to kill off an endangered fish: Montana’s fluvial grayling.

    by Ted Williams, Dec 03, 2007

  • As threats loom, conservation dollars disappear

    With the Land and Water Conservation Fund at a 10-year low and Western politicians trying to sell off the public lands, conserving open space requires the kind of creative solution that helped saved Colorado’s Beaver Brook watershed

    by Jodi Peterson, May 02, 2005

  • Brace yourselves for the counterrevolution

    Don’t worry so much about what President Bush will do to the environment; worry instead about the three new justices he might put on the Supreme Court

    by Jon Margolis, Dec 06, 2004

  • Business booster still guides national park rules

    Conservationists fear that the new National Park Service management policy will reduce environmental protection at the expense of commercial interests

    by Brodie Farquhar, Nov 14, 2005
  • Can the Forest Service get back on track?

    Can the Forest Service get back on track?

    Recovering integrity and efficiency after President Bush leaves office.

    by Chris Wood, Nov 06, 2008

  • Clean water changes could sully Western streambeds

    If the Bush administration pushes through a rule change to the Clean Water Act, three-fourths of the West’s rivers would be unprotected from pollution

    by Joshua Zaffos, Dec 22, 2003
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