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The wild we take for granted
Delight in the animals and places that are close to home but often ignored by us.
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Time to reform and repair
Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
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Video: Humor in a world gone mad
Moab cartoonist Travis Kelly creates political cartoons in order to stay sane.
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Off the grid, but not off his rocker
Moab cartoonist Travis Kelly lives in a solar school bus, and creates political cartoons to stay sane.
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Trashing the earth, and the truth
Hal Herring relates the ugly story of how the Bush administration used its influence to try to kill a story about the impacts of energy development.
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As Interior Turns
During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
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The sick and tired West
The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
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Nonprofitable times
Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.
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Results for keyword: Logging
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While you were voting …
by Sarah Gilman Nov 04, 2008 08:40 AMWhile the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes.
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Left in the lurch
by Andrea Appleton Jul 31, 2008 10:20 AMThe recent expiration of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act has left western Oregon counties without funds.
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Weathering the academic storm
by Erin Halcomb May 28, 2007 12:00 PMDan Donato, whose controversial study on salvage logging sparked an academic firestorm, talks about his research and all it provoked
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Of salvage logging and salvation
by Pepper Trail Dec 25, 2006 01:00 PMIf we truly want to "salvage" our forests – and the rest of our environment – we need to think beyond salvage logging, and acknowledge that the value of dead trees cannot be measured in board-feet alone
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Christmas fuels the 'bough industry' in Washington
by Lissa James Dec 18, 2006 01:00 PMThe writer tells how Christmas has fueled a "bough industry" in the forest
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Of salvage logging and salvation
by Pepper Trail Dec 04, 2006 01:00 PMThe writer finds salvage logging to be anything but salvation for a forest
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Biomass: What to do with all that wood
by Peter Friederici Oct 30, 2006 01:00 PMMark Sardella’s nonprofit group Local Energy is determined to heat local communities with biomass energy, created by burning logging slash and millwaste from New Mexican forests
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Life in the transition zone
by Paul Larmer Oct 30, 2006 01:00 PMLongtime community activist and HCN board member Luis Torres is delighted to see environmentalists and loggers working together in the forests of his native northern New Mexico
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Clinton-era roadless rule is back... for now
by Evan Tea Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMA federal judge has reinstated President Clinton’s roadless rule protecting forests in the Lower 48 states, but the decision seems to have only confused the issue of forest management and is likely to end up back in court
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How do you enter a roadless area?
by Pepper Trail Sep 11, 2006 12:00 PMThe writer criticizes the Bush administration for ignoring public sentiment and rushing to log potential wilderness areas
