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06/30/01 -- Yellowstone Snowmobile Ban May Lift

06/30/01 -- S.U.V.'s, Golf, Even Peas Join Eco-Vandals' Hit List

06/29/01 -- Special Wildlife Status in Jeopardy

06/29/01 -- Smith River forest deal fits Del Norte's redwood parks

06/29/01 -- Park groups fret over possible Bush snowmobile reversal

06/29/01 -- Landowners Given New Rights on Environmental Curb

06/29/01 -- Government Reassessing Planned Ban on Snowmobiles in Yellowstone

06/29/01 -- Gov't Reconsidering Snowmobile Ban

06/29/01 -- Endangered North American songbird made remarkable recovery

06/28/01 -- Roadless area battleground moves to Capitol Hill

06/28/01 -- Park Groups Fret Over Possible Snowmobile Reversal

06/28/01 -- Northern Calif. redwood grove could be preserved under pending sale to state

06/28/01 -- Groups strike deal to preserve redwood forest

06/28/01 -- Forest Service won't propose amendments to road ban in June

06/28/01 -- Forest Service Needs More Time

06/28/01 -- Environmental Groups: Poll Supports Logging Ban

06/28/01 -- Drought Fuels Loss of U.S. Western Land to Invasive Grass and Wildfires

06/28/01 -- Court Issues Split Marshland Ruling

06/28/01 -- Charity Is New Force in Environmental Fight

06/28/01 -- Changes to ban on logging, roads delayed

06/28/01 -- Calif. Seeks to Protect Redwoods

06/27/01 -- Wetlands replacement inadequate, study says

06/27/01 -- Wetlands protection lagging, study says / Many developers not replacing habitat

06/27/01 -- U.S. Wetlands Acreage Falling Despite Regulatory Program

06/27/01 -- U.S. faulted on wetlands inventory

06/27/01 -- Efforts to Save Wetlands Are Inadequate, Study Says

06/27/01 -- Court Ruling Could Keep Roads Out of Wilderness

06/26/01 -- One Year After Wildfires, A Business Mushrooms

06/26/01 -- Group says deal reached to buy key habitat in Yellostone region

06/26/01 -- Green Group Comes Under Right-Wing Attack

06/26/01 -- Government Faulted on Wetlands

06/26/01 -- Don't cut the urban forest

06/25/01 -- Parks face big test of preservation vs. use

06/25/01 -- Groups clash over off-road vehicle access

06/25/01 -- Fire, logging advocates square off

06/25/01 -- EPA plans clean air rule to protect park vistas

06/24/01 -- How Pipeline and Landscape Live Together

06/24/01 -- Bush Environment Jobs Are Skewed to Business

06/24/01 -- An Endangered Act: Sacrifices to a Green Agenda

06/22/01 -- US Interior Dept looks to Western energy resources

06/22/01 -- Ultralight aircraft helps whooping crane recovery

06/22/01 -- Tree-Sitters Battle Logging Industry

06/22/01 -- Test Case Could Slash Donations to Radical Environmental Groups; Frontiers Of Freedom Institute Files Complaint Against RAN

06/22/01 -- Pro-Conservation Republicans Make Difference in Passing Monuments Protection

06/22/01 -- Natives fail to sway Norton from ANWR oil stance

06/22/01 -- Local Environmental Issues Split Republicans

06/22/01 -- Interior drops plan for grizzly bears in Montana, Idaho

06/22/01 -- House Thwarts Bush's Anti-Environmental Agenda

06/22/01 -- House OKs Ban on Drilling on Sensitive Lands

06/22/01 -- House acts to bar drilling off Florida

06/22/01 -- Colorado Resort Development Threatens Wildlife Corridor

06/22/01 -- California Wins Power to Limit Oil Exploration

06/22/01 -- Bush Offers Conservation Funding

06/21/01 -- USDA's Veneman Names Environment Undersecretary

06/21/01 -- Sierra Nevada forest fire slows

06/21/01 -- Proposal seeks to ban oil, gas drilling in monument

06/21/01 -- President Touts Environmental Plan Again

06/21/01 -- Norton Seeks to Halt Grizzly Plan

06/21/01 -- Land conservation bill moving ahead

06/21/01 -- Grizzly Bears Will Not Be Reintroduced into U.S. West

06/21/01 -- Federal Court Ends Loophole in Species Act

06/21/01 -- Ex-Lobbyist Tapped for Forest Post

06/21/01 -- Endangered species logjam broken

06/21/01 -- Conservation Program Reductions Draw Fire

06/21/01 -- Bush stumps for land conservation

06/21/01 -- Bush Pushes Environment Spending As Polls Slump

06/21/01 -- Bush Promotes Conservation Budget

06/21/01 -- Attack on tax status of environment group / Conservatives ask IRS for new ruling

