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A lawsuit raises questions about how far environmentalists should go to keep wilderness 'untrammeled.'
by Nathan Rice,
Jan 25, 2012
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The U.S. Army has no reason to oppose the proposed Red Table Mountain wilderness in Colorado, because its helicopter training flights could easily be grandfathered in.
by Connie Harvey,
Sep 28, 2011
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Earth Day, which was first celebrated 40 years ago, was largely created by Gaylord Nelson, a Democratic senator from Wisconsin who fought hard for environmental laws.
by Tim Lydon,
Apr 13, 2010
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America needs wilderness to preserve its soul, not to mention its water, air and wildlife.
by Tim Lydon,
Dec 17, 2009
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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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Michael McCloskey’s autobiography, In the
Thick of It: My Life in the Sierra Club, covers four
decades of his life and work as an environmentalist
by Steve Rumsey,
Nov 13, 2006
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As enjoyable as mountain biking is, bikes simply
don’t belong in the wilderness, partly because the faster you
travel through a place, the smaller – and tamer – that
place begins to seem.
by Greg Hanscom,
Sep 18, 2006
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Stewart Udall talks about his years as Interior secretary,
and criticizes the Bush administration’s environmental
policy
by Ray Ring,
Oct 11, 2004
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Scott Groene of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
disagrees with a recent High Country News essay about the best way
to protect our remaining wilderness
by Scott Groene,
Sep 27, 2004
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As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness
Act, it’s time we got back to a realistic attitude about
proposed wilderness, saving actual places, no matter how small they
are, instead of holding out for mega-proposals
by Matt Jenkins,
Aug 30, 2004
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