Wilderness Designation Trade-Offs Faulted
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Congress is on the verge of approving half a dozen bills that would protect as much as 1 million acres of wilderness areas across the West, but the move has infuriated environmentalists who charge that lawmakers are giving away too much pristine public land to real estate developers and local...
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There are always trade-offs to every place people choose to live. If you live in New York, it&#39;s too expensive. If you live in Montana, it&#39;s too remote.
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A series of e-mails and telephone calls related to two high-profile environmental decisions in California has prompted criticism that business interests may be gaining too much influence over the US Interior Department.
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Regional fisheries managers put off for the future consideration of more localized rules as a way to increase fish populations. More than just being included in consideration of alternatives to current fishing rules, area management - as the more localized approach is called - needs to be tried.
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By Allen Pierleoni, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--Two more products arrived in the marketplace recently, more of the gear that attends outdoor recreation to the point that the gear becomes an industry in itself.
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By Steve Grant, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Feb. 11--The Adirondack Park in upstate New York is nearly 6 million acres of rugged country -- bigger than Massachusetts -- though it is not one mass of contiguous wilderness.
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By JOE MACALUSO  Holiday gifts for outdoorsmen bring a different criteria for the gift givers.  There are too many choices to make for hunters and fishers, for hikers and campers, for birders and boaters.
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By RAY ROUTHIER Staff Writer  To Sam Clark, a Mainer trying to build a wilderness camp business in Alaska, there's one difference between the two states that jumps out: In Maine, even the wildest parts, you are almost always near a road that leads somewhere.
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Species in the air and on the ground are in deep trouble, according to two recent studies tallying steep declines in bird and amphibian populations. Scientists are speculating about the causes.
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By Suzanne Struglinski Deseret Morning News  WASHINGTON -- A New York congressman wants the Bureau of Land Management to stop selling oil and gas leases on federal land in Utah that he says should be protected as wilderness areas.  Rep.
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By Don Gasper  Lawmakers in Congress have an important opportunity right now to permanently protect some of the most special remaining wild places in the Monongahela National Forest. Wild and wonderful West Virginia hasn't had any wilderness areas protected in nearly 25 years.
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A blaze that killed five federal firefighters last year has challenged attitudes about saving the building boom of homes on the fringe of wilderness.
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For the chance to recount nervy tales of outdoor machismo, many backcountry enthusiasts will risk nearly everything. Blocking off dangerous areas won't deter them, nor will frightening signs.
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Forest rules issued this week by the Bush administration are just the latest chapter in a decades-long debate over how to manage millions of acres of public land.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Feb. 19--Normally, when a wildfire blackens hundreds of acres of sensitive resources, biologists bemoan the damage the flames caused the environment.   Not Sally Krenn.   The Pacific Gas and Electric Co.
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By Gorczyca, Beth  ELKINS - A debate over designating a section of stream for  catchand-release fishing could end up casting a question over the state's tax system.
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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.