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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 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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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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Vroom Report (9/23/03) (09/23/2003)
Dirtier snowmobiles - Salt Lake Tribune on snowmobile emissions - ATV accident claims 5 children
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Vroom Report (9/9/03) (09/09/2003)
Cleaner snowmobiles not so clean - Park Service list of approved snowmobiles - Draft Yellowstone rule
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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 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: 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: An Offering of Thanks (11/22/2005)
A special Thanksgiving message from Eleanor Huffines, Anchorage, Alaska.
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WILDALERT: Help Us Ensure Parks Are Protected (06/27/2006)
America's national park system is a breathtaking array of archaeological, historical and natural treasures. Last summer, the Administration proposed a dramatic shift in policy that would have allowed damaging off-road vehicle use, more development, and less protection for wildlife, scenic views, and air quality in National Parks. Thanks to comments from the WildAlert community and thousands of other Americans, the Administration recently announced a reversal of its terrible policy proposal.
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WILDALERT: Help Us Secure Enduring Wildness For Denali National Park (07/12/2005)
The National Park Service is now drafting a management plan that will govern Denali National Park's backcountry for the next decade and beyond. The agency has proposed opening 4 million acres of the Park to snowmobiling and increased airplane tours which will destroy the natural quiet and alter the wilderness experience.
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WILDALERT: Help Us Stop Gale Norton's Last Public Lands Giveaway (03/22/2006)
In her final weeks at the Department of Interior, Secretary Gale Norton is spearheading an effort to streamline a policy to make it easier for states and counties to build highways on public lands. The end result of this last-minute maneuver could be the construction of thousands of miles of roads on some of our most unspoiled public lands.
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WILDALERT: Park Plan Will Determine Future of Great Sand Dunes (06/23/2006)
The National Park Service is developing a management plan for the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado, and while the draft plan has some good features, we need your help to make it even stronger.
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WILDALERT: Proposed Road Would Damage Great Smoky Mountains National Park Permanently (03/16/2006)
Despite its own research to the contrary, the National Park Service is proposing to construct a new road in the Great Smoky Mountains that would impair park resources and be a massive boondoggle. The road, to be constructed along the North Shore of Fontana Lake, would cost around $590 million and require $14 million in annual maintenance costs, this at a time when the entire park's annual operating budget typically falls over $11 million short of actual need.
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WILDALERT: Protect National Parks System (02/10/2006)
The Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smokies -- America's national park system is a breathtaking array of places that protect our heritage of archaeological, historical and natural treasures. But the Bush Administration is now proposing to dramatically reduce protections for our parks, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and resource degradation.
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WILDALERT: Urge Park Service to protect Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (Residents in and around Bozeman, MT, & Jackson, WY) (03/10/2006)
The Bush Administration has initiated yet another study--the fourth--to justify continuing snowmobile use in Yellowstone and Grand Teton. This study is underway despite volumes of evidence showing that snowmobile use threatens the Parks' wildlife, air quality and natural sounds. The outcome of the current study will result in the final plan for winter use in the Parks
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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 #144 (7/15/05) (07/15/2005)
Gaylord Nelson dies. Northern California Wilderness hearing. Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness bill introduced. Custer County (ID) endorses Boulder-White Clouds bill. Your Wilderness horoscope.
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Wilderness Report #146 (8/12/05) (08/12/2005)
Rocky Mountain Park Wilderness bill introduced in Senate.
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Wilderness Report #147 (8/26/05) (08/26/2005)
National Forest Plans set stage for Wilderness campaigns. Spotlight on West Virginia: Monongahela National Forest Plan Revision & WV Wilderness. Status of Wilderness legislation introduced in the 109th Congress.
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Wilderness Report #160 (03/10/2006)
Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act reintroduced in Congress. Wilderness group partners with BLM, others, on Wilderness restoration in Nevada. Redrock Wilderness slideshow in 4 Corners region. Wilderness System displays available.
