Forest Planning News #1 (11/30/2005)
Online Forest Action Center unveiled. Forest planning around the country. State of Planning: East vs. West. Active plans: Big Horn National Forest ROD and appeal period (WY).
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Forest Planning News #2 (03/03/2006)
Opposition to Bush land sale plan mounts. Roadless protection: APA petition filed. Walden logging bill. Threats to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Look up status of forest plans.
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Forest Planning News #3 (04/05/2006)
Oregon's Siskiyou Forest plans logging in roadless areas. Bush budget cuts local fire assistance funds by 25%. Forest plans must address wildland fire. Wyden-Baucus bill addresses Bush's proposed land sales; USFS
comment period extended. Tongass National Forest plan revisions beginning soon. Walden logging bill moving in the House of Representatives. How to get involved in National Forest projects. Forest Service planning around the country.
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Forest Planning News #4 (05/11/2006)
Rep. Walden logging bill (HR 4200) moving toward a House vote. Vote on eliminating subsidies for Tongass road building expected soon. Roadless forests update. Cimarron and Comanche draft plans issued under 2005 NFMA regulations. Kenai Winter Access Plan on the Chugach National Forest.
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Forest Planning News #5 (12/06/2006)
In this issue: Roadless Forests update, New England Wilderness Act signed, and ORV - Travel Management issues across the country.
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North Cascades April 2007 Newsletter (04/20/2007)
Celebrate Earth Day; Regional Snapshot: Boulder River Wilderness Area; 103.7 The Mountain's 12th annual concert to benefit The Wilderness Society is 100% Carbon Neutral; Activities and events.
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North Cascades December 2007 Newsletter (12/21/2007)
Winter Activities in the North Cascades; Lower Gold Creek Basin; Rendezvous Area in the Methow Valley; North Cascades Glaciers
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North Cascades February 2007 Newsletter (02/15/2007)
Fall in love with the great outdoors at Mount Baker. Snowshoe at Artist Point. Wild Sky Wilderness re-introduced. Help with storm recovery efforts. Summer wilderness camps.
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North Cascades January 2007 Newsletter (01/12/2007)
Focus on the Skagit Wild and Scenic River as well as the surrounding area; Sauk Mountain; January Events and Activities.
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North Cascades July/August Newsletter (08/10/2007)
Scrambling in the North Cascades; Surprise Lake and Surprise Creek; Alpine Lakes Wilderness Addition Proposed; News and Events.
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North Cascades June 2007 Newsletter (06/22/2007)
The North Cascades region is a mecca for white water adventurers. The Skagit River in the north, the Skykomish River near the proposed Wild Sky wilderness area, and the Wenatchee River in central Washington, among others, offer world-class rafting and kayaking opportunities. This month's North Cascades Newsletter looks at the rivers of the North Cascades as well as news about Washington hiking trails, summer events and more.
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North Cascades March 2007 Newsletter (03/16/2007)
Connecting children with nature; Profile of Hidden Lake; Wild Sky Wilderness Proposal passes through committee; Summer Wilderness camps and more.
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North Cascades May 2007 Newsletter (05/25/2007)
Spring is in the air! With the warmer weather and melting snows comes the yearly opening of Highway 20 and the beginning of fly fishing season. This month, we also look at fishing in the Wild and Scenic Skagit River and the introduction of the Roadless Area Conservtion Act of 2007.
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North Cascades November 2006 Newsletter (11/21/2006)
Giving Back to the Places We Love: Find out about Washington Trails Association work parties; Explore Meadow Creek Trail; Readers Share Their Love for the Outdoors and more.
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North Cascades October 2007 Newsletter (10/25/2007)
This month we take an in-depth look at mountaineering in the North Cascades. Explore the Ptarmigan Traverse and find out more about the local mountaineering community. We also take a look at glaciers and global warming.
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North Cascades September 2007 Newsletter (09/21/2007)
Exploring Index, Washington. On the Trail at Barclay and Eagle Lakes. Check out the University of Washington Libraries collection of historical and rare photographers, including photos by Lee Pickett documenting the development of Index, Washington and the Wild Sky region. Live from the Mountain Music Lounge Volume 13 released September 25, 2007. National Public Lands Day.
