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Not all government programs need cutting

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
Profile: Corey Shott, National Wildlife Federation

Corey Shott still misses the mountains, but has made politics her career.

by Ray Ring, May 02, 2011
The Group of 10 respond

Two decades after the SWOP letter, the big environmental groups report their progress on the issue of environmental justice.

by Marty Durlin, Feb 01, 2010
Heard Around the West

Montana Republican erupts on YouTube; Dogs at Work in Oregon; “Dynamite Shoot” uses real dynamite; wildlife thrives on military bases; “Liberal elk hunting season” in Wyoming; guns beat swords in Utah; taking the cab to Arizona

by Betsy Marston, May 28, 2007
Two weeks in the West

Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne kicks off "listening tour" on "cooperative conservation"; court shoots down Forest Service’s anti-public input rules; Idaho judge blasts BLM’s similar anti-public input rules; feds ignore states’ requests for roadless acreage

by Staff, Sep 04, 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
Time for a little outrage

It’s time for hunters to rally on behalf of wild lands and wild animals – beginning with the bison in Yellowstone

by Ray Ring, Feb 06, 2006
Yellowstone's Grizzlies A success story

The National Wildlife Federation believes that the federal government’s proposal to remove Yellowstone’s grizzlies from the endangered species list represents a tremendous achievement

by Tom France, Sep 19, 2005
Agency slashes critical habitat for salmon

Faced with a lawsuit by the National Association of Home Builders, NOAA Fisheries decides to strip protections from four-fifths of the currently designated critical habitat for salmon

by Emma Brown, Sep 19, 2005
Follow-up

Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness comes closer to Idaho; Bush funds CALFED; oil and gas brings money to Rocky Mountain states; National Wildlife Federation says federal Conservation Reserve Program is abused

by Matt Jenkins, Nov 08, 2004

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Not all government programs need cutting

Profile: Corey Shott, National Wildlife Federation

The Group of 10 respond

Heard Around the West

Two weeks in the West

ESA talks end in stalemate

Time for a little outrage

Yellowstone's Grizzlies A success story

Agency slashes critical habitat for salmon

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