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Reality Check
Misinformation and exaggeration abound in the debate over the Endangered Species Act’s critical habitat provisions
by Tony Davis and Greg Hanscom, Mar 20, 2006 -
The Latest Bounce
EPA abandons attempt to regulate hydraulic fracturing; BLM briefly cuts forestry school funding and Republican Rep. Greg Walden grills logging critic Dan Donato; California regulator tries to stop ecological crash in San Francisco Bay-Delta
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 20, 2006 -
ESA talks end in stalemate
A working group of 23 experts convened by the nonprofit Keystone Center could not reach consensus over how to reform the Endangered Species Act’s critical habitat provisions
by Tony Davis, Mar 20, 2006 -
Taking the law into their own hands
Citizens use a little-known legal doctrine called qui tam to fight energy company profiteering – and make money in the process
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 06, 2006 -
Closing the loop
On the Navajo Reservation, Indigenous Community Enterprises is using thinned small trees from fire-prone, overgrown forests to build hogans for housing - and the tribal economy as well.
by James Bishop Jr., Sep 02, 2002 -
Collaboration may prevent conflagration in SantaFe
The Santa Fe Watershed Partners Group is working with the Santa Fe National Forest to find an environmentally sensible way to thin and burn a New Mexico forest that has become a fire hazard.
by Bryan Foster, Mar 18, 2002 -
Stargazers defend darkness in Arizona
The Flagstaff Dark Skies Coalition's struggle to keep the stars visible has led to the city's designation as the first "International Dark-Sky City."
by Peter Friederici, Dec 03, 2001 -
Boaters float for their rights
In Colorado, a group of river rafters float the Lake Fork of the Gunnison in defiance of a landowner who has filed suit to stop them, part of a statewide struggle over access and ownership of rivers.
by Shara Rutberg, Aug 13, 2001 -
Oil and gas drilling clouds the West's air
Air pollution from oil and gas drilling is on the increase in the Rocky Mountain West, and environmentalists and energy companies are trying to prevent it from getting any worse
by Ray Ring, Oct 31, 2005 -
Not a creature was stirring...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes temporary protection for the endangered Preble's meadow jumping mouse, which biologists believe is declining because of urban sprawl near Denver.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Dec 21, 1998 -
Ranching's worst enemy? It's not greens
Western ranchers rejoice when a federal court jury finds that the nation’s largest meatpacker, Tyson/IBP, has illegally squeezed $1.28 billion from independent cattle producers
by Ray Ring, Mar 15, 2004 -
Bill would redraw the boundaries of national monument
Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg, R, wants to yank private lands out of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, but some local ranchers fear his bill will just make it harder for them to sell their property.
by Mark Matthews, Oct 27, 2003 -
Educating the economy
Western communities such as Lander, Wyo., are suddenly working hard to lure new colleges to town
by Rebecca Huntington, Apr 30, 2007 -
Market cooling
California and the West decide to tackle global warming through the market – by buying and selling carbon
by Oakley Brooks, Apr 30, 2007 -
An endangered Endangered Species Act?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tries an end-run around the Endangered Species Act; a leaked draft would weaken the bedrock law by changing the regulations that implement it rather than the law itself.
by Jodi Peterson, Apr 16, 2007 -
The sacred and the toxic
Just over the Arizona-Sonora border, Tohono O’odham traditionalists have joined environmental groups in fighting a proposed Mexican hazardous waste landfill.
by John Dougherty, Apr 16, 2007 -
Harvesting the sky
Thirsty Santa Fe, N.M., considers an innovative law requiring all new buildings to install rainwater-harvesting systems.
by Cristina Opdahl, Apr 02, 2007 -
Rail out of town
Gov. Schwarzenegger says “Hasta la vista” to a long-planned California high-speed rail line – at least for the moment.
by Matt Palmquist, Mar 19, 2007 -
Driven to fight
Retired BLM agent Lynell Schalk goes head-to-head with her former bosses over protecting southern Utah’s priceless archaeological sites from off-road vehicle traffic.
by Jen Jackson, Mar 19, 2007 -
The mouse that roared "Preble"
The Preble's meadow jumping mouse, which thrives in the same habitat as houses and developments, could bring growth on Colorado's Front Range to a halt if it is listed as endangered.
by R. E. Baird, Michelle Nijhuis, Mar 16, 1998
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