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12/29/00 -- Showdown over US offroad policy
12/29/00 -- Norton supports Arctic oil drilling
12/29/00 -- Greenies Fear Bush Interior Choice
12/29/00 -- Environmentalists Sounding the Alarm on Interior Nominee
12/29/00 -- Bush Taps Watt Protege for Interior
12/29/00 -- Another environmental group appeals timber plan
12/28/00 -- Report Recommends Environmental Policy Overhaul
12/28/00 -- December Brings Hawaii a New National Wildlife Refuge
12/28/00 -- Clock Ticking for Proposed Off Road Vehicle Strategy
12/28/00 -- Climbers' fixed anchors on hold in BLM wilderness
12/28/00 -- BLM wants land renamed 'national public land'
12/27/00 -- Pact May Lead To Jet Ski Bans In More Parks
12/27/00 -- Forest officials question roadless accusation
12/27/00 -- 'Big victory for forests' will actually prove harmful
12/26/00 -- Timber companies likely to fight roadless plan in court
12/26/00 -- Land Costs Threaten Preservation
12/25/00 -- Panel proposes $40 million annually to protect forests, sprawl
12/24/00 -- Prairie restoration hopes rest with fickle native flowers
12/24/00 -- Fire crews to get bigger: US boosts funds after dire season
12/23/00 -- Conservancy takes first steps to protect Bar J Ranch
12/23/00 -- Boise Cascade Mounts Attack on Academic Freedom
12/22/00 -- State, county will spend $41 million to create LA park
12/22/00 -- New national monuments proposed
12/22/00 -- Judge amends order to allow fish projects and log removal to go forward
12/22/00 -- Forest Service, forest counties, prepare to implement new money distribution law
12/22/00 -- Ambitious Everglades restoration project unrivaled in scale,cost
12/22/00 -- Whitman announces $12.2 million plan to protect farmland
12/22/00 -- National monuments to be declared in Montana
12/21/00 -- Vail protest still mired in courts
12/21/00 -- Settlement Calls for Review of Jet Skis
12/21/00 -- Grizzlies not bothered much by snowmobiles, Forest Service says
12/21/00 -- Forest Service sued in Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness road dispute
12/21/00 -- Flak over wilderness area in Alaska
12/21/00 -- Yellowstone Bison Benefit Little from New Management Plan
12/21/00 -- Santa Delivers Thousands of Kids' Letters to Boise Cascade
12/21/00 -- Greens slap USFWS with lawsuits in Florida
12/21/00 -- Clinton Departs in Regulation Rush
12/21/00 -- A Time for Both Celebration and Uncertainty
12/20/00 -- Whitman May Fit In at EPA
12/20/00 -- Whitman gets mixed reviews on green record
12/20/00 -- Protecting the Copper River Delta
12/19/00 -- Ski area faces court of public opinion
12/19/00 -- Sign-On To Protect Forests and Climate
12/19/00 -- Department defends land swap with timber company
12/19/00 -- Conservationists strike a deal to buy a volcanic crater in Arizona
12/19/00 -- Colorado ski resort opens controversial lift
12/19/00 -- Alaska Natives sue to block Phillips oil project
12/18/00 -- The Loggers Don't Need It All
12/18/00 -- Roadless areas inhibit access to energy, industry says
12/18/00 -- Groups go to court over use of public lands
12/17/00 -- Reclaiming the Florida Everglades
12/17/00 -- Prescribed burns are proposed for fighting wildfires in national forests
12/17/00 -- Choose woods wisely
12/16/00 -- Wildfire prevention a hot topic Los Alamos blaze prompts debate
12/15/00 -- Greens push for new laws
12/15/00 -- Forest Service approves Wyoming land swap
12/15/00 -- Cell-phone ban omitted in BLM wilderness areas
12/15/00 -- Clinton urged to put Arctic refuge off
12/15/00 -- Bush presidency could signal shift in fight over Arcticrefuge
12/15/00 -- Bush Presidency Could Change Arctic
12/15/00 -- Bush looks toward oil development of national wildlife refuge
12/14/00 -- Two Federal Agencies Trying to Take Lumber Company Land as Repayment for S&L Failure
12/14/00 -- New Guidelines Integrate Environmental Assessments into US Trade Policy
12/14/00 -- Firewood Boom Expected in South
12/14/00 -- Feds reject compromise offered by foes of forest thinning project
12/14/00 -- Energy: Restricted federal land may be explored for oil
12/14/00 -- Conservation groups go for final push
12/13/00 -- Forest Service overseer seeks preservation of old growth
12/13/00 -- Forest Service overseer seeks preservation of old growth
12/13/00 -- Logging on Many Choosing Firewood Over Costly Oil, Gas
12/13/00 -- Conservationists, timber industry unhappy with plan
12/13/00 -- City's tree canopy is getting thinner
12/12/00 -- Federal judge's timber ruling hits Rogue, Siskiyou forests hard
12/12/00 -- Federal agencies release land management plan
12/12/00 -- Clinton leaves his mark on landscape
12/11/00 -- Forest Service Moves to Protect 370,000 Acres From Oil &Gas
12/11/00 -- Forest officials to discuss logging burned out areas
12/11/00 -- Clinton signs Everglades law
12/11/00 -- Clinton Signs Everglades Law
12/10/00 -- Timber sales halted again in new ruling
12/10/00 -- Rule for forests goes beyond 'no new roads'
12/10/00 -- Protect Tongass Forest
12/09/00 -- Los Alamos blaze ignites debate on best fire prevention
12/09/00 -- Groups pressure Forest Service to halt logging
12/08/00 -- Revised forest plans to bring closure to river designations
12/08/00 -- Forest Service says lawsuit not reason for logging suspension
12/08/00 -- 'Eco-terrorists' say they torched mansion
12/08/00 -- DNA Reveals New Bird Species in America's Heartland
12/07/00 -- Demand Wilderness for Alaska's Wild Chugach National Forest
12/07/00 -- Green Republicans? You never know
12/06/00 -- Environmentalists end talks on off-road vehicles in forests
12/06/00 -- Activists want to preserve wilderness area
12/06/00 -- Forest Service pulls back from 34 logging projects
12/06/00 -- Forest Service Halts Logging on National Forests in Southeast
12/06/00 -- Forest Service employee indicted in timber sales
12/06/00 -- Conservation group appeals off-road plan in Medicine Bowforest
12/06/00 -- Clinton's Last Regulatory Rush
12/06/00 -- Arizona desert might get preserve
12/06/00 -- Activists want to preserve wilderness area
12/06/00 -- A Blizzard of Regulation
12/05/00 -- Sale may allow cutting in spotted owl areas
12/05/00 -- Pennsylvania Releases $42 Million in 'Growing Greener' Grants
12/05/00 -- Logging Suspended in America's Sierra Nevada Mountains
12/05/00 -- BLM rethinks access for off-road vehicles
12/05/00 -- A Legacy of Loopholes?
