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    Timber company fined for political fliers

    A timber company is fined for distributing political flyers along with paychecks.

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    Survey attacks logging

    A Forest Service survey reveals eight of ten residents in Montana disapprove of logging practices.

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    Sierra old growth spared

    A Forest Service clearcut ban in California protects old growth and the spotted owl.

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    Coyote kill protested

    ADC shootings from helicopter threaten wolves in Montana.

  • Book Reviews

    Dead and dying trees

    A Forest Products Industry report proposes cutting more trees.

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    Wild horse wranglers win

    Four Western Shoshone ranchers are found not guilty of herding wild horses by helicopter.

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    Cheeky protesters cleared

    Earth First!ers are cleared of mooning charges.

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    The ban stays

    Ranchers want New Mexico State Land Commissioner Jim Baca to lift a ban on killing predators.

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    Wolves and Colorado

    The Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plan could include Colorado.

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    Utah ferrets out reintroduction plan

    Biologists hope to release 45 black-footed ferrets in northeastern Utah.

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    Salmon need to swim

    Barging fish around hydroelectric dams doesn't work according to a review panel.

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    For the fish

    Wyoming dam operations have been altered at the Flaming Gorge Dam to help native fish recovery.

  • Book Reviews

    A tracker's guide

    A review of "Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Track and Sign', by Paul Rezendes.

  • Book Reviews

    Wolves in Idaho

    The Fish and Wildlife Service is slow to confirm wolf sightings, which could affect wolf reintroduction in Yellowstone.

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    Queen salmon tours Northwest

    A theater troupe will perform "biologically explicit' musical comedy.

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