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The U.S. continues to trail the rest of the world in high-speed rail development, as California's long-planned bullet train is delayed yet again.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Nov 28, 2011
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The Conservation Reserve Program has encouraged millions of acres of idled farmland to be used as wildlife habitat, but now it may be plowed under by a budget-cutting Congress.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn,
Oct 13, 2011
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Spend enough time around a bird feeder, and you’ll realize that nature is
less like a poetic cartoon and more like a gritty crime novel by someone like
Elmore Leonard.
by Dennis Hinkamp,
Sep 21, 2011
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As its budget shrinks, the National Park Service relies
more and more on volunteers – and critics say that is not
necessarily healthy
by Amanda Leigh Haag,
May 28, 2007
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Gail Kimbell and the vanishing Forest Service budget; not
saying the Pledge in Mesa, Ariz.; racing old beaters in California;
talkative men’s rooms; saying it (the Miranda warning, that
is) with flowers.
by Betsy Marston,
Mar 05, 2007
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Congress has tried to regulate ballast water in ships in
order to stop the spread of zebra mussels, but so far loopholes in
the law and tussles over policy have made the effort
ineffective.
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Mar 05, 2007
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It may have lovely photographs, but Valles Caldera: A
Vision for New Mexico’s National Reserve is much more than
just another coffee-table book.
by Laura Paskus,
Feb 19, 2007
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The United States needs genuine immigration reform instead
of the politically motivated shouting match that has taken the
place of reasonable debate.
by John Mecklin,
Feb 19, 2007
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Both sides of the contentious debate over a proposed Idaho
wilderness bill invoke Howard Zahniser, father of the Wilderness
Act -- and both sides have a point.
by Jon Christensen,
Jan 22, 2007
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An illustrated timeline charts the appearance of dams on
the lower Snake River and the resulting decline of salmon, along
with the so-far-inadequate response of the federal
government.
by Ken Olsen,
Jan 22, 2007
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