12/04/00 -- Wild Forests Update - Fax President Clinton Now!
12/04/00 -- Timber-sales halt reported
12/04/00 -- Sierra Nevada logging suspended
12/04/00 -- Scientists Say Fishing Pressures Hurting Steller Sea Lions
12/04/00 -- Proposed timber sale threatens owls' habitat
12/04/00 -- Long shot for forests
12/04/00 -- Helicopters becoming more competitive in some logging operations
12/04/00 -- Conservationists' newest foe: ski resorts
12/04/00 -- Alaskan assembly allows ice road construction for oil exploration
12/03/00 -- US Forest Service halts logging in the Sierra Nevada
12/03/00 -- Proposed park expansion taking small steps forward
12/03/00 -- Environment Groups' Ratings Rile Ski Industry
12/03/00 -- Critics of forest plan see eviction notice for species
12/02/00 -- Sierra Nevada logging suspended
12/02/00 -- California desert wilderness dedicated
12/01/00 -- Wisconsin Snowmobilers Starting to Meet Resistance
12/01/00 -- Thousands of Off-Road Advocates Furious Over Dunes Closure
12/01/00 -- New Jersey gets 'wake-up call' on urban sprawl
12/01/00 -- Mississippi spill less a threat to wildlife than once feared
12/01/00 -- Kenai Peninsula managers keep trails closed to snowmachines
12/01/00 -- Don't Cry, Butterfly: Big Trees Make Great Decks
12/01/00 -- Activist in tears at sight of vandalized Redwood
11/30/00 -- Road to Preservation; Clinton Plan Will Help Protect National Forests
11/30/00 -- Plan to Reintroduce Grizzlies in Montana and Idaho Finalized
11/30/00 -- Oregon Trail threatened by gas exploration
11/30/00 -- Group Says Oregon Trail Threatened
11/30/00 -- Billions more sought to protect California lands
11/30/00 -- "Luna" attack, Mattole logging create rift
11/29/00 -- Tree Specialists Working Against Clock
11/29/00 -- Skiers Urged To Boycott Resorts
11/29/00 -- Group forms to protest backcountry closures
11/29/00 -- Green groups bare teeth at ESA moratorium
11/29/00 -- Farmers weigh in on urban sprawl
11/29/00 -- Coalition: Several ski resorts fail on environmental issues
11/29/00 -- California tree-sit Redwood hit by chainsaw attack
11/29/00 -- Alaska lands bill still debated after 20 years
11/28/00 -- Tree That Housed Protester Cut
11/28/00 -- Plum Creek Timber, Interior to sign pact on habitat protection
11/28/00 -- Fisher Proposed as Endangered/Adding weasel-like animal to list could curtail logging
11/28/00 -- Famed California redwood "attacked"
11/28/00 -- Environmentalists hope cousin to mink will limit logging
11/27/00 -- Yosemite Plan Favors Environment
11/27/00 -- No middle of the road to roadless recreation
11/27/00 -- It's Official: Snowmobiles Banned from Yellowstone, Teton
11/27/00 -- Flurry of regulations set to kick in as Clinton exits Newrules affect many industries
11/25/00 -- ACTION ALERT!! Fully Protect America's Remaining Roadless National Forest Lands
11/24/00 -- Ecologists help set the course of forests with controlled burns
11/24/00 -- Clinton signs bill to protect Colorado sand dunes
11/23/00 -- Yellowstone, Teton ban snowmobiles
11/23/00 -- Wisconsin has deer in its sights
11/23/00 -- Wetland saved from Southern California resort
11/23/00 -- Park Service Ruling Calls for Ban on Snowmobiles
11/23/00 -- Government says environmental lawsuits stymie endangered list
11/23/00 -- Final say: Park Service bans snowmobiles
11/23/00 -- Clinton designates Great Sand Dunes a national park
11/22/00 -- Wildlife Agency Halts New Protections
11/22/00 -- Two US Parks Will Ban Snowmobiles
11/22/00 -- Park status near Clinton to sign bill elevating Great Sand Dunes
11/22/00 -- Park Service to phase out snowmobiles over three years
11/22/00 -- New species protection guidelines clear path for loggers
11/22/00 -- Great Sand Dunes Park Created
11/22/00 -- Governor seeks exemption for Tongass, Chugach in roadless plan
11/22/00 -- Forests have strong friend in Clinton
11/22/00 -- Forest Service promises to fix roads
11/21/00 -- Plan clears path for logging
11/21/00 -- New species protection guidelines clear path for loggers
11/20/00 -- GOP: Roadless plan would prevent forest health projects
11/20/00 -- GOP: Clinton Forest Plan Limiting
11/20/00 -- Colorado officials to make 'smart growth' legislative priority
11/19/00 -- Wildfires may help conservation efforts, official says
11/19/00 -- Group wants old-growth forest set aside
11/19/00 -- A New Future for California's Forests
11/18/00 -- With roads rule, will Clinton's forest legacy be complete?