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Wilderness Report #163 (04/21/2006)
Eastern Sierra Wilderness Bills (CA) introduced in House and Senate. Utah Senator announces draft legislation for Washington County public lands bill. Save the date: Wilderness Week in Washington, DC, planned for September 10-13, 2006.
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Wilderness Report #190 (05/18/2007)
1) Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Legislation Introduced; 2) House Subcommittee Holds Haring on Virginia Ridge and Valley Act of 2007; 3) Reps. Salazar and Udall Work to Delay Colorado's Roan Plateau Leasing; 4) Mount Hood Wilderness Bill Discussed in Senate Subcommittee Hearing; 5) Arizona's Proposed Tumacacori Highlands Wilderness Features in Arizona Highways; 6) The Wilderness Classifieds
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Wilderness Report #194 (07/13/2007)
1) California’s Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act Introduced; 2) Senate Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act; 3) New Hampshire Senator Celebrates Wilderness with Hike; 4) Wilderness Brief: Idaho Statesman Editorializes in Support of Senator Crapo's Bi-Partisan Approach on Owyhee Initiative; 5) The Wilderness Classifieds
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Wilderness Report #200 (10/05/2007)
1) Wilderness Report #200: A Look Back at Wilderness Since Our First Issue; 2) Southern California Wilderness Bill Introduced by Representative Mary Bono and Senator Barbara Boxer; 3) House Agriculture Committee Hearing Held on Virginia Ridge and Valley Act; 4) National Foundation Created to Protect and Expand National Conservation Landscape System
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Wilderness Report #202 (11/02/2007)
1) House Subcommittee Hearing Held on Sequoia-Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act; 2) Virginia Ridge & Valley Act Approved by House Vote; 3) Wilderness Brief: Six Wilderness Bills on House Subcommittee Hearing Schedule; 4) Wilderness Brief: Celebrate Wilderness in Southern Nevada; 5) The Wilderness Classifieds
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Wilderness Report #85 (01/17/2003)
Court Says Forest Service Must Protect Montana's Wilderness Study Areas; New TV Ad Kicks Off New Year for Wild Sky Wilderness Campaign; Summary of Wilderness Legislation Passed By the 107th Congress; "Do Mountain Bikes Belong In Wilderness?" by Michael Carroll; Long Time Arizona Conservationist and Wildlands Advocate Mike Seidman Passes Away
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Wilderness Report #86 (01/31/2003)
Six Republican Senators Write Letter Opposing Arctic Refuge Drilling; Anti-Wilderness Rider Aimed at Alaska's Tongass National Forest Approved; New Poll Shows Bush Administration Out of Step With Americans Who Support Protecting More Wilderness; Activists Head to DC to Promote the National Landscape Conservation System
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Wilderness Report #87 (02/14/2003)
Congress Approves FY 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Bill - Some Anti-Wilderness Riders Dropped, Others Remain; First Annual Chugach Wilderness Summit a Big Success; Alaska, Colorado, & Washington Wilderness Bills Reintroduced; BLM Proposes Leasing In Western Arctic - Conservationists Present Wildlife Habitat Alternative Balancing Protection With Development
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Wilderness Report #88 (02/28/2003)
New Mexico Governor Richardson Calls for Wilderness Protection for Otero Mesa Grassland; Hundreds Join Nevada Senators at Ceremony Dedicating Newly Created Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area; Newspapers, Local Elected Officials Herald Reintroduction of Wild Sky Wilderness Bill; Dozens of Utah Wilderness Activists Hit Capitol Hill To Gain Support for Redrock Wilderness Bill
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Wilderness Report #89 (03/14/2003)
Arctic Refuge Under Threat In House & Senate Budget Process; Bush Administration Fails Wilderness Test for Tongass National Forest - Recommends No New Wilderness; Wilderness Land Trust Created in the Northeast; Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Bill Reintroduced;
Wilderness Briefs
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Wilderness Report #90 (03/29/2003)
Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act Introduced; New R.S. 2477 Regulations Threaten Wilderness, National Parks and Monuments, and Other Public Lands Nationwide; Citizens Propose "Keep the Medicine Bow WILD" Alternative to Forest Plan; Arctic Update: Senate Votes No on Drilling in the Arctic Refuge; Wilderness Brief: "Alabama's Mountain Treasures" Unveiled
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Wilderness Report #91 (04/11/2003)
Arctic Refuge Drilling Provision in Energy Bill; Citizens Call for Protection of Wyoming's Red Desert; Caribbean National Forest Wilderness Bill Reintroduced In House; Interior Department and Utah Settle RS 2477 Claims
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Wilderness Report #92 (04/25/2003)
Department of Interior Launches Immense Assault on Wilderness, and a List of Related Resources; Citizens' Unveil Wilderness Proposal for Nearly One Million Acres of BLM Land in Northern Arizona
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Wilderness Report #93 (05/16/2003)
Minnesotans Fight Proposal to Auction State Land in Boundary Waters; DeGette Announces Reintroduction of Colorado Canyons Wilderness Bill; Wilderness & the NLCS; Wild Idaho Conference Celebrates 30 Years of Conservation
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Wilderness Report #94 (05/30/2003)
Wild Sky Wilderness, "Americans for a Maine Woods National Park," wilderness study of Minnesota's Canoe Country in Superior National Forest.
