The Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition works to restore
the Great Basin landscpae that has been ravaged by
cheatgrass-induced wildfires.
Items by Julie Elliott
Robert Van Pelt's book, "Forest Giants of the Pacific
Coast," talks about the unique, large old trees along the Pacific
Coast, and his experiences searching for them.
The Great Plains Native Plant Society is developing a
botanic garden outside of Hermosa, S.D., in honor of its founder,
Claude A. Barr.
Following the killing of 170 bison outside Yellowstone
last winter, the Buffalo Field Campaign is suing the Montana Dept.
of Livestock and the Forest Service, alleging violations of the
Endangered Species Act.
Port of Portland officials and U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers want to dredge the Columbia River, but a series of
articles in The Oregonian reveals major flaws in the plan,
resulting in a controversial exchange between dredgers and
critics.
This year's Mountainfilm festival, held May 24-27 in
Telluride, Colo., features 25 films that celebrate mountains and
the people who love them.
Ten years after being given federal protection under the
Endangered Species Act, Pacific salmon still swim in
pesticide-laced water, says a report by the Northwest Coalition for
Alternatives to Pesticides.
Designer Ralph Lauren's proposal to swap land with the
U.S. Forest Service near Ridgway, Colo., has caused a stir among
neighbors, who claim the new public road would disrupt wildlife,
create forest fires and bring vehicles closer to
wilderness.
Lawsuits filed by angry developers have forced the federal
government to re-examine the Endangered Species Act of 1978
regarding critical habitat.
"Northern Lights," series of eight articles by Michael
Jamison in Montana's Missoulian, profiles Native American women who
have begun to speak up, take charge and bring change to
reservations.
The federal government plans to allow gas companies to
drill nearly 40,000 new coalbed methane wells in Wyoming's Powder
River Basin over the next 10 years.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to designate
critical habitat for the threatened bull trout.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources' plan to use
helicopters to relocate moose on Interstate 80 is halted when one
of the helicopters crashes, killing three.
- The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along
- Hmong Americans in Northern California fight wildfire — and distrust
- The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose?
- How tribal leaders want Chuck Sams to lead the Park Service
- Wildfire smoke pushes migrating birds hundreds of miles out of their way
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