White House Expands Hunting, Fishing Lands
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The Bush administration said Monday it will give people who hunt and fish new access to hundreds of thousands of acres of lands and streams within 17 national wildlife refuges and wetlands.
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SANTA FE, N.M.  - A Texas energy company may get  rights to drill in a pristine swathe of a New Mexico national  forest after a White House task force intervened on its behalf,  a move that has become a hot issue in the battleground state  before next week's presidential election.
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To ease Florida's gasoline supply  concerns after being hit by two hurricanes and with another  storm approaching, the Bush administration said it will extend  a wavier from federal requirements for selling clean-burning  motor fuel in the state.
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The Bush administration wants to allow ocean farming for shellfish, salmon and saltwater species in federal waters for the first time, hoping to grab a greater share of the $70 billion aquaculture market.
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By John F. Bonfatti  While the state Department of Environmental Conservation finalizes a management plan for its nearly 3,000 acres in Zoar Valley, the Nature Conservancy is adding property to its holdings in and around the scenic Cattaraugus Creek gorge.
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The US offers rights for oil and gas in an area of north-western Alaska renowned for its wildlife.
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Area being scoured for missing adventurer is expanded to 10,000 square miles.
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Democrats and environmental groups on Monday expressed hope that changes in the Bush administration Cabinet could moderate a White House plan to open some 60 million acres of federal forests to logging.
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President Bush has signed into law a measure creating what conservationists say will be the largest piece of federally protected wilderness in Nevada &#151; an area about half the size of the state of Delaware.
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President Bush said the U.S. would probably add more resources as the scope of what he called an "epic disaster" became clearer.
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By JEFF BARNARD  GRANTS PASS, Ore. - The Bush administration proposes cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl.
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ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay, March 10 -- President Bush approved 8,200 more U.S. troops for Iraq and Afghanistan on top of reinforcements already ordered to those two countries, the White House said Saturday, a move that comes amid a fiery debate in Washington over the Iraq war.
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The Bush administration on Monday proposed boosting funding to better protect the food supply, including opening an office in China.
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By John Cramer john.cramer@roanoke.com 981-3140  Wildlife, water quality and eco-tourism would benefit under legislation proposed Tuesday in Congress to designate nearly 55,000 acres in Southwest Virginia as wilderness or national scenic areas, the bill's sponsors say.
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President Bush went fishing Thursday off the rocky coast of Maine where his great-grandfather built an oceanfront estate that has become entwined with American presidential history.
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ST. MICHAELS, Md. -- President Bush promised yesterday, during a nature-themed series of appearances in Maryland, to better protect two fish species -- and then went fishing.
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By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Sep. 10--Gig Harbor-area residents will have 19 additional acres southwest of the city for recreation, open space and habitat protection.