Results for keyword: Forest Service
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John Kerry vs. Barbara Cubin and Richard Pombo on oil; FBI arrests William Jensen Cottrell for California SUV arson; and Forest Service paid public relations firm $90,000 for "Forests With a Future" campaign and slogan
by Laura Paskus, Mar 29, 2004 -
More lynx, less habitat
Colorado’s lynx reintroduction program has so far been a success, but a new Forest Service management proposal would put energy development, forest thinning, and snowmobile trails ahead of the threatened animal’s habitat
by Alex C. Pasquariello, Mar 15, 2004 -
Should the Forest Service be blamed for a snowmobile wreck
Judge Don Molloy finds the Forest Service partly liable in the 1996 Montana snowmobile wreck that injured Brian Musselman, and some snowmobilers are worried about the ruling’s impacts on their sport
by Ray Ring, Mar 15, 2004 -
Old-growth trees to fall in the Sierra
In California, the Forest Service abandons the collaborative Sierra Nevada Framework in favor of a new management plan that cuts big trees
by Cosmo Garvin, Mar 01, 2004 -
National preserve is in hot water
GeoProducts wants to build a geothermal plant in New Mexico’s Valles Caldera National Preserve and sell power to Los Alamos National Laboratory, but some say the whole plan is a scam to get money from the Forest Service
by April Reese, Dec 22, 2003 -
Follow-up
EPA boss Mike Leavitt approves Bush’s Clear Skies Initiative; Bush signs Healthy Forests Restoration Act; Forest Service lays off workers to privatize jobs; and former government officials form Environment 2004 to criticize Bush’s environmental policies
by Laura Paskus, Dec 22, 2003 -
Massive logging plan shakes Northwest
The proposed salvage logging of the Biscuit Fire area in Oregon’s Siskiyou Forest is one of the largest timber sales in history, and critics say it’s not only ecologically dangerous, but undermines the Roadless Rule
by Kathie Durbin, Dec 22, 2003 -
Wildlife win one in Yellowstone
The National Wildlife Federation negotiates two important land deals with ranchers in the Yellowstone area, ending grazing on Horse Butte and protecting local bison
by Ray Ring, Dec 22, 2003 -
Our publicly owned forests are being subverted
President Bush is carrying on a stealthy assault against our national forests
by Tom Udall, Nov 24, 2003 -
Right and wrong on public lands
From Conquest to Conservation: Our Public Lands Legacy by Michael P. Dombeck, Christopher A. Wood and Jack E. Williams takes a hopeful view of the ecological future of the nation’s public lands
by April Reese, Oct 27, 2003
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