06/20/01 -- Nine Mexican wolves released in northeastern Arizona

06/20/01 -- Most Alaskans support oil exploration at refuge

06/20/01 -- Logging Giant Boise Cascade and Anti-Environment Activists on the Attack Against Rainforest Action Network

06/20/01 -- House subcommittee looks at ways to restore native forests

06/18/01 -- Unlikely Allies Press to Add Conservation to Farm Bill

06/18/01 -- Nev. Forest Fire Continues Spreading

06/18/01 -- Congressman blasts eco-terror

06/18/01 -- A different breed of protester; Opposition to clear-cutting of timber grows among Humboldt County residents

06/17/01 -- Sure, It's Rocket Science, but Who Needs Scientists?

06/17/01 -- Interior aides back Arctic drilling

06/17/01 -- Foes, supporters predict severity, frequency of acts to increase

06/17/01 -- Alaska Drilling Supporters Get Key Interior Posts

06/17/01 -- Activists Walk the Walk, Sit the Sit

06/16/01 -- Redwood 'scheme' attacked; GOP-led panel wants Hurwitz case dropped

06/16/01 -- Forest Policy Review Ignites Sparks of a Firestorm

06/15/01 -- Timber mill official says forest service caters to environmentalists

06/15/01 -- Saving Gulf of Mexico Will Require 5-13 Million Acres of New Wetlands in Midwest, Say Researchers

06/15/01 -- Report urges end to tangled U.S. S&L, redwoods case

06/15/01 -- New strategy proposed for national forests Critics: Bush'sideas, if implemented, would harm wildlife, favor timbering

06/15/01 -- Increase conservation spending for agriculture, Congress urged

06/15/01 -- Hot spots are now cool; Wildfires give way to wildflowers at national parks

06/15/01 -- Forestry proposal criticized

06/15/01 -- Finding Common Ground on Roadless Plan

06/15/01 -- Fall from tree injures activist

06/15/01 -- Bush Retains Parts of Mine Cleanup Rule

06/15/01 -- Arctic Oil Plan Is Not Dead, Norton Says

06/14/01 -- The Wildlife Next Door

06/14/01 -- Forest Service Mulls Policy Change

06/14/01 -- Ecoterrorism: Lawmakers, Others Denounce Trends, Get Behind Legislation

06/14/01 -- "Bio-blitz" in U.S. Park Uncovers Astounding Arrayof Species

06/13/01 -- World Wildlife Fund Applauds House Passage of Endangered Wildlife Reauthorization Acts

06/13/01 -- Minnesota forest summit launches demonstration forest

06/13/01 -- Anti-logging activists object to timber sale

06/13/01 -- Amid furor over offshore drilling, oil flows from Florida Everglades

06/12/01 -- U.S. Timber Program Posts Record Losses

06/12/01 -- Newest U.S. National Park Blocked by Legal Dispute

06/12/01 -- In the Prairie Heartland, a Wealth of Shorebirds Gathers

06/12/01 -- Forest Service facing 'biological wildfire' in foreign weeds

06/12/01 -- Environmentalists accuse ASARCO of damaging monument land

06/12/01 -- Crisis measures block door of opportunity for US timber deals

06/12/01 -- Coalition goes up against Bush Administration to save Alaska National Park

06/12/01 -- Bush's words are swamped by his actions

06/12/01 -- ALASKA: Groups press ban on logging

06/11/01 -- Northern Spotted Owls losing genetic distinctiveness

06/11/01 -- Alaska seen as big oil supplier for 15 more years

06/10/01 -- Tree-sitters protest logging from perches above forest

06/10/01 -- Taking a stand at Eagle Creek

06/10/01 -- Sierra Club Seeks Middle Ground in Environmental Movement

06/10/01 -- Renewed Talk of Arctic Drilling Draws Eco-Tourists to Alaska

06/10/01 -- Back in the Wild, Condors Succumb to Old Nemesis: Lead

06/09/01 -- Time running out for loggers to harvest timber from Jasper fire area

06/09/01 -- Environmental Group Forms an Incendiary Core, FBI Says

06/09/01 -- Crying about the wilderness -- nature group debates about Bush administration's recycled land policy

