The call of a golden-winged warblers and the habitat needs of finches are only a click away. A new Web site managed by the National Audubon Society and Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, www.birdsource.com, allows birders not only to gather information but also to record and share bird sightings with other enthusiasts. This article appeared in […]
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The Wilderness Awareness School
The Wilderness Awareness School, based in Duvall, Wash., teaches animal tracking, storytelling and the art of mentoring. Classes for the national program are scheduled in several locations including Washington and California, as well as Vermont and New Jersey, from Sept. 22 to Nov. 5. Write to P.O. Box 5000 #5-137, Duvall, WA 98019 (425/788-1301), or […]
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Sustainable Communities Symposium
A Sustainable Communities Symposium in Crested Butte, Colo., Sept. 22-24, features keynote speaker Randy Udall of the Community Office of Resource Efficiency, workshops on building materials and tours of energy-efficient businesses. For more information on the $50 event, call the High Country Citizens’ Alliance at 970/349-7104 or e-mail hcca@csn.net or visit www.sni.net/hcca. This article appeared […]
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Conserving connections
Science, government and corporations don’t often find common ground – except when they’re trying to save some. United by a mission to protect and connect wild spaces, the Chatfield Basin Conservation Network, southwest of Denver, has successfully brought together businesspeople, county officials, road builders and environmentalists. “The purpose of the network is to strengthen the […]
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Finding fresh flora
A month ago, Scott Sundberg added another plant to his growing list of Oregon flora – kudzu, an exotic vine usually found in the South. With this discovery, the Oregon Flora Project tallies 4,430 species, subspecies and varieties of plants identified in the state. The project was started by Sundberg, a professor at Oregon State […]
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Farm Bureau not for farmers
Washington, D.C.-based Defenders of Wildlife wants to expose the American Farm Bureau Federation. In its 98-page report, Amber Waves of Gain: How the Farm Bureau is reaping profits at the expense of America’s family farmers, taxpayers and the environment, Defenders accuses the Farm Bureau of bowing to conglomerates, carrying an anti-wildlife agenda and aligning itself […]
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A whir of wings
Just before sunlight hits New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in November, visitors can hear the squawking of ducks, geese and cranes. In a roar of wings, thousands of these birds take flight at dawn – an event most viewers consider a highlight of the annual Festival of the Cranes. “Then, during the […]
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New developer thinks big
UTAH An unlikely company is proposing to build what most developers can’t – a dense community in an area where large homes and large lots are the norm. Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., which has mined copper in the Salt Lake Valley for almost 100 years, plans to build 12,000 homes, apartments and condominiums and 4 […]
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A massacre is not forgotten
In 1864 in southeastern Colorado, more than 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho tribe members, mostly women, children and elderly people, were killed in an unprovoked attack led by Colonel John Chivington. Although the U.S. government quickly denounced Chivington’s actions as a national disgrace, no memorial distinguishes the site from its surroundings. More than a century later, […]
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The Latest Bounce
The Army Corps of Engineers has suffered a setback: The National Marine Fisheries Service revoked approval Aug. 25 for the Corps to deepen 103 miles of the Columbia River’s shipping lane. New studies show dredging will hurt endangered salmon (HCN, 1/17/00: A dredging dilemma). Meanwhile, a preliminary report by independent scientists in Portland, Ore., estimates […]
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Remembering an establishment revolutionary
John Sawhill wasn’t planning to stick around as president of The Nature Conservancy for much longer. As he told some associates, 10 years is a long time for one of those high-powered jobs, and as a 63-year-old diabetic, Sawhill was starting to think about a life with fewer plane trips and less tension. Maybe he […]
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Heard around the West
Two Wyomingites are trying to set the record straight about “real” cowboy attire. Studying old photos, mail-order catalogs and interviewing relatives of early range-riders, Tom Lindmier and Steve Mount conclude that the big-hatted denim look popularized by Hollywood is all wet. Their book, I See By Your Outfit, says that 19th century cowboys were more […]
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What’s best for a crumbling treasure?
Plans to rescue Glacier’s hotels could be a sweetheart deal for big business in a national park
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Ski town workers find homes in the hills
Squatters say camping on public land is the only affordable option
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Coalition ushers a mine off sacred ground
Agreement will fill a hole dug for the fashion industry
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Dear Friends
A sad goodbye When you live in a small town, you have to wear a lot of different hats. Here in Paonia, pop. 1,600, for example, the mayor runs a laundromat and carpet-cleaning business and drives a school bus. Many people work several jobs and volunteer at the schools, the public radio station, the ambulance […]
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On the path to a greener church
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. An organization with as much heft as the Catholic Church, and with 2,000 years of history, does not move quickly or simply. The Columbia River Basin pastoral letter, scheduled for release in November, has been five years in the making. But even five years […]
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Excerpts from the pastoral letter draft
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story. We offer here a pastoral reflection, derived from Christian teachings about creation and ecology developed over the ages from their biblical origins. We speak with the voices of faith and compassion, and ask those with greater scientific and social expertise to enter into dialogue […]
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Holy water
The Catholic Church seeks to restore the Columbia River and the church’s relevance to the natural world
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Heard around the West
Every tourist with a camera makes the same joke at scenic turnouts where the drop is precipitous: “Back up just another step – no, just kidding!” It’s part of tourist myth – that someone actually asked a spouse to back up near a canyon, and then it was “Goodbyeeeeee.” Here’s a variation, and it’s all […]