11/18/00 -- Adding Tongass; President should save this national treasurenow
11/17/00 -- Redwood Logging Firm Recognized for Sustainable Practices
11/17/00 -- Protection needed for pristine area west of Las Vegas
11/17/00 -- Over objections, feds plan to release grizzlies in Idaho mountains
11/17/00 -- Grizzly Bears to Roam Bitterroot Mountains Once Again
11/17/00 -- Coyote control breeds small predators
11/17/00 -- ACTION ALERT!! Demand Wilderness Protection for Alaska's Chugach
11/17/00 -- Arctic refuge fate may hinge on presidential result
11/16/00 -- Seeing the Forest for the Trees
11/16/00 -- Plan would protect 69,000 acres from logging
11/16/00 -- New Yosemite has an old-fashioned feel
11/16/00 -- New Rules May Limit Public Access to Forests
11/16/00 -- Forest activists try to persuade Staples to boost recycled paper
11/16/00 -- Environmentalists protest at Staples office store
11/15/00 -- Yosemite Valley Restoration Plan Gets Mixed Reviews
11/15/00 -- US plans to ban roads from one-third of forest land
11/15/00 -- Staples Day of Action
11/15/00 -- In last days, Clinton begins environmental offensive
11/15/00 -- Forest Legacy, Within Reach
11/15/00 -- Alaska loggers angry over Tongass forest protection
11/14/00 -- Wolf return urged for southern Rockies
11/14/00 -- US Forest Plan Would Protect 60 Million Acres
11/14/00 -- Stormy weather for northern spotted owl
11/14/00 -- Forest plan to ban logging, more roads Shield would protect third of federal land
11/14/00 -- Final wilderness proposal draws praise from environmental groups
11/14/00 -- Expanded Logging Ban Is Proposed for National Forests
11/14/00 -- Clinton Asks for 'Landmark' Conservation of Forests
11/14/00 -- Clinton administration expands forest protection plan
11/14/00 -- Change comes to Yosemite
11/14/00 -- US oil industry seeks access to public lands
11/13/00 -- American Roadless Protection Plan Announced
11/13/00 -- Utility Uses Redwood Forest as Carbon Sink
11/13/00 -- US Forest Service Releases Final Plan to Protect Millions of Acres of Wild Forests
11/13/00 -- Tongass added to 'roadless' plan
11/13/00 -- Roadless Plan Delays Protection for Alaska's Tongass
11/13/00 -- Roadless ban would cut Tongass harvest by two-thirds
11/13/00 -- Protection Granted to Alaskan Forest
11/13/00 -- Plan for Protecting Roadless Areas Released
11/13/00 -- My Forest, My Breasts
11/13/00 -- Half of Utah national forest land added to protection plan
11/13/00 -- Environmentalists sue feds to protect lynx
11/13/00 -- Environmentalists pleased, foresters unhappy with forest protection plan
11/13/00 -- Clinton protects nearly 1 million more acres in US
11/13/00 -- Changes to Clinton's roadless plan being unveiled
11/13/00 -- Alaska's Tongass Forest added to protection plan
11/11/00 -- White House Tries Again to Restore Yosemite
11/11/00 -- Lynx cramps Colorado ski style
11/10/00 -- Vermilion Cliffs, Lava Fields Become National Monuments
11/10/00 -- US Forest Service unveils plan to cut bureaucracy
11/10/00 -- Spanish Peaks named federal wilderness area
11/10/00 -- Pump labelling hinders hunt for cleaner fuel
11/10/00 -- New federal forest rules stress resource 'sustainability'
11/10/00 -- New Congress Does Not Bode Well for Forests
11/10/00 -- Clinton Designates A Monument in Arizona
11/10/00 -- California and the West; Historic Deal is Based on Trees' Value in Environment
11/10/00 -- Biologists hope to triple world's population of California condors
11/10/00 -- Arizona gains national monument
11/10/00 -- Spanish Peaks named federal wilderness area
11/10/00 -- New Rules Protect U.S. Forest Ecosystems
11/10/00 -- Forest activities could be curtailed under policy change
11/09/00 -- Paper companies, timberland owners hope for Bush win
11/09/00 -- Clinton Protects Nearly 1 Million More Acres
11/10/00 -- Alaska senator pushes natural gas pipeline
11/09/00 -- Voters Support Open Space, Wildlife Conservation
11/09/00 -- Growth issues sprawl on all sides in voting
11/08/00 -- Wilderness Alert: Protect High Sierra Wilderness Areas!
11/08/00 -- Green Voters Create American Presidential Cliffhanger
11/07/00 -- David Brower, an Aggressive Champion of U.S. Environmentalism, Is Dead at 88
11/07/00 -- Clinton to drive road ban through
11/06/00 -- Gore Trims Bush Lead with Help of Nader Supporters
11/06/00 -- Forest roadless plan will be unveiled after election
11/06/00 -- Conservation experts work to protect songbird
11/05/00 -- New pro-logging group seeks name
11/05/00 -- Bill would increase timber harvests
11/04/00 -- Wolf fight inspires two Alaska ballot measures
11/04/00 -- Researchers: Global warming could increase West's wildfire risk
11/04/00 -- House Approves Plan to Restore Everglades
11/03/00 -- Rescuing America's Everglades
11/03/00 -- Native Hawaiian's Urge Protection of Northwest Islands
11/03/00 -- New Book Finds Sprawl Heightens Disparities
11/03/00 -- Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of New National Monuments
11/03/00 -- Everglades Restoration Bill Heads for President's Signature
11/02/00 -- Wolf fight inspires two Alaska ballot measures
11/02/00 -- Wetlands Protections Could Hinge on Supreme Court Decision
11/02/00 -- US senator says Alaska drilling will cut oil price
11/02/00 -- Forests and the election
11/02/00 -- Fires out, but land rehab just beginning
11/02/00 -- Demand Wilderness for Alaska's Chugach National Forest -Public Comment Period Under Way
11/02/00 -- Debate rages over Alaska's 'treasure chest'
11/02/00 -- Babbitt signs Red Rock Canyon plan
11/02/00 -- Clinton urged against Arctic drilling
11/02/00 -- A Bush Presidency and Our National Forests
11/01/00 -- Often overlooked, troubled prairie sees signs of renewal
11/01/00 -- Twenty-four Representatives Support Stronger Forest Rules in Climate Treaty
11/01/00 -- Staples Destroys Forests Through Old-Growth Paper Sales
11/01/00 -- County Payments Finally Divorced from Logging