06/09/01 -- Bush tax plan boosts conservation easements

06/08/01 -- Forest Service Chief Assumes Power Over Roadless Areas

06/08/01 -- Extinction Rider Dies in House Subcommittee

06/08/01 -- Creeping danger; From bluebonnets to crops, weed kills all in its path

06/08/01 -- US Forest Service chief to proceed with road ban

06/08/01 -- Triple US spending on conservation - Soil group

06/08/01 -- Panel Rejects Bush Plan on Species

06/08/01 -- Forest Chief Takes Road Decisions

06/08/01 -- Bush Dealt Setback on Environmental Policy

06/07/01 -- Full-page Ad in Today's New York Times Targets BOISE CASCADE

06/07/01 -- USGS Finds Genetic Mixing Between California Spotted Owls and Northern Spotted Owls

06/07/01 -- USDA asks farmers to help restore US wetlands

06/07/01 -- The Roadless Area Conservation Rule Already Principled, No Need for Amendments

06/07/01 -- Poll Finds 58% Favor Foothill Extension

06/07/01 -- Mont. Officials at Odds on Roadless Forest Plan

06/07/01 -- Jeffords signals shift on environment

06/07/01 -- Hunter Mountain Paintings Spurred Recovery of Land

06/07/01 -- Forest Service chief takes control of road decisions on pristine lands

06/07/01 -- Forest Chief Will Make Logging Decisions

06/07/01 -- Dust-dry conditions in the West prompt early fire restrictions

06/06/01 -- Fight Develops Over Oil Drilling

06/06/01 -- Washington's journey toward sustainable forests

06/06/01 -- Texas refuge provides habitat for endangered species, and humanity

06/06/01 -- State may allow some logging on land set aside for owls

06/06/01 -- Senate shift encourages Interior nominee's foes

06/06/01 -- Oil drilling on tribal land prompts protest

06/06/01 -- Logging sale protesters rally in downtown Portland

06/06/01 -- Invasive plants could threaten White Mountain forest

06/06/01 -- Forestry officials admit timber sale probably won't pay for land swap

06/06/01 -- Environmentalists meet with Cheney

06/05/01 -- President Bush and the Everglades

06/05/01 -- National Forests: Forest Service Postpones Road Analysis Requirement

06/05/01 -- Logging Firm to Sell Up to 50,000 Acres to Preservationists

06/05/01 -- Environmentalists Meet Cheney, See Some Progress

06/05/01 -- Bush Tours Parks to Show He's Not Just a Tax-Cutter

06/05/01 -- Bush Pledges to 'Restore and Renew'

06/05/01 -- Bush Carries Environment-Friendly Tone to Everglades

06/04/01 -- Defenders of Wildlife: Bush trying To Trick Florida With Everglades

06/04/01 -- Conservationists defend ban on roads, logging

06/04/01 -- Bush Pledges Support for Everglades, Environment

06/04/01 -- 'Expose' reveals environmentalism's success

06/04/01 -- US to study letting snowmobiles into Alaska park

06/04/01 -- U.S. House energy chair says nation faces crisis

06/04/01 -- The Earth Shifts Under Environmental Agendas

06/04/01 -- Remarks by the President at Everglades National Park

06/04/01 -- Federal court blocks some logging in US Northwest

06/04/01 -- Controls Eyed for Anticipated Growth at Denali

06/04/01 -- Bush Tours Everglades, Polishes Green Credentials

06/04/01 -- Bush tours Everglades amid criticism

06/04/01 -- Bush Pledges Everglades Restoration

06/04/01 -- Bush names new park chief on Everglades stop

06/04/01 -- Army Corps Seeks to Relax Wetlands Rules

06/03/01 -- West's Fire Season Arrives Ahead of Time; Drought, Tangled Forests Sparking Intense Blazes

06/03/01 -- Plea made to protect California owl; Environmentalists' fight likely to run into Bush opposition

06/03/01 -- Cutting edge

06/03/01 -- Boulders used to illegally block forest roads

06/02/01 -- FBI: Group Steps Up Arson Attacks

06/02/01 -- F.B.I. Warns of Growing Arson Campaign

06/02/01 -- National Wildlife Federation names Dombeck Senior Fellow, fearing Bush regime

