The Oregon state Department of Fish and Wildlife wants to
cut mountain lion numbers by as much as 40 percent over the next
five years
Items by Brett Wilkison
The United Farm Workers has signed a contract with
agricultural labor-supply company Global Horizons protecting the
rights of guest farmworkers
Executives from six of the nation’s largest energy
companies have asked federal lawmakers to set mandatory caps on
greenhouse gas emissions
Elko County, Nev., has made an agreement with the Forest
Service to end the long-running fight over a dirt road in Jarbidge
Canyon on the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Farmers, environmentalists, fishermen and tribes are
talking with PacifiCorp officials about the possible removal of
four dams on the Klamath River
A controversial proposed wilderness bill for Utah’s
Washington County includes utility corridors, motorized-vehicle
trails, and public-land sales designed to accommodate urban
growth
James Connaughton of the Bush administration’s
Council on Environmental Quality says that fishing must be
curtailed to save endangered salmon, but salmon advocates say dams
are still the real threat to the fish
President Bush revives a proposal to sell off public lands
managed by the BLM and the Forest Service as part of his 2007
budget
The BLM adds 11 new categorical exclusions to the National
Environmental Policy Act that will make it easier for salvage
logging, grazing and energy exploration
A controversial study says only a fraction of cancer cases
can be attributed to nuclear fallout in the U.S.
A federal judge orders three environmental groups to post
a $100,000 bond while their appeal of a logging project goes
forward
Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, R-Md.,
have formed the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus to discuss preparing
for life after "peak oil" – when worldwide oil supplies can
no longer meet demand
New interns Sarah Gilman and Brett Wilkison; remembering
Robert E. "Bob" Wolf; HCN potluck in Tucson
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