11/01/00 -- Arctic Drilling Proposal Sparks Heated Debate
10/31/00 -- Where energy reserves meet nature's preserves
10/31/00 -- Top group to visit oil, gas fields
10/31/00 -- Groups Suing Over Cattle Grazing; Environmentalists SayLivestock Harm Threatened Owls
10/31/00 -- Environmentalists, Ranchers Agree to Protect Oregon Wildlands
10/30/00 -- Vice President Gore Pledges to Protect Old Growth Forests
10/30/00 -- US Funding Bills Boost Environmental Spending
10/29/00 -- Maine, Oregon logging-restriction efforts follow similar pattern
10/29/00 -- Green activists seek teeth in roadless plan
10/29/00 -- Boise Cascade the "Dinosaur" of the Timber Industry
10/28/00 -- A Wilderness Ecosystem in Collapse
10/28/00 -- "Thinning" forests may have prevented US forest fires
10/27/00 -- Park Service Ready To Set Fires
10/27/00 -- Gore lifts conservationists' spirits
10/27/00 -- Everglades Plan Closer to Approval
10/27/00 -- US Will Support Dams and Plantations at Climate Summit
10/27/00 -- Hiking Denali May Become More Expensive
10/27/00 -- Gore Says He'll Support Preservation of Old-growth Forests
10/27/00 -- Gore confronts Nader head-on
10/27/00 -- Environmentalists press changes as roadless plan nears conclusion
10/26/00 -- Gore trumpets environmental record
10/26/00 -- CalState to Study Forest Carbon Sequestration
10/25/00 -- Urgent on Top of the Hill
10/25/00 -- Lawsuit Charges Utah Amendment Threatens Wildlife, Voter Rights
10/25/00 -- Environmentalists say Boise Cascade not responding to conservationist public
10/25/00 -- Clinton Creates National Monument in California
10/24/00 -- Congress Earns Failing Score on Environment
10/24/00 -- California Desert Dunes Protected From Off Road Vehicles
10/23/00 -- Timber salvage from Jasper Fire set to begin
10/23/00 -- Gore makes strong environmental speech to Oregonians
10/23/00 -- Forest Service sets new recreation agenda
10/23/00 -- Forest Service claims victory in logging challenge
10/23/00 -- Activists, Cops Brace for Conflict in Idaho National Forest
10/22/00 -- Blackened wilderness green again '88 Yellowstone wildfire shows nature's resiliency
10/21/00 -- Tourism industry would lose $19 million yearly under snowmobile ban, study says
10/21/00 -- Environmental organizations seek a halt to an area of California logging
10/20/00 -- County Payments Bill Signed
10/20/00 -- OurForests.org Delivers: Internet Activists Send a Clear Message- Save our Forests
10/20/00 -- House Backs $7.8-Billion Everglades Restoration Project
10/20/00 -- House approves Everglades restoration by an overwhelming margin
10/20/00 -- Everglades Restoration Plan Passes House, With Final Approval Seen
10/20/00 -- Everglades Project Nears Completion
10/20/00 -- Debate over cutting public forests engulfs logger
10/19/00 -- Virulent fungus suspected in death of oak trees
10/19/00 -- US poll shows opposition to Alaskan Arctic drilling
10/19/00 -- Timber! (tenderly)
10/19/00 -- Snowmobiles Likely to be Banned in Yellowstone, Teton
10/19/00 -- Sierra Nevada logging battle resembles Northwest landmark case
10/19/00 -- Majority Opposes Drilling in Arctic Refuge - Poll
10/19/00 -- Help Stop Chip Mills from Destroying Southeast Forests
10/19/00 -- Fire is Good for Many Forests in the Long Term
10/19/00 -- Clinton can plant a legacy in forests
10/19/00 -- Action Alert: Arctic Refuge Day of Action
10/18/00 -- Suit seeks end to logging in Sierra owl habitat
10/18/00 -- Poll Uncovers Attitudes on Sprawl, Smart Growth
10/18/00 -- On Top of the Hill
10/18/00 -- Northwest grizzlies reach the brink
10/18/00 -- Environmentalists oppose salvage logging
10/17/00 -- Spotted Owl may shut down logging
10/17/00 -- Help Stop Congressional Sneak Attack on National Park Snowmobile Ban
10/17/00 -- Forest Service talks great game, but tries to save forests without saving the trees
10/17/00 -- Campaign Seeks to Stop Oil Drilling in Arctic Refuge
10/16/00 -- WRI Report Reveals Pulp and Paper Companies Infringe SECRules
10/16/00 -- Where the Yellowstone buffalo roam
10/16/00 -- Timber Sale in North Carolina National Forest Withdrawn
10/16/00 -- Shift in Land Conservation Tactics Debated
10/16/00 -- Plan for America's Last Wild Buffalo Herd Protects Cattle
10/16/00 -- Oregon group wants more acres in roadless plan
10/16/00 -- Board gives preliminary OK to sale of burned timber
10/15/00 -- Forest Future Affected by Climate Rules
10/14/00 -- Western forests have the most green - as in federal money
10/14/00 -- Times are changing as loggers adopt new techniques
10/14/00 -- Feds reject plan to protect New Mexico land
10/14/00 -- Coastal Panel Seeks Delay in Ruling on Federal Habitat Plan
10/14/00 -- Congress passes bill to protect South Dakota wetlands, wildlife
10/13/00 -- Conservation group meets interim deadline in effort to preserve forest
10/13/00 -- ACTION ALERT: Oil Companies Want Arctic Wildlife Refuge
10/13/00 -- Novel Lawsuit Seeks to Put Brakes on Urban Sprawl
10/12/00 -- Seven Islands Recognized as World's 1st Company To Achieve FSC & SFI Certification
10/12/00 -- Park Service Bans Snowmobiles From Yellowstone, Grand Teton
10/12/00 -- Off-limits: Snowmobile ban looms at Yellowstone
10/12/00 -- Clinton signs land conservation funding bill
10/12/00 -- Wall Street Journal Notes Success of Activists' Marke tCampaigns, Forest Certification
10/12/00 -- Bush Debate Environmental Claims: Fiction vs. Fact
10/11/00 -- On Top of the Hill
10/11/00 -- Snowmobiles to get boot in Yellowstone, Teton
10/11/00 -- Officials recommend snowmobile ban for Yellowstone by 2003
10/11/00 -- Detailed Land Cover Information Now Available
10/11/00 -- Clinton signs land conservation funding bill
10/10/00 -- Court To Hear Rhode Island Wetlands Case
10/10/00 -- Company plants trees in anticipation of pollution credits
10/09/00 -- Legacy or Loophole: Administration's Roadless Policy to Allow Logging in Roadless Areas?
