"The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount
Rainier" by Bruce Barcott is reviewed.
Items by Sara Phillips
Richard Frazine's book, "The Barefoot Hiker," gives advice
on going barefoot in the woods.
Southwestern ranchers Jim Winder and Will Holder team up
with Defenders of Wildlife to create a seal-of-approval for beef
sold by ranchers who avoid killing predators.
Washington's Lummi Casino closes because of too much
competition.
Activists try to end crop burning by farmers in eastern
Washington and northern Idaho, saying the resulting air pollution
is harming the health of area residents.
The Forest Service puts together a land swap that saves a
530-acre grove of 1,200-year-old trees from logging.
The Tohono O'odham Tribal Council decides against building
a controversial casino on ancient ruins.
Some say the National Park Service needs to start charging
fees for all the filming that is done in the nation's parks and
national monuments.
The National Park Service is developing rules to allow
local park officials to restrict and possibly ban noisy personal
watercraft.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service increases bag limits on
snow geese after biologists warn that the birds are too prolific
for their own good.
Western painted turtles are dying on a dangerous stretch
of Montana's Route 93 through Mission Valley.
A revised edition of "Saving America's Countryside: A
Guide to Rural Conservation" shows how local action can stave off
urbanization.
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