A bill designed to protect citizens from frivolous
lawsuits called SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public
Participation) was defeated in Colorado's state Senate, but its
sponsor plans to try again.
Items by Jennifer Chergo
In "Avoiding the Shaft: The New Mexico Citizen's Mining
Manual," Sue McIntosh aims to help New Mexico activists battle
hardrock mining.
Some say the "Vision 20/20 National Parks Restoration Act"
would only continue the "sweetheart contracting practices" that
allow concessionaires to profit without returning much money to the
parks.
A free quarterly called "Wana Chinook Tymoo" lives up to
its name's meaning, "salmon stories," by helping Northwestern
Indians work to save salmon.
Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado seeks people who want to
help plant gardens and mend trails on Colorado public
lands.
Critics object to Park Service plans to spend user fees on
a fancy new welcome center in Grand Teton National Park, rather
than on improving existing facilities.
Basin Resources, a coal-mining company, is ordered to pay
$160,000 to a couple who claim the mine damaged their second
home.
In New Mexico, an energetic Green Party is siphoning votes
from the Democratic Party and seeks to give the Republicans a run
for their money.
Some object to the Forest Service's plan to build a new
town for tourists right outside of Grand Canyon National
Park.
A citizens' ballot initiative would crack down on
pollution and other problems caused by industrial hog farms in
Colorado.
South Dakota tells Brohm Mining that the company cannot
walk away from its gold mine in the Black Hills without cleaning up
the mess it's made.
Veterans of the 1930s' Civilian Conservation Corps hold
reunions this summer.
"Walking With Muir Across Yosemite" by Geraldine Vale and
Thomas Vale retraces Muir's footsteps and finds that, away from
noisy, tourist-thronged roads, much of the park is surprisingly
unchanged.
A Star, Idaho, man pleads guilty to unlawaful possession
of a protected species after he is charged with stealing two
endangered desert tortoises from Snow Canyon State Park.
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