06/01/01 -- Shadowy eco-militants stepping up arson campaign

06/01/01 -- Monument's Boundaries May Be Altered; Mining Company Wants Changes to Ironwood Forest

06/01/01 -- Three Ore. Log Trucks Set on Fire

06/01/01 -- Salmon Court Victory Affects 170 Pacific Northwest Timber Sales

06/01/01 -- Ruling Halts Some Loggers in Northwest

06/01/01 -- Radical Green Group: We Set Fires

06/01/01 -- Militants Steps Up Arson Efforts

06/01/01 -- Eco-militants step up arson campaign

06/01/01 -- Bush Among the Redwoods

06/01/01 -- Arsonists Torch Logging Trucks in Oregon

06/01/01 -- Alaska snowmobilers drop lawsuit

06/01/01 -- Dismissal of Snowmobile Suit Paves Way for Legal Change

05/31/01 -- Amid Giants, Bush Airs His Park Plan

05/31/01 -- Wildfires threaten three western states

05/31/01 -- Skyscrapers Turn Out Lights to Save Migrating Birds

05/31/01 -- Report questions success of wetland restoration programs

05/31/01 -- President touts new program for parks

05/31/01 -- Land Purchase Plan Worries Environmentalists

05/31/01 -- Environmental Groups Offer Deal

05/31/01 -- Crews fight fires in California, Florida, Nevada

05/31/01 -- Citing Salmon, Court Blocks Oregon Logging

05/31/01 -- Bush Promises to Spend More for Repairs to National Parks

05/31/01 -- Battle over Endangered Species Act

05/31/01 -- Appeals Court Blocks Timber Sales

05/31/01 -- Amid Giants, Bush Airs His Park Plan

05/30/01 -- White House parks plan criticized as not enough

05/30/01 -- Timber industry suffers blows from many areas

05/30/01 -- Shareholder Support For Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Continues To Grow

05/30/01 -- Protesters vow to block logging at Eagle Creek timber sale

05/30/01 -- President Touts Environmental Agenda

05/30/01 -- Oil Boom Nears for Alaska, Even if Refuge Isn't Drilled

05/30/01 -- Forest Service OKs changes it says will protect Black Hills species

05/30/01 -- Bush to Announce New Step to Help National Parks

05/30/01 -- Bush Struggles With Leftover Lawsuits

05/30/01 -- Bush seeks new environmental way

05/30/01 -- Bush Pushes Local Control Of Conservation Matters

05/30/01 -- Bush Presses Environmental Agenda

05/30/01 -- Amid California Sequoias, Bush Talks Environment

05/29/01 -- Will White House save roadless forests?

05/29/01 -- National Guard to help with wildfire in Florida

05/29/01 -- EPA Adopts Rule to Cut Haze in Park

05/29/01 -- Clinton Forest Chief Joins National Wildlife Federation

05/29/01 -- Arrests of Protesters Increase as Battle Over North Coast Forests Shows No Letup

05/29/01 -- A Common Tragedy; Yellowstone is in disrepair, and money alone won't fix it

05/28/01 -- Plan for timber sales attacked by environmentalists

05/28/01 -- Judge says environmental groups can't intervene in road suit

05/28/01 -- Insects released to battle noxious Saltcedar

05/28/01 -- Grand Teton park expanding

05/28/01 -- Forest Service Chief Takes Office

05/27/01 -- Fire in Florida Swamp Spreads

05/26/01 -- Winds feeding fire in Florida's Big Bend

05/25/01 -- Firefighters brace for smoky summer in the West

05/27/01 -- As Others Abandon Plains, Indians and Bison Come Back

05/26/01 -- Oak tree disease is worry and a mystery

05/26/01 -- New chief has no big plans to increase logging

05/26/01 -- Cheney, Norton Accept Park Donation

05/25/01 -- Where Bison Meet Oil Rigs, Talk of Cooperation

05/25/01 -- Shrimp Habitat Declared

05/25/01 -- Senate shift is good news for GGNRA / Buying new land is a possibility again

05/25/01 -- Norton tour fuels wildlife debate

05/25/01 -- Groups seek ban on arsenic in wood

05/25/01 -- Deal Could Save 722 Acres of Open Space

05/25/01 -- Appalachian Trail Agreement Inked

05/24/01 -- With wilderness ruling made, the question is 'Now what?'

