The Bureau of Indian Affairs rescinds the official federal
status of the Chinook Indian tribe.
Items by Laura Paskus
In drought-stricken northern New Mexico, ranchers are
pushing to open the Valles Caldera National Preserve to livestock
grazing.
Drought is having catastrophic impacts on the Navajo
Reservation, but past history and current politics keep grazing
reform from happening.
In southern Oregon's Klamath Basin, some local farmers are
upset with the Klamath Water Users Association for helping to kill
a Farm Bill amendment that would have made it easier for them to
sell their land to the federal government.
Chronic wasting disease has appeared in an isolated herd
of mule deer on southern New Mexico's White Sands Missile
Range.
A new bill may turn the lower Los Angeles River and the
San Gabriel River in Los Angeles into one of the country's few
urban national parks.
Conservationists say the "Sound Science Planning Act" - a
proposed amendment to the Endangered Species Act - could weaken the
roles of U.S. wildlife agencies in deciding which species receive
federal protection.
The best way to meet the true West is to explore its small
towns and especially its smoky bars, and listen to the stories of
the folks who gather there.
California's San Francisco Bay may become the site of the
country's second-largest coastal wetland restoration project, if
all goes according to plan.
The agreement between state and federal agencies to keep a
"minimum flow" of water in New Mexico's Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers
has failed to do the job in this year's severe drought.
The National Marine Fisheries Service has again changed
its opinion and will allow the Army Corps of Engineers to begin
dredging the Columbia River, despite environmentalists' concerns
about the wild salmon.
Protection for wildlife in the Siskiyou National Forest is
gone now that BLM and USFS have reopened 90 percent of lands to new
mining claims before environmental studies are completed.
The Duwamish Tribe, seeking federal recognition, has been
rebuked by the Bush administration, due to a technical glitch in
paper work by the outgoing Bureau of Indian Affairs
director.
The Draper Museum in Cody, Wyo., offers visitors an
interactive experience of the Yellowstone region.
A new agreement by the Fish and Wildlife Service and
Minneapolis Xcel Energy could set a precedent for protecting more
raptors from electrocution on power lines.
Colorado citizens voted last November to increase their
state’s reliance on power from the wind and sun, but King
Coal still rules the state, and the White House seems determined to
keep it on the throne
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