10/09/00 -- Oil companies plan ambitious exploratory effort for Alaska reserves
10/08/00 -- Refuge Inside Arctic Circle Is Also in the Middle of U.S.Energy Debate
10/08/00 -- Endangered owl faces another threat
10/08/00 -- Cheney's wilderness bill criticized
10/06/00 -- Spruce-Fir Moss Spider: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Habitat Protection
10/06/00 -- National parks team up to combat invasive vegetation
10/06/00 -- Extra cash to keep logs moving
10/06/00 -- Congress's $12-billion nod to conservation
10/06/00 -- Congress sends Clinton land protection budget
10/06/00 -- Cheney's Wilderness Bill Criticized
10/05/00 -- California forestry board rejects logging plan
10/05/00 -- On Top of the Hill
10/04/00 -- Tell the Administration to Fix Its Climate and Forest Policy
10/04/00 -- National Forests: USFS Recommends Limiting Use of Some Areas
10/04/00 -- Harmful Interior Appropriations & County Payments Bills Moving Forward
10/04/00 -- Forestry board rejects proposed logging rules
10/04/00 -- Forest Service says wilderness recommendation not likely
10/04/00 -- Senate To Consider Interior Bill
10/04/00 -- Senate Introduces Strong Endangered Species Bill
10/03/00 -- Wilderness Spokespersons Available For Interviews On National Energy Policy Debate
10/03/00 -- Land bill pushes through House
10/03/00 -- Land Bill Pushes Through House
10/03/00 -- America's next generation of national parks
10/03/00 -- Changing face of Sierra brings new breed of clear-cut foes
10/02/00 -- Response to the Wildfires Threatens to Increase Logging
10/02/00 -- Yellowstone burns yield clues to fire behavior
10/02/00 -- U.S. budget negotiators approve public lands boost
10/02/00 -- Move to Save Wildlife Snags Spending Bill
10/02/00 -- Alaska refuge home to caribou as well as oil
09/30/00 -- Wildfires Spur Gains for Loggers
09/30/00 -- White House embraces land compromise
09/30/00 -- Spending Plan Doubles Conservation Efforts
09/30/00 -- Foresters urge moderation in spending on fire suppression
09/30/00 -- Deal Set on Landmark Conservation Program
09/30/00 -- Compromise Reached on Conservation Bill
09/30/00 -- Compromise conservation bill likely
09/29/00 -- White House, Congress Applaud Environmental Funding Compromise
09/29/00 -- White House Embraces Land Compromise
09/29/00 -- Foresters: Spend to Prevent Fires
09/29/00 -- Environmentalists fear oil drilling could harm ANWR habitat
09/28/00 -- DNA Evidence Could Wipe Out Protection for California Gnatcatcher
09/27/00 -- Wolves being trained to shun cattle
09/27/00 -- U.S. Senate backs massive Everglades restoration
09/27/00 -- Legal Victory for Public Participation in Forest Management
09/27/00 -- Environmentalists threaten suit to block road funds
09/27/00 -- Clinton land proposals fuel opposition
09/27/00 -- Clinton Continues to Buy Land for Conservation
09/26/00 -- Senate vote jump-starts Glades bill
09/26/00 -- Senate Approves $7.8 Billion Plan to Aid Everglades
09/26/00 -- Optimism Blooms For Everglades Plan
09/26/00 -- House Awaits Everglades Bill
09/26/00 -- Arctic refuge debate colors campaign in Alaska
09/25/00 -- When park visitors forget how wild wilderness can be
09/25/00 -- U.S. to Buy Big Sur Gateway on California Coast
09/25/00 -- U.S. expands Big Sur coastland protection
09/25/00 -- Senate OKs Florida Everglades Project
09/25/00 -- Senate Backs Massive Everglades Restoration
09/25/00 -- Senate Backs Massive Everglades Restoration
09/25/00 -- Nader Rallies Greens for Head to Head Offensive
09/25/00 -- Environmental groups unite to alter New Jersey growth controls
09/25/00 -- Clinton warns Congress of environmental showdown
09/25/00 -- Big Sur Lands Added to Los Padres National Forest
09/24/00 -- U.S. Buys Big Sur Parcel to Expand National Forest
09/24/00 -- New urbanism takes hold in Georgia as an alternative to suburbs
09/24/00 -- Lynx reintroduction on track
09/23/00 -- Land preservation group edges out logging firms in bid for California forest
09/23/00 -- Conservationists will buy stretch of redwood forest
09/22/00 -- Scientists Fear Mysterious Killer Could Devastate Country's Oaks
09/22/00 -- Old Growth Forest Will Be Preserved FromLogging/Environmentalists win right to buy it
09/22/00 -- Lands Legacy Proposal an Inadequate Legacy
09/22/00 -- GOP Negotiators Agree to Fund 'Lands Legacy'
09/22/00 -- Dems Offer Scaled-Down Land Proposal
09/22/00 -- Conservation Bill Running Out of Time
09/22/00 -- Bush Outlines Plan for National Parks
09/22/00 -- Alaska: 'Energy or wilderness'
09/21/00 -- Action Alert: House to Vote on Rider-Laden Interior Bill
09/21/00 -- Sierra Club to cities: Get with the smart-growth program
09/21/00 -- Clinton Urges Conservation Bill OK
09/21/00 -- Clinton Threatens Vetoes of Anti-Environment Bills
09/20/00 -- U.S. may double forest thinning
09/20/00 -- Clinton Expected to Sign Estuary Restoration Act
09/20/00 -- An unlikely revolutionary puts trees first
09/18/00 -- Firefighters battle Colorado wildfire near Boulder
09/18/00 -- Colorado fire forces evacuations
09/17/00 -- Additional Forest Thinning Sought
09/16/00 -- Clinton's solution to wildfires: thin another 455,000 acres next year
09/15/00 -- Wildfires Debate Engulfs Congress, Western States
09/15/00 -- Less timber from Alaska national forest for sale this year
09/14/00 -- Smart Growth Developers Reduce Sprawl with Innovation
09/14/00 -- Sierra Club: 'Smart growth' is key to curb sprawl
09/14/00 -- House Approves Bill to Restore One Million Coastal Acres
09/14/00 -- Andersen Corporation Commits to Protect Endangered Forests