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Vroom Report (10/7/03) (10/07/2003)
Yellowstone Snowmobiles comments due in one week - Denver Post editorial on ATV threats to National Forests
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WildAlert News August 2006 (08/02/2006)
Protecting roadless forests. Protecting Montana forests (some of which are more roadless than others). Wilderness bills pass the House. Hold is placed on leasing the Wyoming Range in the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Congressional leaders step to the plate in support of the National Landscape Conservation System by forming a caucus.
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WildAlert News December 2006 (12/06/2006)
Victory in court for National Forest roadless areas. Go Wild in California's Cache Creek Wilderness. Save open space and read about the places you helped protect in 2006.
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WildAlert News December 2007 (12/05/2007)
Protect Utah's Price District BLM Lands from increased ORV Use; Investigations Continue into Politicized Endangered Species Decisions; Congress Poised to Pass Energy Bill.
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WildAlert News February 2007 (02/05/2007)
President releases FY 2008 Budget. Go Wild at Colorado's Little Snake Area. Update on roadless area protection. Quick updates on the Green Budget, clean energy, payments to counties and monster cutbacks to staffing at National Wildlife Refuges.
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WildAlert News January 2007 (01/12/2007)
Welcome to 2007 and the 110th Congress. Off-road vehicles and travel management planning top the agenda at Oregon's Steens Mountain. New leadership in Congress faces many of the same old issues (and some new ones).
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WildAlert News July 2007 (07/03/2007)
Good News from the Arctic Refuge and Tongass National Forest; Protect California's Sequoia National Forest from ORV Use; Visit the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness in North Carolina's Nantahala National Forest; Energy Appropriations Bills Advance; One Hundred Thousand People Tell BLM to Protect the Upper Green River Valley in Wyoming.
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WildAlert News June 2007 (06/05/2007)
Work Continues on Energy Legislation; ORVs in Idaho's Owyhee Mountains; Strong Support for Yellowstone Continues; Tongass Forest Gets Interim Protection; New Mexico's Congressional Delegation Comes Together Over Otero Mesa Leasing.
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WildAlert News November 2006 (11/01/2006)
Plummeting funds for National Wildlife Refuges force massive cuts in staff and closing of some refuges. Go Wild in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley. New California wilderness designated.
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WildAlert News November 2007 (11/05/2007)
Update on California Wildfires and Alaska's Teshekpuk Lake; Take a Moment to Help Montana's Bitterroot National Forest; Global Warming and Forest Fires; Accelerating Oil and Gas Development; Hearing on Proposed Road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge; New Wyoming Wilderness Bill Introduced; House Passes Virginia Ridge and Valley Act; Six Members of Congress Honored for Refuge System Efforts.
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WildAlert News October 2007 (10/04/2007)
Good News to Report on Efforts to Protect Spotted Owl Habitat; When a Burning Fire is Nature's Best Friend; National Wildlife Refuge Week; Natural Dividends Report Released; Updates on Wilderness Bills for California and Colorado.
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WildAlert News September 2006 (09/06/2006)
Here they come, rarin' to drill the Arctic Refuge and Teshekpuk Lake. National Park Services releases final management policies. A look at the fate of wilderness bills late in the 109th Congress. The Interior Department's Inspector General looks into allegations that Utah BLM made closed-door commitments to industry.
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WildAlert News September 2007 (09/04/2007)
New Threats to the Northern Spotted Owl; BLM Told to Consider Impact of Energy Drilling on Endangered Species.
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WILDALERT NEWS: April 2006 Update (04/04/2006)
Prince William Sound.
Siskiyou National Forest logging. The Wilderness Society's community wildfire work.
Arctic Refuge drilling dropped from House budget bill. Interior Secretary Norton rushes out damaging roads policy. New rules could lead to more jet skis, noise, pollution in National Parks.
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WILDALERT NEWS: December 2005 Update (12/05/2005)
Mountaintown Roadless Area, GA.
Take Action: Arctic Refuge & public lands; Roadless petition
Forest Service flooded with comments on Monongahela National Forest.
Western public lands for sale?
New Wilderness for Puerto Rico! Groups take legal action to protect Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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WILDALERT NEWS: January 2006 Update (01/06/2006)
Glastebury Mountain, VT. Arctic Refuge safe, for now. Governor wants full protection for roadless areas in Virginia.
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WILDALERT NEWS: July 2006 Update (07/06/2006)
New Hampshire's White Mountains. Take Action: Some in Congress blocking email. Permanent protection for Rocky Mountain Front? National Parks protections soon to be restored.