05/24/01 -- Turn away from Arctic drilling

05/24/01 -- Radical environmentalists linked to arson attacks

05/24/01 -- Proposed snowmobile restrictions draw angry response

05/24/01 -- Parks Offer Summer of Learning

05/24/01 -- Forest Service committed to restoration of wildfire areas, official says

05/23/01 -- Marketplace Timber Industry Goes to Battle Over Rival Seals for 'Green' Wood

05/23/01 -- Voracious Beetle May Save the South

05/23/01 -- Logging ban suspended

05/23/01 -- Federal judge orders Forest Service to 'restore' wilderness study areas

05/23/01 -- Environmentalists sue, protest proposed logging in Allegheny Forest

05/23/01 -- Environmental group: Logging practices endanger coho salmon

05/23/01 -- Court To Hear Forest Rules Case

05/23/01 -- Conservation easement will preserve old-growth forest

05/23/01 -- Appeals Court Vows Quick Ruling in U.S Forest Case

05/23/01 -- Wildfires persist in Florida

05/23/01 -- U.S. federal subsidies may reward green farms

05/23/01 -- Protest Feared in Two Oregon Fires

05/23/01 -- Plan to pay US farmers for stewardship unveiled

05/23/01 -- Old-Growth Forest Near Parleys Summit to Be Protected

05/23/01 -- Forest Service policy reversed

05/23/01 -- Fires Believed Set as Protest Against Genetic Engineering

05/23/01 -- Bush vs. the American Landscape

05/23/01 -- 6 Condors Released Into the Wild

05/22/01 -- Rockefeller-Owned Ranch Is Gift to Grand Teton Park

05/22/01 -- Eco-terrorists suspected in UW horticultural fire

05/22/01 -- Court blocks disputed logging operations in Mendocino County

05/22/01 -- Blaze damages horticulture center; eco-terrorists suspected

05/22/01 -- Arctic Drilling Proposal Sparks Protest, Praise

05/21/01 -- Wildfires Char Florida Wetlands, Pine Forests

05/21/01 -- Join hands for wilderness

05/21/01 -- First Battle Begins Over Drilling Policy

05/21/01 -- Alaskans ponder Bush's plans for pipeline, NPRA

05/20/01 -- Urban Biohazards Invading Forests

05/20/01 -- Tracking Down a Killer of Coastal Oaks

05/20/01 -- Refuge in a storm Nature lovers and oil drillers clash - with little room for compromise

05/20/01 -- Doing justice to the environment

05/20/01 -- Bolstering Bolsa Chica

05/19/01 -- Forest roads a small battle in larger war

05/19/01 -- Wyoming Sues to Block Roadless Forest Initiative

05/19/01 -- Virginia voters prefer conservation to tax cuts, poll says

05/19/01 -- Unusual alliance works to save longleaf pine forests

05/19/01 -- National Monument Dealt Setback

05/19/01 -- Map Maker Fired Over Arctic Chart a Cult Hero

05/18/01 -- Church logging plans on 'sacred' ground irks members

05/18/01 -- Bush's energy plan to affect forest road ban-USDA

05/18/01 -- Acerbic fervor among town's antigreens

05/17/01 -- Undeveloped Coastal Parcel to Be Preserved

05/17/01 -- Rockefeller Gives Land for Teton Park

05/17/01 -- Harvest in national forest delayed

05/17/01 -- Fired U.S. Mapmaker's Role in Bush Energy Plan

05/17/01 -- Bush Plan: Deja Vu All Over Again

05/17/01 -- National Parks: Green Groups Disgruntled with Bush Action on Parks

05/16/01 -- Judge can't see forest for the trees

05/16/01 -- Grizzly Bears: Enviros File Second Suit Over Oil Drilling Near; Yellowstone

05/16/01 -- Forest service to begin burning 75,000 acres in BoundaryWaters

05/16/01 -- Bush plan could narrow species' path to protection

05/16/01 -- A 36-Hole, 500-Acre Resort Plan Draws Opposition in Catskills

05/15/01 -- City Lights, a Siren's Song for Birds, Are Dimmed

05/15/01 -- Special judge called for in continuing snowmobile controversy in Flathead Forest

05/15/01 -- Officials urge forest thinning

05/15/01 -- Energy Policy's Ground Zero

05/15/01 -- Bush Considers Forest Rules

05/15/01 -- Bush administration officials hear from Western leaders on roadless plan

05/14/01 -- Timber Activists Arrested for Protecting Redwoods

05/14/01 -- One County's 'Open Space' Is Another's 'Golf Course'