09/13/00 -- Locals best at conservation, Bush says
09/13/00 -- Bush Pledges to Restore National Parks
09/13/00 -- Bush Pledges Billions for National Parks
09/13/00 -- Bush accuses Gore of neglecting national parks
09/12/00 -- Roadless challenge dismissed
09/11/00 -- There's a break in the fires, but costs are soaring
09/11/00 -- Millions of Acres Deemed Critical for California Frog
09/11/00 -- Fire program shows best and worst
09/11/00 -- Court Rejects Timber Industry Attacks on Roadless Area Protection Policy
09/11/00 -- Clinton seeks $1.6 billion for fire prevention
09/11/00 -- Clinton Proposes Billions to Reduce Wildfire Risk
09/11/00 -- America's most environmentally friendly cities
09/10/00 -- Environmentalist aims to preserve Oregon wetlands
09/09/009 -- Clinton Seeks $1.6 Billion for Fire Prevention
09/09/00 -- Unexpected Higher Costs Could Stall Restoration of Wetlands
09/09/00 -- Clinton Presses For Wildfire Aid
09/09/00 -- Attitudes Toward Wildlife Changing
09/08/00 -- U.S. wildfires tamed, but not out
09/08/00 -- The Park Service Studies Itself
09/08/00 -- N.H. forest deal spark protests, praise
09/07/00 -- Everglades Plan Gets Boost
09/06/00 -- Roots of West's wildfires: conservation or logging?
09/06/00 -- Beyond This Year's Fires
09/05/00 -- Senators Probe Clinton's Fire Role
09/05/00 -- Montana public lands to reopen today
09/05/00 -- Montana land reopening after rain
09/05/00 -- Fire alarm: World's best battle blazes in West
09/05/00 -- Debate rages over fire management policies
09/04/00 -- California bending to timber interests, report alleges
09/03/00 -- Forest Service Seeks To Nix Roads
09/03/00 -- Fires sear sizzling Texas as rains cool West
09/02/00 -- Little Connection Between Wildfires and Declines in Logging
09/01/00 -- Park Service alerts EPA to clear the air
09/01/00 -- PA Governor Directs Agencies to Get Behind Land-Use Initiative
09/01/00 -- Forest Fire Plan Kindles Debate
09/01/00 -- Changing weather thwarting fires
08/31/00 -- Moth, butterfly hunt in Smokies finds more than 700 species
08/31/00 -- Agencies Seek Fire Prevention Funds
08/31/00 -- Salt Lake City Plan Pits Road Against Ecosystem
08/31/00 -- Land swaps may preserve 3,000 acres
08/31/00 -- ACTION ITEM: Fires in Western U.S. Prompt Calls for More Logging
08/30/00 -- Mother Nature joins fight against wildfires
08/30/00 -- Land-use groups challenge monuments
08/30/00 -- Crossroads for the Copper
08/29/00 -- Report on Value of National Forests
08/28/00 -- Gwich'in Nation fights for caribou in Alaska
08/28/00 -- Forest Service sees policy change as wildfires rage
08/27/00 -- Wildfires Spark Disagreement Over Clinton Fire Policy
08/27/00 -- ACTION ITEM: Carter Calls for Arctic Refuge Protection
08/27/00 -- Amid new fires, a renaissance at Yellowstone
08/26/00 -- White House Speeds Up Plans for Environment
08/25/00 -- State Parks At Risk Across the U.S.
08/25/00 -- Report tracks sprawl and state parks
08/25/00 -- Monuments may be rescinded, Cheney says
08/25/00 -- Endangered species: State parks threatened by the maw of sprawl
08/25/00 -- Clinton Forest Plan May Pose Risk
08/24/00 -- VICTORY! 84 Lumber Latest to Commit to Endangered Forest Protection
08/24/00 -- Reviving forests after the flames
08/24/00 -- Old West fires contributed to new
08/23/00 -- U.S. national parks need more pollution help
08/23/00 -- Administration fire plan called 'Johnny come lately'
08/22/00 -- US Officials Consider Thinning Forests, NY Times Reports
08/22/00 -- 2000 brings only frustration for Quincy Library Group
08/21/00 -- Timeout for Clear-Cutting
08/21/00 -- Timber companies follow old rules
08/21/00 -- Reigniting the Smokey Bear debate
08/21/00 -- Drought Helping Cut Timber Prices
08/20/00 -- Look beyond logging
08/18/00 -- U.S. gas industry eyes public land for new supplies
08/17/00 -- Redwoods deal prompts probe of federal agencies
08/17/00 -- Native Forest Council Comments on Roadless DEIS
08/17/00 -- Montana declared disaster area
08/17/00 -- Florida's nature-based tourism labeled significant
08/17/00 -- Experts Seek Costly Thinning of Forests
08/17/00 -- Environmentalists Battle Fires
08/17/00 -- 1M Acres Have Burned in West
08/15/00 -- Babbitt Proposes 1 Million Acres be Added as National Monuments
08/14/00 -- Wild Fire Season Sparks Political Firestorm
08/14/00 -- Ten Arrests As L.A. Protests Heat Up
08/14/00 -- Save the forests for the trees
08/14/00 -- Gore Claims Kinship with Ecologist Author Rachel Carson
08/14/00 -- Environmentalists spar with police, criticize Gore
08/14/00 -- Condor reintroduction imperiled
08/13/00 -- Puzzling Disease Devastating California Oaks
08/12/00 -- Oregon land swaps look at wilderness, other values
08/12/00 -- Bonfire of complacencies
08/11/00 -- US home improvement retailer adopts green timber policy
08/11/00 -- Plugging Clean Act Loophole Could Save Wetlands
08/11/00 -- Park service pressures friars to cede trail property
08/11/00 -- Clinton Gives Boost To Conservation
08/11/00 -- Clinton administration wants new wetland protections
08/11/00 -- Candidates lock horns on forests
08/10/00 -- Untended Forests in Arid Country Are Firetraps
08/10/00 -- U.S. grant to help preserve woodlands
08/10/00 -- U.S. Acts to Tighten Protection of Wetlands
08/10/00 -- Snowmobile groups sue NPS over Denali ban
08/10/00 -- Lowe's Unveils Forest Protection Initiative
08/10/00 -- Longleaf Alliance pines over loss of longleaf forests
08/10/00 -- Fires close Montana forests
08/10/00 -- Did Fire Funds Burn Up?
