Zoology professor David Wasser uses dogs to sniff out bear
scat in Washington's North Cascade Mountains to help determine how
many grizzly bears live there.
Items by John Rosapepe
The Los Alamos Study Group, a nonprofit focused on nuclear
disarmament, has put up five billboards on I-25 in New Mexico that
criticize the state's dependence on the nuclear weapons
industry.
"Wild in the City: A Guide to Portland's Natural Areas,"
edited by Michael Houck and M.J. Cody, gathers maps, site guides,
and essays celebrating the city's wildlife and preserved
landscapes.
The National Park Service's Artist-in-Residence program
invites artists, writers and musicians to live and work in some of
the West's most beautiful national parks.
The Four Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario, Ore., houses
one of the best cultural and historical centers in the
West.
Robert Michael Pyle's book, "Chasing Monarchs: Migrating
with the Butterflies of Passage," follows the colorful insects from
Canada, down to Mexico, and back up to the California coast on
their amazing yearly migration.
Montana State University's Shakespeare in the Park program
brings plays to little towns across the state.
Nancy Zubiri's book, "A Travel Guide to Basque America -
families, feasts and festivals," is a passionate and
well-researched guide to Basque culture in the Great Basin
area.
Washington's Congressman Norm Dicks is pushing for the
reintroduction of wolves in his district's Olympic National
Park.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber lands $30 million to try to
restore the coho salmon without having to list the fish as
endangered.
A Wilderness Society report shows that Western rural
communities are not dependent on the extractive use of nearby
public lands.
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission opposes the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service's plan to restore grizzly bears to the
state.
Washington's property-rights rebel, Chelan County,
undergoes a turnaround when voters throw out one of two
anti-planning commissioners and elect two political centrists
instead.
Mexican gray wolves will be introduced in two locations in
Arizona and New Mexico this fall.
The "Citizen's Guide to Opposing Military Airspace
Expansion" gives practical advice.
Residents of Elmore County, Idaho, are upset by plans to
put the state's largest landfill in their backyard.
Judge William Dwyer orders Idaho and the EPA to develop
clean-up plans for 962 polluted rivers, streams and
lakes.
Boise residents acquire sandbags in expectation of a bad
flood season.
Rachael Paschal of the Center for Environmental Law and
Policy tries to convince Washington state that there is not enough
water for everyone who wants it.
The wolves reintroduced in Idaho are thriving, and may
reach the recovery goal of 10 breeding pairs before the wolves in
Yellowstone.
"The Northwest Salmon Crisis: A Documentary History"
edited by Joseph Cone and Sandy Ridlington is reviewed.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's plan to
build the $4 million Grandy Creek steelhead hatchery faces stiff
opposition from fishing groups, scientists and
conservationists.
Republican Gov. Tony Knowles of Alaska joins an
environmental lawsuit fighting Columbia and Snake River dams in the
Northwest to save endangered salmon.
Dams and fishing have almost destroyed the Snake River's
giant white sturgeon.
Study shows that mitigation projects in Oregon destroyed
more wetlands than they created.
Government study shows Idaho's Lake Coeur d'Alene
contaminated by mining sediments.
The Wilderness Society blasts the BLM for management plans
for Oregon forests.
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