Off-shore drilling bill also threatens Rocky Mountain West. Roadless protection news.
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WILDALERT NEWS: March 2006 Update (03/02/2006)
Tongass clearcuts. Selling off the public estate. Roadless protection petition filed. Carrizo Plain National Monument victory.
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WILDALERT NEWS: May 2005 Update (05/05/2005)
Roadless Rule overturned, Arctic Refuge update, archaeological resources in National Monuments in Arizona, NLCS anniversary, your gifts doubled for limited time.
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WILDALERT NEWS: November 2005 Update (11/02/2005)
North Cascades. Key Arctic Refuge vote. Top 10 Halloween Horribles. Ojito Wilderness bill passes Congress. New report: Western BLM lands suffering. Roadless Rule repeal challenged. Court rules public must be included in Forest Service decisions.
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WILDALERT NEWS: October 2005 Update (10/04/2005)
Arctic Refuge. Energy policy. Court rules public must be involved in National Forest decisions.
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WILDALERT NEWS: September 2005 update (09/06/2005)
Hurricane Katrina: human and environmental toll, Tongass National Forest, Oil Lobby shamelessly exploiting Hurrican Katrina to further agenda, 2006 Wilderness Society calendar.
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WILDALERT: An Offering of Thanks (11/22/2005)
A special Thanksgiving message from Eleanor Huffines, Anchorage, Alaska.
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WILDALERT: Ask Your Representative To Protect Our National Forests Vote No On HR 4200 (05/11/2006)
Early next week, the House will vote on a bill, HR 4200, that could cause serious harm to the long-term health of our public forests. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) is the lead sponsor of this bill, which would exclude the public from decisions regarding the management of our public lands. The bill also ignores important scientific research, threatens the Endangered Species Act, could increase the risk of wildfire and leaves roadless areas, old growth forests, and other special areas unprotected.
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WILDALERT: Bush Budget Puts Our Public Lands on Blue-Light Special (02/15/2006)
As much as 800,000 acres of Americans' public land would be sold into private hands under one egregious provision of President Bush's proposed budget. Astonishingly, less than two months ago, bipartisan opposition in the Congress defeated a similar scheme. This absurd proposal deserves the same reaction from all of us. Please send that message to your Members of Congress!
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WILDALERT: Critical Areas of Kenai Peninsula Would be Open to Snowmobiles Under Proposal (06/06/2006)
At 5.5 million acres, the Chugach National Forest in southcentral Alaska is the nation's second largest. One of its best-known wonders is the Kenai Peninsula, rich in natural beauty, fish and wildlife. The U.S. Forest is developing a winter use plan for the area that could surrender 85 percent of it to snowmobile use. We need your help to prevent that.
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WILDALERT: Gallatin Travel Plan Will Say Much About Greater Yellowstone's Future (03/30/2005)
The U.S. Forest Service now is considering a travel plan for the Gallatin National Forest in Montana that will impact the forest for the next 20 years. The Gallatin, in southwest Montana, forms the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park.
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WILDALERT: Green Mountain Forest Plan Is Long on ATV Accommodation, Pitifully Short on Wilderness (04/15/2005)
The future of Vermont's Green Mountain National Forestis at stake as the Forest Service develops a new management plan for the forest. The agency's draft plan recommends far too little wilderness protection and proposes opening up much of the forest to all-terrain vehicles (ATVs). Please tell the Forest Service to recommend more wilderness and keep the forest free of ATVs.
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WILDALERT: Help Protect Arizona's Roadless Areas (Arizona residents only) (07/31/2006)
We need your help to protect Arizona Roadless Areas! The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking input from the public on how national forest roadless areas in Arizona should be managed. The input will assist Governor Janet Napolitano as she develops a petition to the US Forest Service for protecting roadless areas in the state.
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WILDALERT: Help Protect Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia (02/02/2006)
The beautiful Blackwater Canyon is a cherished destination in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The Blackwater Trail runs through the canyon and offers hiking and biking, scenic waterfalls, endangered species habitat, and graceful and historic stone archways and other remnants of a bygone era. The future of this popular and spectacular Canyon and this well-loved trail is now threatened by proposed logging and resort development.