08/10/00 -- Clinton administration wants new wetland protections
08/09/00 -- World's Second Largest Home Improvement Retailer Joins Growing Forest Network
08/09/00 -- Scientists finger California oak tree killer
08/09/00 -- Population Trends Heighten West's Fire Woes
08/09/00 -- New Conservation Campaign to Save 75,000 Acres of Cascade Mountain Range
08/09/00 -- Diverse coalition fights to save what's left of an old-growth forest
08/09/00 -- Comeback kids: Mesocarnivores rebound in Northeast
08/09/00 -- Clinton Tours Wildfires Raging in Western States
08/08/00 -- VICTORY: Lowe's Announces Initiative to Help Protect World's Forests
08/08/00 -- WRI applauds forest protection moves by Lowe's
08/08/00 -- Southwest Shaped by Natural Fires
08/08/00 -- More Homes Destroyed As Fires Rage
08/08/00 -- Lowe's Won't Sell 'Endangered' Wood
08/08/00 -- Lowe's to Stop Buying Wood From Endangered Forests
08/08/00 -- Lowe's to end buying from endangered forests
08/08/00 -- Logging Shifts to Less-Regulated Southern States/Softwood cutting now exceeds replanting
08/08/00 -- Lieberman gets green thumbs-up from environmental camp
08/08/00 -- Do-It-Yourself Industry Leader Discloses Sweeping Changes inWood-Buying Program
08/08/00 -- Clinton Tours Wildfires Ravaging Western U.S.
08/08/00 -- Clinton touring an Idaho wildfire
08/08/00 -- Clinton Memo: Impact of Fires to Rural Communities
08/08/00 -- Certified Forest Products Council Exec Responds to Lowe's Forest Products Policy
08/08/00 -- Big Russian Waterbomber Refused by Embattled U.S. Forest Service
08/07/00 -- Wildfires push Montanans from homes
08/07/00 -- Montana homes threatened by wildfires
08/07/00 -- Frontline News, No. 86 -- Forest Guardians
08/07/00 -- Fires Roaring Across Rockies
08/07/00 -- BIODIVERSITY ACTIVIST #246 -- Center for Biological Diversity
08/06/00 -- Protesters Are Wide Awake in Seattle--and Heading for LosAngeles
08/06/00 -- Clinton to visit Western fires area
08/05/00 -- Fungus Is Largest Living Thing
08/04/00 -- Fires Threaten Wilderness Living
08/04/00 -- "Dry strikes" keep firefighters busy in western United States
08/03/00 -- Dry weather fuels record wildfires in U.S.
08/03/00 -- Wildfires Blazing Across Nine Western States
08/03/00 -- Timber town's attitude begins to shift
08/03/00 -- Old-growth, roadless logging plans killed
08/03/00 -- Forest protester pleads guilty, is sentenced to community service
08/03/00 -- Forest Conservationists Target Candidate Gore
08/02/00 -- US Says Forests Will Help Carbon Emission Cuts
08/02/00 -- U.S. may seek international help to battle Western fires
08/02/00 -- Georgia anti-pollution rules target developers
08/01/00 -- Quarantine Considered to Battle Oak Fungus
08/01/00 -- Central California Forest Fire Continues to Spread
08/01/00--California forest fire continues to spread
08/01/00--Personal watercraft debate reaches Alaska
08/01/00--Wildfires Rage in 10 Western States
07/31/00--California National Forest Fire Continues to Spread
07/31/00--Fire in Sequoia Forest Is One of 45 Across West
07/31/00--Protecting Biodiversity
07/31/00--Timber
town rethinks logging
07/31/00--Sierra Nevada Blaze Now 60,000 Acres
07/30/00--Nature's Hostile Takeover?
07/30/00--Sierra Nevada Fire Grows
07/29/00--Klamath Tribe has a plan to reclaim its reservation
07/29/00--New protections approved for Allegheny National Forest
07/28/00--Grizzly bears make slow recovery
07/28/00--Group Takes Early Action to Protect Eastern Shore from Runaway Growth
07/28/00--Oregon senator seeks logging pause at Eagle Creek timber sale
07/28/00--Water words snag Dunes park
07/27/00--New Mexico Ranch Transformed into National Preserve
07/27/00--U.S. ranchers want grazing on conservation land
07/26/00--Numerous
Threats to the Forests Looming As Congress Heads forSummer Break
07/26/00--Babbitt: No Snowmobile Decision Yet
07/26/00--Clinton signs bill for New Mexico preserve
07/26/00--Company Halts Calaveras Clear-Cutting Project
07/26/00--House OKs Palm Springs-Area National Preserve
07/26/00--Killer Targets Trees on California Coast
07/26/00--Timber Firm to Modify Its Clear-Cutting Plan
07/25/00--Nature Threatens a Plant Community
07/25/00--Of Hawaii, Birds, Evolution And Poetry In Science
07/25/00--Senate Panel OKs Conservation Bill
07/25/00--Timber giant to temporarily suspend clear-cuts in California
07/25/00--Timber protesters arrested
07/25/00--Wood
Industry Top GOP Donor in Oregon
07/25/00--Genetically
Engineered Trees a Threat
07/24/00--World
Wire Stakes rise in fight over Oregon forests
07/24/00--Send
a Letter, Help Protect Sierra Nevada National Forests
07/24/00--Protesters march on logging road
07/24/00--Sierra Club endorses Gore, rips into Bush
07/24/00--Sierra Club Endorses VP Gore as Enviro Candidate
07/23/00--Environmental group Sierra Club endorses Gore
07/23/00--Sprawl Reaches the Wilderness
07/23/00--Thunder in the Sierra: Sacramento Must Listen
07/22/00--Activists destroy research trees
07/22/00--BIODIVERSITY
ACTIVIST #245 -- Center for Biological Diversity
07/22/00--Owl Plan Would Affect 21 N.M. Counties
07/22/00--Ruling halts Clearwater logging project
07/22/00--Tree-sitters say copters buzz them
07/21/00--Two donations totaling $3 million given to Cascade preservation effort
07/21/00--Calls Needed to Stop Eagle Creek Timber Sale
07/21/00--Action Alert: URGENT! Extinction Riders on Senate Floor
07/21/00--Action Alert: ORVs Threaten Panther
07/21/00--President Signs Neotropical Migratory Bird Bill into Law
07/21/00--Spotted Owl Habitat Proposed
07/20/00--Timber
industry takes a turn south
07/20/00--Entertainers Provide Bond to Fight Logging
07/20/00--Record Land-Trust Purchase Saves 1,700 Acres on Coast
07/20/00--Timber industry takes a turn south
07/19/00--A road rage over future of US forests
07/19/00--More logging funds OK'd
07/19/00--U.S.