05/14/01 -- Forests planning plant campaign

05/14/01 -- Arizona forests go after invaders

05/13/01 -- Gallatin National Forest not selling enough timber to complete land swap

05/13/01 -- Forest Service wants to encourage return of Canada lynx

05/13/01 -- Environmentalists appeal decision

05/13/01 -- Disagreement Mounts Over Road Ban For Forests

05/13/01 -- Conflicting Visions for 'Serengeti of California'

05/12/01 -- The West Is Culling Forests That Fueled Fires of the Past

05/12/01 -- Redford rebuffs Norton invitation

05/12/01 -- Environment takes back seat under Bush

05/12/01 -- Boise Cascade's Massive Roadless Forest Fraud

05/11/01 -- Technology, Purchase Power Can Help Save Migratory Birds

05/11/01 -- Redford Blasts W. House Green Policies

05/11/01 -- Ban on Road Building In Forests Is Blocked

05/10/01 -- New U.S. Park Expansions Shelved

05/10/01 -- New protesters move in to continue logging protest

05/10/01 -- Maxxam Enters Old Growth Redwoods to Clearcut Near Mattole Headwaters

05/10/01 -- Judge halts roadless rule, for now

05/10/01 -- Judge Blocks Bush Plan for U.S. Forest Roads

05/10/01 -- Judge blocks ban on new forest roads

05/10/01 -- Judge Bars New Forest Rules, Citing Potential Local Harm

05/10/01 -- Federal Judge Blocks US Forest Road Ban

05/10/01 -- Court Hands Miami-Dade Airport Plan a Setback

05/09/01 -- Wisconsin reinstates wetlands protection

05/09/01 -- Bush Picks Industry Insiders to Fill Environmental Posts

05/09/01 -- Wisconsin Law Closes Gap in Wetlands Protection

05/09/01 -- Wilds vs. wealth

05/09/01 -- Timber, tourism set sights on Tongass

05/09/01 -- Roadless rule will take effect Saturday

05/09/01 -- One-man mission to protect grizzlies

05/09/01 -- Golf courses encouraged to go green

05/09/01 -- Endangered Species Act may be threatened in Congress

05/09/01 -- Court Upholds Forest Service Decision to Not Permit Drilling Along Rocky Mountain Front

05/09/01 -- Bush land plan divides Western Republicans

05/08/01 -- Wisconsin protects wetlands after high court ruling

05/08/01 -- Timber firm, Idaho fight roads ban

05/08/01 -- Teaming up to save longleaf pine forests

05/08/01 -- Swaths of Flowering Dogwood Fall Prey to Fungus Blight

05/08/01 -- Pollution, toxic waste eat away at U.S. national parks

05/08/01 -- North Dakota counties sue Forest Service over roadless proposal

05/08/01 -- Lawsuit Alleges Gila Grazing Damage

05/08/01 -- Forest Chief: Rule Will Take Effect

05/08/01 -- Court Awards Compensation for Federal Takings

05/08/01 -- A road to more logging

05/07/01 -- Roadless policy more than green hopes

05/07/01 -- Montana: Roadless plan could affect state land management

05/07/01 -- Log 'Em and Leave 'Em

05/07/01 -- Keep Bulldozers Out of Still-Roadless U.S. Forests

05/07/01 -- Confused over road rules

05/07/01 -- Bush's careful posturing on forest roads

05/07/01 -- Bush Plans to Overturn Ban on Logging in Pristine Forests

05/07/01 -- Both sides in northern Minnesota critcize plans for forest road ban

05/07/01 -- Administration's forest plan could draw legal woes

05/07/01 -- A Stealthy Blow to National Forests

05/06/01 -- West braces for explosion of forest fires

05/06/01 -- Smithsonian Backtracks, Will Not Close Zoo Center

05/06/01 -- Greens rail against Bush's revised forest road-ban rules

05/06/01 -- Green group sabotages Oregon logging road

05/06/01 -- Forest fire recovery begins, but scars will remain for lifetimes

05/06/01 -- Court report: big roadless change possible

05/05/01 -- USDA Endorses Clinton Anti-Logging Rules

05/05/01 -- Shift on Forests Riles Advocates; Officials say it averts legal defeat

