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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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A tale of heartbreakin' and asskickin'
Walt Gasson deeply loved a mule, but that mule tragically broke his heart – not to mention several of his bones.
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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: Salmon
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A river runs near it
by Joshua Zaffos Sep 10, 2008 03:36 PMIn Washington’s Yakima Valley and in northern Colorado, water developers want to build kindler, gentler “off-channel” reservoirs.
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A town’s downtown is the new (old) way to live
by Bill Croke Sep 05, 2008 12:00 AMBill Croke celebrates his brand-new, old-fashioned lifestyle: living upstairs in an old brick building in downtown Salmon, Idaho.
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How not to save salmon
by Ted Williams Jul 16, 2008 04:00 PMTed Williams says killing fish, birds and sea lions to save endangered salmon is like drinking snake-oil elixir to cure a serious illness.
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Tribes make a controversial deal on salmon
by Rocky Barker Apr 21, 2008 12:00 PMRocky Barker says four Northwestern tribes stopped fighting the federal government over dam-breaching on the Snake River largely because they could read the political writing on the walls.
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Nevada stakes its salmon claim
by Ken Olsen Jul 16, 2008 03:40 PMNevada sportsmen, tribes and environmentalists ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to renew licenses for Hells Canyon’s dams until Idaho Power makes it possible for salmon to survive its dams.
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Two weeks in the West
by Jonathan Thompson May 28, 2007 12:00 PMChefs fight for salmon, and uranium gets hotter; electricity usage and generation in the West; data on park fees and visitors
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History of a decline
by Ken Olsen Jan 22, 2007 01:00 PMAn 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.
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Schooling, fish
by John Mecklin Jan 22, 2007 01:00 PMJudge Jim Redden is right to push the Bush administration on salmon restoration, but fish may end up faring as poorly in courtrooms as San Francisco’s schoolchildren did after well-intentioned decisions on busing.
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Salmon Justice
by Ken Olsen Jul 16, 2008 03:27 PMJudge Jim Redden has given the Bush administration an ultimatum: Submit a viable plan for salmon restoration, or face the possible removal of four dams on the lower Snake River.
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River Redux
by Matt Jenkins Dec 11, 2006 01:00 PMSix decades after Friant Dam killed off the San Joaquin River’s spring-run chinook, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Friant Water Users Authority are working with the federal government to restore both the fish and the river