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WILDALERT: House Bill Proposes Savage Cuts in Land Protection Funding (05/16/2005)
The House of Representatives this week will take up the Interior Appropriations bill that funds our land management agencies. For the first time ever, the Congress proposes to eliminate funding for all new land acquisitions in Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and to slash funding for the Forest Legacy program. But in a stark display of twisted priorities, the bill would continue massive subsidies for road-building and logging on our largest national forest, the Tongass in Alaska.
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WILDALERT: Montana's Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest Asking For Comments on Management Plan (10/27/2005)
A plan now in development will set the course for this national forest for the next 10 to 20 years and determine whether it will retain its wild character and wildlife values
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WILDALERT: New Forest Service Rules Weaken Safeguards For Our National Forests, Bar Public From Process (05/26/2005)
Besides dumping the Roadless Rule that protected nearly 60 million acres of pristine forest, the U.S. Forest Service has moved to impose new regulations and directives that sharply weaken the National Forest planning process.
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WILDALERT: Oregon Roadless Area Timber Sale Announced, Despite Public Opposition (06/07/2006)
The Forest Service announced last week that it will begin selling timber in Oregon's roadless areas -- despite strong public support for the protection of these areas. The Mike's Gulch Timber Sale would be the first logging project in a national forest roadless area since the Roadless Area Conservation Rule was adopted in January 2001.
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WILDALERT: Please Attend Allegheny Nat'l Forest Planning Meetings (Pennsylvania only) (05/15/2006)
The Forest Service will be holding public meetings, starting May 22nd, to discuss its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Allegheny National Forest Plan revision, which includes recommendations for new wilderness on the forest; the DEIS will be released May 17th.
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WILDALERT: Protect Pennsylvania's Wilderness (07/11/2006)
The future of Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania's only national forest, is very much a stake today. The Forest Service is proposing a long-term management plan that recommends too little wilderness and doesn't do enough to protect the plants, animals and recreation opportunities most people care about. You can change that!
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WILDALERT: Public lands sell off, help us spread the word (02/27/2006)
We need your help to keep a steady drumbeat of messages before Congress. This cartoon pretty much says it all. Will you please forward this to at least five friends, family, or coworkers urging them take action as well?
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WILDALERT: Tell Forest Service our National Forests are Not for Sale (03/22/2006)
The Forest Service is seeking public comment on the proposed sale of National Forest lands, which could be the only official public comment gathered. Please send a resounding "Not for Sale!" to the agency.
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WILDALERT: Tell Forest Service to Protect Monongahela's Wilderness (11/03/2005)
The future of the much-loved Monongahela National Forest is very much at stake today. The Forest Service is proposing a long-term management plan that recommends too much clearcutting and too little wilderness protection.
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WILDALERT: Thank Sen. Boxer and Rep. Solis for Reintroducing the California Wild Heritage Act (California only) (04/05/2006)
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Hilda Solis (D-32/CA) recently reintroduced the California Wild Heritage Act (S. 2432 / HR 5006), which would designate 2.5 million acres of wilderness and 480 miles of wild and scenic rivers throughout California.
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WILDALERT: Tongass National Forest, America's largest, needs your help (05/08/2006)
Within the next week, Congress will consider an amendment to prohibit taxpayer dollars from being used to build new logging roads in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. If their amendment passes, it would eliminate yet another government subsidy and protect the Tongass from further logging.
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WILDALERT: Two New Ways to Protect Our Forests (12/02/2005)
The Wilderness Society announces online Forest Action Center to ensure our National Forests will be passed on to future generations in good condition.
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Wilderness Report # 209 (03/07/2008)
1) West Virginia’s Wild Mon Act Hailed at DC Hearings, Concern Expressed for Omitted Areas; 2) Wilderness Brief: Friends of Nevada Wilderness Honors Volunteers; 3) The Wilderness Classifieds
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Wilderness Report #100 (09/05/2003)
Wilderness Report celebrates 100th issue and 39th anniversary of Wilderness Act - Wild Sky Wilderness resoluiton - Comments oppose roadless rule exemption in Alaska
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Wilderness Report #101 (09/19/2003)
Apostle Islands - Bush Administration blocking Park wilderness - Wild Sky Wilderness poll
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Wilderness Report #102 (10/03/2003)
Ojito Wilderness Act introduced - Bush Administration formalizes anti-Wilderness policy - Oregon Wilderness Conference - Wild Utah slideshow
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Wilderness Report #103 (10/17/2003)
California Wilderness & WSR bills introduced in House - Utah Test & Training Range Protection Act hearing - Monongahela Wilderness subject of meeting
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Wilderness Report #104 (10/31/2003)
Mardy Murie dies - Allegheny National Forest citizens wilderness proposal - Vermont Wilderness
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Wilderness Report #105 (11/21/2003)
Roadless policy - Idaho Wilderness - Western Arctic oil & gas leasing (NPR-A)
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Wilderness Report #106 (12/05/2003)
Wild Sky Wilderness passes Senate - Steens Mountain management plan proposal - 40th Anniversary of Wilderness Act
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Wilderness Report #107 (12/19/2003)
Summary and status of Wilderness legislation in the 108th Congress.