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“EPCA III” Fact Sheet  (06/06/2008)
The Bureau of Land Management's “EPCA III” report paints a highly misleading portrait of the extent to which the development of federal onshore oil and gas resources are “inaccessible” to development. Despite the
report’s implications to the contrary, most federal onshore oil and gas resources are available for leasing and drilling, and have been for a long time.
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100 Years of Conservation, 100 Days of Public Lands Assault (04/21/2004)
America has been a global leader in the protection of wild places since the time of Theodore Roosevelt. Today, our 100-year legacy is at risk, with some of America’s most wild places threatened by overzealous oil and gas development and harmful logging. These are a few of the national treasures that have been under attack in the past 100 days.
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Administration's Record on Public Lands at Earth Day 2004 (04/21/2004)
Bush Administration policies are a significant and often radical departure from past approaches to stewardship. The move is away from balance and conservation for future generations and toward a short-term orientation that puts industrial development ahead of long-term conservation. Key examples of these changes are set out below.
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Bush Rhetoric vs His Record (08/08/2003)
Bush Rhetoric vs His Record
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Department of Interior's Wilderness Assault (06/30/2003)
In early April, 2003, The Department of the Interior (DOI) launched a devastating three-pronged attack on unprotected wilderness-quality lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These interconnected decisions - all made during the week of April 7 through 11 - open the door for a broad wilderness assault that is intended to lead to more drilling, mining, and road construction on much of America's remaining wild but unprotected western public lands.
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Facts: Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act (04/28/2006)
The Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness Act, HR 4935/S 1510, introduced by Congressman Mark Udall (D-CO) and Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO), will designate the gorgeous backcountry terrain in Rocky Mountain National Park as wilderness. The legislation will provide permanent protection for 249,339 acres of backcountry and wilderness-quality lands, and affirm land management policies within the park.
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Factsheet on Yellowstone National Park and Snowcoaches (09/16/2004)
After 14 years of study, the National Park Service three separate times has determined that phasing out snowmobile use inside Yellowstone and transitioning to snowcoaches is required to protect the Park and its visitors. The snowcoach solution will continue full, motorized access to the Park, provide needed certainty for gateway communities, and protect Yellowstone for future generations. The transition to snowcoaches also is overwhelmingly supported by the American public. Further study of this issue only serves to slow the needed transition, to delay needed public health protections, and to waste tax dollars.
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Factsheet: Fact & Fiction About the Mining Subtitle in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (11/28/2005)
Facts about the mining provision in the FY06 budget reconciliation bill.
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Factsheet: Harmful Public Land Provisions in the FY06 House Reconciliation Bill (12/06/2005)
A list and description of provisions in the House version of the FY2006 Budget Reconciliation bill that harm public lands.
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Factsheet: Mining Claims in National Park System Units (11/18/2005)
State-by-state listing of mining claims, including acreage, in national park system units across the West.
