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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Basin and Strange		17 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Basin and Strange Since Sept. 11, the Bush administration has claimed that strict environmental laws are hindering oil and gas exploration in the West -- thereby compromising national security by forcing ongoing dependence on foreign energy sources. But a new federal study undermines that claim by showing that most oil and gas reserves on Western federal lands co ...
Topics: Department of Interior, energy, mining and drilling, politics, West, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Lambs to the Slaughter		05 Aug 2002	Daily Grist
Lambs to the Slaughter The wildfires that are raging across the western U.S. this summer aren't just threatening the trophy homes of billionaires; they are also posing a danger to wildlife. Take bighorn sheep, which were reintroduced to the shores of Washington state's Lake Chelan after a century's absence. The sheep were finally gaining a foothold in the area; about 17 lambs were born in the spring, bringing the population to a ...
Topics: West, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Hi Ho Sterling, Away!		14 Jan 2002	Daily Grist
Hi Ho Sterling, Away! If the Sterling Mining Company has its way, one of the continent's largest underground mines could soon be dug beneath the Cabinet Mountains of northwestern Montana, marking the first time that large-scale mining would take place beneath a federal wilderness area. Last month, federal and state officials granted the company a permit to ope ...
Topics: mining and drilling, Montana, US Forest Service, water pollution, West, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

Letter of the Law Can laws be written that inspire reverence for the land?	David Mayfield	09 Feb 2001	Main Dish
As usual, Charles Wilkinson is pacing. Hands stuffed in the front pockets of his Levi's, head down, he paces the lecture hall, up one stairway and down the other, his students' heads swiveling to follow him. Charles Wilkinson, law man. Photo: Larry Harwood, University of Colorado at Boulder. But on this December morning, during the last meeting of Wilkinson's natural resources law course at t ...
Topics: Colorado, education, politics, Washington, West, wilderness, wildlife (all these topics)

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