Results for keyword: wilderness
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Business booster still guides national park rules
Conservationists fear that the new National Park Service management policy will reduce environmental protection at the expense of commercial interests
by Brodie Farquhar, Nov 14, 2005 -
A long walk into hope
Bill McKibben’s new book, Wandering Home, is a hopeful account of a leisurely hike across northeastern America, as relevant to the West as it is to the East
by George Sibley, Oct 31, 2005 -
Mountain bike association wheels into national parks
The National Park Service has agreed to explore opening some of the parks to mountain biking
by Patrick Farrell, May 30, 2005 -
A look at the West, in the funhouse mirror
Old Westerners and New Westerners are equally hypocritical when it comes to caricaturing each other and not looking at themselves
by Jim Stiles, Mar 21, 2005 -
The road to nowhere
Utah’s attempt to take over backcountry roads begins to unravel, largely because of problems stirred up by the attempt to claim the remote Weiss Highway in Juab County as an R.S. 2477 road
by Tim Westby, Dec 20, 2004 -
American — and proud of it
There’s nothing like a trip to Europe to make an American appreciate living in a country that still has wilderness.
by Geneen Marie Haugen, Nov 08, 2004 -
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 -
Environmental issues disappear into election-season smog
Environmental issues were almost invisible in the presidential debates, but an awful lot has happened in the last four years – and most of it has not been good for the West.
by Greg Hanscom, Oct 25, 2004 -
“W” in 2004: Taking stock of wilderness at 40
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 -
Supreme Court reins in citizens' right to sue
A recent Supreme Court ruling in a Utah wilderness lawsuit will limit the ability of citizens to sue the government over how its agencies manage natural resources
by Ray Ring, Jul 19, 2004
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