March 2, 2010
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Featured Story: Swain board OKs historic North Shore Rd deal for cash (NC) County commissioners officially gave up a 67-year-old fight to build a road on the north shore of Fontana Lake, voting to take a $52 million cash settlement from the federal government. Opponents of the deal, however, vowed to fight on. |
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News: Forest Road Repair Dollars, Jobs Arrive in Oregon From Ashland to Joseph and points in between, Oregon will get one in eight of the federal dollars allocated by Congress nationally for forest road and trail repairs on public lands this year. |
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News: Park’s most restrictive snowmobile season gets mixed reviews (WY) The once-dominant mode of winter transportation and cause of pollution has been marginalized. As the Park Service crafts yet another winter use plan over the next two years, will the Park Service recommend that the cleaner snowmobiles remain with restrictions? |
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News: Udall, Salazar propose big fines for big damage on federal lands (CO) The illegal destruction of thousands of acres of public lands in Colorado by ORVs and fires caused by carelessness has prompted legislation that could result in much stronger penalties for those responsible. |
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News: Culvert facelifts to improve fish movement (Canada) Fish in the seven Rocky Mountain national parks will get a fin up over the next two years as nearly a million dollars will be used to fix culverts that block fish from entering important mountain streams. |
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News: Proposed Land-Use Restrictions Draw Ire (AR) During a typical early spring in the Ouachita NF, operators are busily at work preparing for another season that will bring outdoor enthusiasts by the hundreds, but his year, many of those proprietors are also gearing up for what may be a protracted legal battle with the federal government. |
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News: Hunting in B.C. parks puts grizzlies at risk, study finds (Canada) Grizzly bears in British Columbia are no safer from hunters inside provincial parks than along highways, according to a statistical analysis by the David Suzuki Foundation. |
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Opinion: Will The Long-Desired "Completion" Of Canyonlands NP Ever Arrive? (UT) Even if you're standing in the heart of Canyonlands NP, not all you see is within the park. And for many, that's a problem that should have been corrected long ago. |
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Opinion: Opportunity Spawned: New Proposal Protects Bull Trout and Water (Rocky Mtn West) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) released a new critical habitat designation for bull trout throughout the Northwest, including western Montana. The new draft-offering 4 to 6 times more protected waters than a previous proposal-includes 21,694 miles of stream habitat and 533,426 acres of reservoirs & lakes in MT, ID, WA, OR & NV. |
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Resource: Oceano Dunes air pollution study released (CA) |
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Action Alert: Act Now to Protect Bull Trout Habitat (Rocky Mtn West) |
