OPINION: Gorge Protection
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Feb.
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By Glen Warchol, The Salt Lake Tribune  Jan. 30--The growing demand for open space in Salt Lake's suburbs is  driving a bill through the Legislature that would give immunity from lawsuits  to cities and the owners of canals and ditches if a jogger or bicyclist is  injured.
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By John McGonigle  Game commission wants to make sure birds won't be harmed by new energy-producing windmills on the Appalachian ridge.
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By Laura Oppenheimer, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Sep. 4--Parks supporters will make the case this fall that drinking clean  water, trekking through the forest and watching animals play are as valuable  as traditional government services competing for money on Portland-area  ballots.
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By Mike Branom, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Jun. 3--Arizona's forests are sickly, but environmental experts believe they can be brought back to health.   They must be saved, state forester Kirk Rowdabaugh emphasized, because failure would result in an ecological and economic disaster.
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In this week's TravelWatch column, National Geographic Traveler geotourism editor Jonathan B. Tourtellot examines a stewardship program that keeps Maine's ocean islands untrampled.
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By ESPINER, Colin  Important landscapes that border South Island lakes will be protected from development after a U-turn by the Government over high-country tenure review.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Dec. 18--Hunters and fishermen can become highly motivated environmentalists when habitat for game is threatened.
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There appears to be the germ of a good idea in Gov. Ernie Fletcher's proposal to offer tax credits to those who agree to protect their land from development and make it available to the public for hunting, fishing, hiking or other purposes.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--Both a state task force last year and the conservation group Environmental Defense this week have drawn similar conclusions about North Carolina's privately owned forests.
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By Marek Warszawski, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--The San Joaquin River Gorge is like the Rodney Dangerfield of Sierra Nevada river canyons.   It gets little or no respect.
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By PAM ZUBECK THE GAZETTE  A scenic wildland area 11 miles southwest of Colorado Springs that's languished as a recommended wilderness area for years has a chance to gain permanent federal protection.
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Science & environment: Governments should have secured 'robust' measures to prevent environmental damage, MPs say
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ALDERSON, W.Va. -- Sitting in a wooded campsite at Raft West Virginia in Fayetteville this past Monday with fog piled up thick in the New River Gorge got me to thinking: WWMD?
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By P.J. LASSEK World Staff Writer  A low-water dam can be designed to be extremely safe for recreational use while addressing floodwater flows, fish migration, and sand buildup, a U.S. Corps of Engineers consultant said.
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Comprehensive reform is vital to promote environmental protection, says an editorial in Southern Metropolis Daily. An excerpt follows:  The public feels powerless to do anything about the deteriorating environment. Anxiety and indifference are common responses.
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By PETER RANSCOMBE  AS WELL as taking part in this weekend's Wildlife Watch - which begins on Friday and runs until Monday - there are many ways readers can help to protect Scotland's wildlife.