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Factsheet: National Parks (12/06/2004)
The world’s first national park was established in 1872 when President Ulysses S. Grant signed the bill creating Yellowstone. Called “the best idea American ever had” (British Ambassador to the U.S. James Bryce), the national park concept has been copied by countries all over the world. Find out more about America's National Parks.
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Factsheet: National Wilderness Preservation System (12/06/2004)
The National Wilderness Preservation System was created on September 3, 1964, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Wilderness Act — eight years after the first wilderness bill was introduced by Senator Hubert H. Humphrey. The bill established 9.1 million acres of federally protected wilderness in national forests.
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Factsheet: Public Lands (01/04/2005)
The federally managed public lands, owned equally by all Americans, cover almost a million square miles, or 623 million acres. That is more than 25 percent of the U.S. land base. About one-sixth of the total has been given the highest form of protection: inclusion by Congress in the National Wilderness Preservation System. Our nation has been the pioneer in protection of lands and wildlife, inspired by the vision of passing on this natural legacy to future generations.
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Factsheet: What Might The West Look Like in 10 Years? (11/21/2005)
A snapshot of future land use and population changes as they impact public lands across the West.
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Global Warming and U.S. Public Lands: America's wild lands are under threat, and will play key role in any climate change solution (03/24/2008)
Global warming poses an unprecedented threat to our national parks, forests, wilderness areas, and wildlife refuges. At the same time, protecting these natural places is more important now than ever before. Our country’s public lands store carbon and offer one of our best hopes for sustaining the plants, animals, clean water and air, and recreational opportunities that are important to our heritage.
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Grand Canyon Facts - Safety (08/23/2002)
Grand Canyon Oar-Powered Trips are just as Safe as Powerboat Tours. Factsheet on myths and facts about Colorado River transportation.
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Grand Canyon Facts - Timeline (08/23/2002)
Timeline of Grand Canyon History. Factsheet.
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Grand Canyon Facts - Who Rafts River (08/23/2002)
Who Rafts the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon? Factsheet based on Park Service and Bureau of Reclamation studies looking at differences between these user groups, and resulting permit allocation on the river.
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Monument List Through 2000 (02/26/2002)
List of Presidentially designation National Monuments (through Cascade-Siskiyou in 2000; only includes 9 of the 21 monuments designation by Pres. Clinton).
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Monuments - History of Craters of the Moon (07/03/2000)
History of Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID
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Pinnacles NM - Background (01/11/2000)
Pinnacles National Monument factsheet
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Preliminary Analysis of the National Park Service's Revised Draft Management Policies (06/19/2006)
Based upon our preliminary analysis, the National Park Service’s long-standing mission of conservation and stewardship of the nation’s heritage has been restored in this current draft rewrite of the policies that govern management of our national parks. At the behest of park professionals, the American public, Congress, this coalition, and others, the National Park Service appears to have largely reverted back to the 2001 policies in virtually every section.
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Public Land Sales Proposed in FY 2007 Budget (02/09/2006)
President Bush’s budget for FY07, ignoring the recent defeat of similar proposals in Congress, is proposing to sell off nearly $1 billion worth of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands to raise money for the federal treasury.
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Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act Synopsis (11/04/2003)
Synopsis of the Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act, which provides for the protection of the last wild and genetically pure American buffalo.
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Wilderness Act Handbook -- 40th Anniversary Edition (2004) (05/04/2004)
This handbook is designed as a reference for those working to protect what is left of wild America. It sets forth the relevant laws, regulations, and policies that govern the creation, expansion, and management of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and addresses important wildenress management issues. The Wilderness Act is printed in its entirety, along with interpretation and excerpts from and analysis of subsequent legislation that has influenced the designation or management of wilderness.
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GrandCanyon - Alliance Press Release - River Plan (08/23/2002)
Grand Canyon Coalition Press Release: Coalition Urges Public Comment to Protect Wilderness in Grand Canyon: Current Colorado River Management Plan fails to protect Wilderness (8/9/2002)
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110th Congress: Agenda of American Values (12/08/2006)
Agenda for the 110th Congress released by Rep. Nick J. Rahall, Chairman-elect of the Committee on Natural Resources.