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Wilderness Report #108 (1/9/04) (01/09/2004)
Tumacacori Highlands Proposed Wilderness (AZ) - Otero Mesa opened to oil & gas drilling - Tongass exempted from Roadless Rule - Utah slideshow
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Wilderness Report #109 (1/23/04) (01/23/2004)
Otero Mesa public forum - Final Medicine Bow Forest Plan released - NPR-A opened to oil and gas - State of the Wild report - High Country news highlights Wilderness threats
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Wilderness Report #113 (3/26/04) (03/26/2004)
Oregon Wilderness - Bethine Church column - Owyhee Canyonlands - 2004 Northwest Wilderness Conference
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Wilderness Report #114 (4/9/04) (04/09/2004)
Wild Sky Wilderness - BLM Action Center - West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
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Wilderness Report #115 (4/23/04) (04/23/2004)
Puerto Rico Wilderness - Virginia Wilderness - Owyhee Initiative - Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument
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Wilderness Report #116 (5/7/04) (05/07/2004)
Maine Coastal Island Wilderness - Mt. Hood Wilderness poll - Summary of Wildeness Legislation in 108th Congress (updated)
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Wilderness Report #117 (5/21/04) (05/21/2004)
Cedar Mountain Wilderness bill (UT) - Oregon Badlands - Nethercutt supports Wild Sky (WA)
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Wilderness Report #118 (6/4/04) (06/04/2004)
Otero Mesa (NM) - Upcoming Wilderness annivesaries - Mt Hood Summit II (OR)
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Wilderness Report #119 (6/25/04) (06/25/2004)
Nevada wilderness - Resolution on 40th Anniversary of Wilderness Act - Boulder-White Clouds - Tongass amendment - Virginia Wilderness
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Wilderness Report #120 (7/9/04) (07/09/2004)
Boulder-White Clouds - Hearings on Wilderness bills in Congress - Oregon update
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Wilderness Report #121 (7/23/04) (07/23/2004)
Five Wilderness bills in spotlight this week - Oregon Wilderness bill introduced
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Wilderness Report #123 (8/20/04) (08/20/2004)
Summary of pending Wilderness legislation in the 108th Congress.
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Wilderness Report #124 (9/3/04) (09/03/2004)
40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act Special!
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Wilderness Report #125 (9/17/04) (09/17/2004)
Puerto Rico Wilderness passes Senate committee - Mt. Hood Wilderness hearing - Nethercutt Wildereness bill - Nevada Wilderness testimony
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Wilderness Report #126 (10/1/04) (10/01/2004)
40th Annivesary Celbration - House Committee moves two Wilderness bills - Zahniser remarks - Senator statements on Wilderness 40th
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Wilderness Report #133 (1/28/05) (01/28/2005)
Wilderness Bills Get Early Start in 109th Congress. Wilderness Support Center Priorities in the New Year. Bush Administration Issues Final Plan to Drill In New Mexico's Wildest Grassland. Wilderness Book Notes. Wilderness Brief: Proposed Albuquerque Municipal Wilderness.
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Wilderness Report #134 (2/11/05) (02/11/2005)
Ojito Wilderness. Caribbean National Forest Bill. 8th World Wilderness Conference. Juneau Residents Oppose Taku Mine. Wilderness Book Notes.
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Wilderness Report #135 (2/25/05) (02/25/2005)
Senate committees approves three wilderness bills. Montana-Wyoming tribal leaders & Great Divide Basin. New Oregon Badlands poll shows support. Wilderness book notes: Wyoming Voices, Leopold's Southwest.
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