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  • Whose public lands?

    Conference on "who governs the public lands" planned.

  • From sacred to suburb

    The East End Neighborhood Association seeks to buy land sacred to tribes in order to protect it from development.

  • Incoming

    U.S. Army proposes new plan to drop 1-ton missiles in Utah's San Juan County.

  • No new roads

    Interior Department proposes new rules for highway-building on public lands.

  • New river watchers

    The new group Rio Grande Restoration publishes quarterly newsletter.

  • A wilderness proposal for Colorado

    Conservation groups propose designation of 48 new wilderness areas in Colorado.

  • Wild watching in Nevada

    Nevada Wildlife Viewing Guide is published.

  • Real summertime

    A review of John Alcock's book, Sonoran Desert Summer.

  • Ferrets to find new homes

    Park Service approves release of black-footed ferret in Badlands National Park.

  • Eating the scenery

    Oregon economics consulting firm issues report, Transitions: New Incentives for Rural Communities.

  • Pesticides linger in Northwest

    Report finds groundwater contamination by pesticides in the Northwest.

  • Colorado water map

    Colorado water education forum provides maps and information.

  • Idaho wilderness bill fails

    Idaho wilderness bill is shelved.

  • Agency cuts timber cut

    Timber cut is scaled down by 25 percent.

  • Restoring the Rio Grande

    Rio Grande restoration seeks to increase water flows in river.

  • Wetlands program wasn't

    Study shows that mitigation projects in Oregon destroyed more wetlands than they created.

  • Teaming up

    The recently created Henry's Fork Watershed Council unites two groups that were former adversaries.

  • Tourists welcome, sort of

    Representatives from 15 tribes gather to discuss impacts of tourism.

  • A Northwest watersheds expo

    Watersheds'94 conference planned.

  • Children need the wild

    A review of Gary Paul Nabhan's The Geography of Childhood.

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