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Gale Norton Resignation Letter (03/10/2006)
Resignation letter of Interior Secretary Gale Norton, sent to President Bush.
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Letter to Gale Norton on Wilderness Rollbacks (04/08/2003)
Letter to Gale Norton on Wilderness Rollbacks.
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National Park Service Directors' Letter to Sec. Kempthorne about Yellowstone (03/26/2007)
Text of a letter sent by seven former directors of the National Park Service to Interior Secretary Kempthorne. The directors write opposing a proposal to return more snowmobile use to Yellowstone National Park.
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Quotes in Support of Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness (04/28/2006)
Voices in support of wilderness designation for Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.
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Travel Management Methodologies (12/21/2007)
Sets out the ten steps an agency should complete in order to develop a comprehensive travel plan, from an initial assessment of goals and resources, through developing appropriate management (including route designation) and ongoing monitoring, evaluation and adjustment. Developed by Colorado Mountain Club and TWS.
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Yellowstone: Letter from Former NPS Officials to Sec. Norton on Snowmobiles (09/11/2003)
In this unprecedented letter in late May 2003, leaders of the National Park Service under Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton came together to condemn a decision to extend and increase snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park.
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Big Oil's Energy Plan: The Cost to America's Wild Lands and Waters (03/13/2002)
Wild lands are at risk from the cozy relationship between the Bush Administration and the oil and gas industry. With very little public debate or scrutiny, the White House has already allowed oil and gas companies to begin operations in some of the most fragile and remarkable places in the country.
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Environmental Record of Bush Administration (05/12/2006)
A list of Bush Administration actions targeting our public lands.
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FY 2004 Recommendations for Funding America's Public Lands (report) (05/28/2003)
This document represents the effort of a broad coalition of environmental and conservation groups to outline the critical needs of our nation's public lands and related resources for Fiscal Year 2004.
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FY 2004 Recommendations for Funding America's Public Lands (spreadsheet) (05/28/2003)
Spreadsheet summarizing FY 2004 public lands funding recommendations.
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Gauging the Ecological Capacity of Southern Appalachian Reserves (09/16/1999)
A multi-unit wilderness system in the Southern Appalachians was evaluated for its long-term capacity to support biodiversity. Prepared by J. C. Haney, M. Wilbert, C. De Grood, D. S. Lee, and J. Thomson, The Wilderness Society.
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Natural Dividends: Wildland Protection and the Changing Economy of the Rocky Mountain West (09/26/2007)
In this report, we synthesize recent research from economists and other scientists to provide a new picture of the economy of the contemporary Rocky Mountain West. This picture—broader and more accurate than the commonly held view that the region’s economy is heavily dependent on resource extraction—recognizes the full value of protected public lands in ensuring sustainable economic development.
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State of the Environment: Bush Strikes Out (04/18/2002)
This report documents failures by the Bush administration to protect air, water, land, and wildlife, showing how the administration consistently sides with industry eager to make a quick profit.
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Taxation Without Representation: Taking the Public out of "Public Land Management" (04/15/2002)
While the country is focused on the war on terrorism, the Bush Administration is methodically shutting out the public's right to participate in the management of our public lands. This report provides a brief description of seven Administrative decisions, responses from the conservation community, related press coverage and other background information.
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The Economic Benefits of California Desert Wildlands: 10 Years Since the California Desert Protection Act of 1994 (10/24/2005)
This analysis estimates that wildlands in the California desert region, in which several areas were designated as national parks and wilderness areas in 1994, generate economic values of about $1.4 billion annually and support nearly 3,700 jobs. Analysis produced for The Wilderness Society.
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The Federal Wildland Fire Budget: Let's Prepare, Not Just React (full report) (04/23/2004)
This report is an analysis of the federal budget process and how it affects funding for wildland fire management. The implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations proposed.
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