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Headline	Author	Published	Section
Shout, Trout, Let It All Out Western Hunters and Anglers Oppose Energy Bill		29 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Shout, Trout, Let It All Out Western Hunters and Anglers Oppose Energy Bill A group of outdoor enthusiasts descended on Washington, D.C., Wednesday to lobby against attempts by Republicans to revive the omnibus energy bill, defeated in the Senate last year. They object to provisions in the bill that would drastically increase oil ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, marine life, outdoor recreation, political groups, politics, West, wildlife (all these topics)

Wolf at the Door Enviros Sue Feds for Loosening Wolf Protections		02 Oct 2003	Daily Grist
Wolf at the Door Enviros Sue Feds for Loosening Wolf Protections In an effort to make the western U.S. safe for gray wolves, 17 conservation groups teamed up yesterday to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for downgrading the species' status from endangered to threatened in April. The coalition argued that the Bush administration was wrong to remove federal protections from the wolves be ...
Topics: Oregon, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, West, wildlife (all these topics)

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)

Spotted Record		15 Jan 2003	Daily Grist
Spotted Record Federal protections for the spotted owl and the marbled murrelet have been blamed by many in the anti-enviro camp for the collapse of the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest during the 1990s. Now, the Bush administration has announced that it will review those protections, as well as the designation of & ...
Topics: business, environmental justice, logging, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, politics, US Fish and Wildlife Service, West, 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)

The Lion's Share It's high time people stopped shooting mountain lions	Susan J. Tweit, Writers on the Range	10 May 2000	Soapbox
V It's legal to kill a mountain lion in most Western states if it threatens your safety or the safety of your property (including livestock and pets). Williams thus had the legal right to kill that lion. But did she have the moral right? My, what a big kitty. Photo: Predator Defense Institute. One of the realities of mountain lions is that they are predators. Biologists e ...
Topics: politics, West, wildlife (all these topics)

Who Dropped the Green from the GOP? A Republican berates his party for abandoning the environment	Karl Hess, Jr.	11 Jan 2000	Soapbox
Republicans are handing Democrats a green Y2K. So far, GOP presidential contenders have all but conceded the environmental issue to Al Gore and Bill Bradley. Rather than fight for the conservation mantle that was once the GOP's, they seem content to not ask and not tell when it comes to the nation's land, air, water, and wildlife. At best, Republican environmental polic ...
Topics: Colorado, land stewardship, politics, ranching, United States, West, wildlife (all these topics)

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