Recent Press Releases:
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The Beaver Solution, a New Video from The Lands Council - July 20th, 2009
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Woodland caribou may receive habitat protections - FWS to decide critical habitat for rare caribou by 2012 - June 3rd, 2009
Recent Press Clips:
Mother Nature's little helpers - The busy beaver may be key to region's water issues
The Spokesman-Review - By Becky Kramer, September 13th, 2009
INCHELIUM, Wash. – The beaver huffed indignantly as Rick Desautel prodded it into a wire cage. The night before, it had followed its nose to a musky scent along the shoreline of North Twin Lake on the Colville Reservation and ended up in Desautel's trap.
Court ruling shields roadless U.S. forests
Gregoire calls decision ‘victory'; Idaho unaffected
From Staff And Wire Reports - The Spokesman-Review, August 6th, 2009
A federal appeals court Wednesday blocked road construction on more than 40 million acres of pristine national forests.
Court restores restrictions on road-building in national forests
Los Angeles Times - By Jim Tankersley, August 5th, 2009
Environmentalists cheer the ruling, which reverses moves by the Bush administration to reopen wilderness lands to development. More legal wrangling remains, however.
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Environmentalists seek to intervene in lynx suit
The Herald - By Mead Gruver, August 3rd, 2009
Six environmental groups announced Monday they have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by snowmobilers challenging the federal government's designation of land in six states as critical habitat for Canada lynx.
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Judge Tosses Bush-Era Forest Management Regulations
The New York Times - By NOELLE STRAUB of Greenwire, July 1st, 2009
A federal judge sided with environmentalists yesterday and threw out Bush-era Forest Service regulations that govern management plans for national forests.
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Loosening of rule on logging rejected
Jeff Barnard, Associated Press - July 1st, 2009
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the Bush administration's change to a rule designed to protect the northern spotted owl from logging in national forests.
Voyage of the Dammed - Nature's engineers -- and environmental heroes -- make a comeback
Feature story - From the June 1st, 2009 issue of High Country News by Kevin Taylor
Even with a tall wooden cross mounted on the wall behind her, Mary O'Brien doesn't look like a typical preacher.
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Agency will study habitat of caribou - Conservationists hail decision as crucial for species' survival
Becky Kramer, The Spokesman Review, June 4th, 2009
The herd roams between the Idaho Panhandle, southern British Columbia and northeast Washington, with the largest numbers of caribou north of the Canadian border.
Road-building in national forests halted for one year
By Erika Bolstad - McClatchy Newspapers - May 28th, 2009
No new roads or logging will be allowed in 45 million acres of national forest land for the next year, the Obama administration announced Thursday.
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The first widespread testing for lead exposure among Spokane children found that 6 percent of those tested had ingested measurable amounts of toxic lead.
Testing finds lead in children - Material detected in 6 percent; levels are high for two kids
Mike Prager, Staff Writer, The Spokesman Review, May 8th, 2009
Dam Natural - Beavers may create a wetter West without billions for reservoirs
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