December 22, 2009

feature.jpg Feature Story: WA, OR Receive Increased Funds To Repair Forest Roads Harming Salmon
Federal funding is being
increased to repair and reclaim crumbling national forest roads in
Washington and Oregon that have been harming endangered salmon and
clean water. Read our blog on the issue.
illegal bike trails.jpg News: Suit disputes plan for ATV road
Several environmental groups are suing the U.S. Forest Service over a
proposed mile-long access road the agency wants to build for OHV's and
ATV's in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area.
Read our press release on the issue.
snowmobile.jpg News: Forest Service may close off-road area to snowmobiling
Officials from the Colville National Forest said they’re prepared to
shut down access to a popular road to curtail snowmobile use of  high
ridges which are winter caribou habitat.
Read our blog about this issue.
Sonoran1.jpg News: Feinstein to introduce legislation to establish 2 national monuments in Mojave Desert
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) says she plans to introduce legislation to
establish two national monuments on roughly 1 million acres of Mojave Desert outback.
judge rejects.jpg News: Merced County residents get relief from loud ATVs
In many of Merced County's picturesque rural homesteads, it's hard to
be annoyed by much of anything. Until the dirt bikes and ATVs begin to
roar and kick up dust, that is.
deer.jpg News: Private forestland owners angry over hunting season vandalism
Anderson is warden captain at the local offices of the state Department
of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and it’s his job to investigate cases of
trespass and vandalism. The trend, he said, is clear – more people in
the woods, more four-wheelers, more damage, more cost..
snowmobile_DCR.jpg News: Yellowstone Snowmobile Restrictions Upheld By Court Of Appeals
With less than a month to go before snowmobile season roars to life
again in Yellowstone National Park, litigation continues to swirl over
a new federal cap on the maximum daily number of machines.
IMG_1657.jpg Opinion: No ‘No More Wilderness’
President Obama’s interior secretary, Ken Salazar, has reversed many of
the Bush administration’s damaging environmental policies. Maddeningly,
however, the “no more wilderness” policy is still in place. It is past
time for Mr. Salazar to renounce it.
ATVWetlandDNR.jpg Opinion: Curbing off-road vehicle use
On a recent hike to one of my regular backcountry fly-fishing haunts in Colorado, I discovered blight on the land.
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