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Acres and Pains Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies		09 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Acres and Pains Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies A two-year investigation by the Senate Finance Committee may lead to big changes in federal regulation of America's land conservancies. The panel's report recommends that the IRS "consider revoking the tax-exempt status of a conservation organization that regularly and continuously fails to monitor and enforce conservation easements&q ...
Topics: Nature Conservancy, news, wilderness (all these topics)

Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone? Decline of wildflowers in forests worries scientists		18 May 2005	Daily Grist
Where Have All the Wildflowers Gone? Decline of wildflowers in forests worries scientists Sprawling housing developments, hungry deer, invasive plants, and other threats have sent many forest wildflower species in the U.S. into decline. Scientists say there are limited studies and surveys available on the delicate flowering plants, known as spring ephemerals, because they are only visible above ground for a few weeks of ...
Topics: land degradation, news, wilderness (all these topics)

No Refuge Is an Island Arctic Refuge drilling debate misses the big picture	Robert L. Fischman	12 Apr 2005	Soapbox
Sun-drenched Pelican Island in Florida is about as far from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as you can get in the United States. At first blush, the 5,000-acre warm marsh would seem to have little connection to the 19 million-acre stretch of mountains and tundra. But they are inextricably linked. A buff-breasted sandpiper. Š Subhankar Banerjee, from his book Arctic National Wildlife ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, mining and drilling, wetlands, wilderness (all these topics)

A Bouquet of Honey-Rosés Butterfly protector Jordi Honey-Rosés answers readers' questions		28 Jan 2005	InterActivist

Topics: InterActivist, interview, Mexico, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

Days of Wine and Honey-Rosés Butterfly protector Jordi Honey-Rosés answers Grist's questions		24 Jan 2005	InterActivist

Topics: InterActivist, interview, Mexico, wilderness, wildlife, World Wildlife Fund (all these topics)

'And Now!' Grinned the Grinch, 'I Will Stuff Up the Tree!' Bush admin overhauls forest management policy		03 Jan 2005	Daily Grist
"And Now!" Grinned the Grinch, "I Will Stuff Up the Tree!" Bush admin overhauls forest management policy The Bush administration unveiled sweeping changes to federal forest-management policy on Dec. 22, while Americans milled through malls and airports, minds dancing with visions of, well, everything but forest management. The changes will "streamline" approval of forest-management plans b ...
Topics: politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Victoria's Dirty Secret Enviro group launches campaign against Victoria's Secret catalogs		14 Oct 2004	Daily Grist
Victoria's Dirty Secret Enviro group launches campaign against Victoria's Secret catalogs An enviro group called ForestEthics has trained its sights on the Victoria's Secret catalog, urging the company to make the shift to more eco-friendly paper and avoid fiber that comes from endangered forests. The real target is Victoria's parent company, Limited Brands Inc. Limited Brands procures coated paper from an International Paper Co. ...
Topics: green living, wilderness (all these topics)

Norwegian Wood Porn activists go all the way to save the rainforest	Lissa Harris	05 Oct 2004	Main Dish
Warning: The following article contains naughty words -- but we can't help it, as they're the whole subject of the story. It also contains links to websites that are, as they say, "not safe for work." So all you kids, go play Pokemon or whatever it is you do these days. The rest of you, consider yourselves warned. How much do you love the rainforest? Photo: National Center for Atmospheri ...
Topics: green living, Norway, wilderness (all these topics)

Lost in the Wilderness Committee Wild Sky wilderness bill dead in the water for this year		23 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Lost in the Wilderness Committee Wild Sky wilderness bill dead in the water for this year Despite overwhelming public and bipartisan support, an effort to create Washington state's first new wilderness area in 20 years died yesterday, thanks to both partisan quarreling and the intransigence of Rep. Richard Pombo (R-Calif.), chair of the House Resources Committee. The story is complicated and rife with political finger-poi ...
Topics: politics, Washington, wilderness (all these topics)

Oh, So Nov. 15 Is After the Election? Who Knew? Bush Administration Delays Roadless Ruling		09 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Oh, So Nov. 15 Is After the Election? Who Knew? Bush Administration Delays Roadless Ruling The Bush administration announced yesterday that it will delay a final decision on whether to repeal the enormously popular Clinton-era Roadless Rule in order to gather more public input -- two more months of public input, as it happens. Some enviros (oh, the cynicism!) noted that the delay would put the final decisi ...
Topics: elections, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

Take a Walk on the Wild Side The Wilderness Act Turns 40		03 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
Take a Walk on the Wild Side The Wilderness Act Turns 40 Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and signed by Lyndon Johnson in 1964. Some 9 million acres were designated wilderness upon passage; 106 million acres are protected under the act today. Jimmy Carter signed the most land into wilderness, with 66.3 million acres; Reagan accounted for 10.6 m ...
Topics: land stewardship, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

The Leaser of Two Evils New Report Belies Need for New Oil and Gas Leases		25 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
The Leaser of Two Evils New Report Belies Need for New Oil and Gas Leases President Bush has made increased domestic energy production, i.e., more oil and gas extraction from federal lands in the West, a centerpiece of his campaign, claiming it is the road to energy independence. His administration frequently proclaims the need to remove restrictive barriers to resource extraction. But a new report, based on Interior Depar ...
Topics: mining and drilling, wilderness (all these topics)