Forest Service holds fast on logging plans
07/19/00--Plum
Creek to Buy Spinoff Unit of Georgia-Pacific
07/18/00--To Save A Forest, Chop Here
07/18/00--Support for Roadless Areas Blitzes Forest Service Office
07/18/00--Logging protester climbs down from building on 11th day of vigil
07/18/00--Senate Battle Waging Over Parks
07/18/00--Senate Rejects Blocking Monuments
07/17/00--Bipartisan Senate Compromise Pledges $3 B for Conservation
07/17/00--Federal Forests Arguments Renewed
07/17/00--New Mexico's Baca Ranch soon to be public land
07/17/00--Protester Climbs Down Building
07/15/00--Wood
Industry Big GOP Donor
07/15/00--
Mr. President, Spare the Forest
07/15/00--Lets
Make A Land Deal
07/14/00--Forest Service Sued To Stop Logging
07/14/00--Warning Issued on Health of Bay
07/14/00--Forest Service Sued To Stop Logging
07/13/00--Senate Avoids Fight With Clinton Over New Logging Roads in Forests
07/13/00--Senate Vote Tuesday on Bryan
07/13/00--Land Exchange Program Hurts Public, GAO Says
07/13/00--Idaho senator ends forest fight
07/13/00--BIODIVERSITY ACTIVIST #244 -- Center for Biological Diversity
07/13/00-- Ban on U.S. Forest Roads Draws Record Public Outcry
07/12/00--Citigroup to Face Protests at Political Conventions
07/12/00--With BC-Ruling Clinton's Way Bit
07/12/00--GAO Criticizes Gov't Land Deals
07/12/00--Include Tongass in Roadless Plan, Environmentalists Urge Clinton
07/12/00--Owens kills land swap with feds
07/12/00--Senator
Craig Temporarily Drops Roadless Rider
07/12/00--Include
Tongass in Roadless Plan, Environmentalists Urge Clinton
07/11/00--Spotted Owl Declines at Four Times Expected Rate in United States
07/11/00--Judge Blocks Headwaters Logging Plan Environmentalists opposed harvesting by helicopter
07/11/00--Commercial Logging for Wildlife Prevention: Facts vs.Fantasies
07/11/00--Commercial Logging for Wildfire Prevention: Facts vs Fantasies
07/11/00--Gray Wolf May Lope Off Endangered List
07/11/00--Judge blocks logging near reserve
07/11/00--Judge Stalls Headwaters Tree Cutting
07/10/00--Lynx Advocates May Sue to Force Habitat Protection
07/10/00--Roadblock sought on roadless forests
07/10/00--Senate nears showdown on Clinton roadless plan
07/10/00--US Proposes Environmental Guidelines on Trade Pacts
07/10/00--Wolves answer call of the wild
07/10/00--Showdown
Near on U.S. Roadless Plan
07/10/00--Protecting
the Spotted Owl
07/10/00--Judge
Bars Pacific Lumber Logging
07/10/00--High
Noon at Eagle Creek
07/09/00--Sides
Dig in Over Timber Sales
07/09/00--Wetlands become storm water treatment facility
07/08/00--Biodiversity ALERT #243
07/08/00--Surprise Forest Service raid clears anti-logging protesters from trees
07/08/00--Oregon logging protesters dispersed
07/08/00--Vast Wildfires Choke Alaska City with Smoke
07/08/00--Activists Increase Efforts at Ramsey Gulch Tree Sit
07/07/00--A Timber Town Turns Against Clear-Cutting
07/07/00--Colorado forest plan called anti-recreation
07/07/00--Group blasts Wisconsin power line plan
07/07/00--Occidental's Oil Project Ignites More Violence Against Peaceful Tribe in Colombia
07/07/00--Group Looking to Add New Parks
07/07/00--Judge rejects bid to stop logging in Allegheny National Forest
07/07/00--Authorities disperse protesters who were trying to halt logging
07/06/00--Will grizzlies again roam Idaho range?
07/06/00--Wildfires burn large, remote tract in Alaska
07/05/00--Colorado to Assess Damage to National Parks
07/05/00--Nevada Road Reopened in Protest
07/05/00--In Idaho, a Howl Against Roadless Forests
07/05/00--Frontline News, No. 85 -- Forest Guardians
07/05/00--Drilling in America's Wildest Refuge
07/04/00--Bald eagles on the mend, but recovery far from complete
07/03/00--Elk plunder stirs conflict in New Mexico
07/03/00--Gray wolf said no longer endangered
07/03/00--Biodiversity ALERT No. 242
07/03/00--National Parks to Get Energy Efficient Uplift
07/03/00--Volunteers Seek To Save Rare Plants
07/01/00--Fire frightening on west coast
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