Tree Amigos Bush Roadless-Rule Rollback Opposed by Tree Farmers		20 Aug 2004	Daily Grist
Tree Amigos Bush Roadless-Rule Rollback Opposed by Tree Farmers The Bush administration's proposal to revamp (critics say gut) the Clinton-era Roadless Rule, which prohibits road construction on some 60 million acres of federal forestland, is finding opposition in some odd places. Owners of tree farms, not typically considered a natural ally of greens, are backing the Sierra Club and other enviro ...
Topics: food and agriculture, politics, United States, wilderness (all these topics)

This Land Is Your Land ... For Now Bush administration proposal would give BLM more incentive to sell off public lands	Amanda Griscom	06 Aug 2004	Muckraker
Your red rocks, in Utah. Photo: BLM. The old Woody Guthrie ballad "This Land Is Your Land" has been reinterpreted in more ways than one recently. There was the hilarious campaign parody cartoon that exploded virally throughout the Internet last month, in which the "liberal wiener" (John Kerry) and "right-wing nut job" ( ...
Topics: Bureau of Land Management, Department of Interior, Muckraker, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Stand-up Comity Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon Is Model of Green Economics		15 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Stand-up Comity Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon Is Model of Green Economics Oregon's Siuslaw National Forest has emerged as a model for the way timber companies, environmentalists, and local communities can cooperate to manage forests. It is one of the few national forests in the state exceeding U.S. Forest Service logging goals. It's also the site of substantial ecological restoration, with streams boasting seven times the levels of c ...
Topics: Oregon, wilderness (all these topics)

Bark A'Lounging Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology		11 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Bark A'Lounging Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels Messing With Amazon Ecology Researchers have discovered that areas of the Amazon rainforest previously considered pristine are in fact undergoing drastic changes, likely due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The discovery was a bit of an accident -- researchers tracked changes in plots of isolated rainforest to use them as "controls" again ...
Topics: Amazon, ozone, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies		01 Mar 2004	Daily Grist
Huge Tracts of Land Bush Administration Accelerates Oil and Gas Leasing in Rockies The Bush administration, as part of its broader effort to accelerate oil and gas development on the Rocky Mountain front, is moving ahead with plans to lease large tracts of environmentally sensitive land in Utah and southwestern Wyoming. This has prompted protests from varied quarters, including a letter to Interior ...
Topics: mining and drilling, North America, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Soothe the Salvage Beast Ecologists Warn Against Salvage Logging		27 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Soothe the Salvage Beast Ecologists Warn Against Salvage Logging Salvage logging -- harvesting burnt trees from the site of a fire -- is not, contrary to public perception and federal practice, an environmentally benign method of gathering timber, write a group of forest ecologists in an article in the journal Science. Dead wood, they say, plays an important ecological role, providing shade for seedlings, niches for ...
Topics: logging, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain Amazonian Fires May Screw Up Entire South American Climate		27 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain Amazonian Fires May Screw Up Entire South American Climate Massive fires in Amazonian forests, set by impoverished local residents trying to create revenue-generating pastures and cropland, have the potential to disrupt the climate and generate fierce storms across South America, says research published in today's issue of the journal Science. The fires send particles into clouds, which attract water mol ...
Topics: Amazon, wilderness (all these topics)

Biscuit Gets No Gravy Biscuit Fire Salvage-Logging Plan Knocked by EPA		26 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: logging, Oregon, US EPA, US Forest Service, water pollution, wilderness (all these topics)

Certifiably Insane? Wood-labeling program less green than it appears	Jeff Shaw	23 Feb 2004	Main Dish
If you've got plans to undertake a woodworking project -- building a deck, say, or a fancy new china cabinet -- you're probably not going to figure a plane ticket to Burma or Humboldt County, Calif., into the budget, even if you'd like to be sure that the wood you'll use has been harvested sustainably. Hence, the rise of green labeling: a convenient way for consumers to put their money where their value ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, environmental non-government organizations, Forest Stewardship Council, green living, logging, wilderness (all these topics)

Certifiably Insane? Timber Industry's Sustainable Forestry Initiative Falls Short		23 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: green living, logging, rainforests, wilderness (all these topics)

Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee		20 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Barton Fink Big Recipient of Industry Money to Head House Energy Committee With Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) retiring at the end of this year, the plum leadership spot on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is poised to go to Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a true friend of the energy industry if ever there was one. Barton has received more campaign contributions from the energy sector than ...
Topics: Alaska, Arctic, energy, mining and drilling, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Snow News Day Yellowstone Snowmobile Saga Gets Even More Convoluted		18 Feb 2004	Daily Grist

Topics: environmental justice, national parks, outdoor recreation, placemaking, politics, wilderness (all these topics)

Coal and Calculating Bush Admin. Decision Could Boost Pollution in National Parks		17 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Coal and Calculating Bush Admin. Decision Could Boost Pollution in National Parks In a move that could lead to more pollution in national parks, the Bush administration on Friday said it will permit North Dakota to change the way it estimates air pollution in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Seems like a small thing, but the new estimation formula is likely ...
Topics: energy, national parks, North Dakota, politics, pollution and waste, US EPA, Utah, wilderness (all these topics)

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