05/05/01 -- More Los Padres Oil Could Be Tapped

05/05/01 -- Migratory birds soar with $15 million for habitat

05/05/01 -- Loggers, environmentalists shift battle to the Southeast

05/05/01 -- Grass Is Gone on Other Side of These Fences

05/05/01 -- Finally, Bush Scores on the Environment. Or Not

05/05/01 -- Bush proposal draws pats and pans in Montana

05/05/01 -- Bush keeps forest road ban, drawing fire from both sides

05/05/01 -- Both sides wary of roadless stand Bush to let Clinton plan remain, subject to change

05/04/01 -- WWF: Bush Decision on Roadless Areas Another Step Backwards

05/04/01 -- WWF Criticizes Bush Decision on Roadless Areas

05/04/01 -- US to Seek Changes in Clinton-Era Forest Land Rule

05/04/01 -- Local say to come on roadless areas

05/04/01 -- Indiana University Goes Old Growth Free

05/04/01 -- Heritage Forests Campaign: Bush Administration Announces Plan To Weaken Forest Conservation Policy

05/04/01 -- Earthjustice: Bush Moves To Gut Forest Service Roadless Rule

05/04/01 -- Earthjustice: Bush Moves to Gut Forest Roadless Rule

05/04/01 -- Clinton Forest Rules to Stand

05/04/01 -- Bush To Revise Forest Road-Ban Rules

05/04/01 -- Bush to reopen 'roadless' forest rule

05/04/01 -- Bush said to continue logging ban

05/04/01 -- Bush Roadless Policy Stacking the Deck Against Forests

05/04/01 -- Bush Retains Roadless Rule, But Plans Revisions

05/04/01 -- Bush Plans to Leave Forest Road Ban in Place

05/04/01 -- Bush Orders Conservation; Tells feds in Calif. to cut use 10%

05/04/01 -- Bush Forest Road Ban to Allow Case-By-Case Changes

05/04/01 -- Bush decides to let Clinton forest plan stand for now / Local revisions to be allowed

05/04/01 -- Both Sides in Forest Debate Await Administration's Next Move

05/03/01 -- Where Roads Can Do Harm

05/03/01 -- Forest Rules Said to Be Revised

05/03/01 -- Bush To Revise Clinton Rules Protecting Forests

05/03/01 -- Bush may suspend forest road ban

05/02/01 -- USDA to issue statement on US forest roads ban on Fri

05/02/01 -- Logging opponents declare victory in tree sit-in

05/02/01 -- Keep the Roadless Rule

05/02/01 -- Human-raised cranes fly home to Wisconsin

05/02/01 -- Environmentalist: Bush May Suspend Forest Road Ban

05/02/01 -- Bush pressured to protect roadless forests

05/02/01 -- Democrat seeks to force Bush on forest roads ban

05/02/01 -- 20 in GOP Urge Bush to Back Clinton Logging Rules

05/01/01 -- House Approves Hunting on Idaho Monument

05/01/01 -- White House Considering Plan to Void Clinton Rule on Forests

05/01/01 -- Nation's Scientists Urge Bush Administration To Uphold Critical Forest Protection Rule

05/01/01 -- Bush Urged to Maintain Road Ban

05/01/01 -- Green groups demand Bush ease up on the Earth

05/01/01 -- Clinton-era forest rule dropped

05/01/01 -- Bush Unites the Enviros

04/30/01 -- Wild forests; Bush must defend roadless rule

04/30/01 -- Groups applaud deal to buy tropical wood

04/30/01 -- Forest Service updates food storage rules for grizzly country

04/30/01 -- Defenders Of Wildlife Calls For Restoring Gray Wolves To Northern California, Southwest Oregon

04/30/01 -- Bush Criticized as Fear for Environment Grows

04/30/01 -- Alaska politicians try to block rival gas project

04/29/01 -- Pennsylvania Forests: Act Now to Avert Their Pillage

04/29/01 -- Long Arm of the Government Rankles Western Landowners

04/29/01 -- Bush Rates Fairly Well, Except on Environment

04/29/01 -- A Thorn in His Side, Bush Hurting on Environment

04/28/01 -- Unite And Conserve

04/28/01 -- Toxic Texan Threatens America's Last Wild Forests

04/27/01 -- Veneman To Review Ecosystem Rule

04/27/01 -- U.S. Expected to Protect Rare Plant

04/27/01 -- Pew buys TV ads on wilderness

04/27/01 -- In His First 100 Days Bush Undermines the Endangered SpeciesAct

04/27/01 -- Energy resources stir debate Clinton's roadless plan splits eco-group, industry

04/27/01 -- Dead end for roadless forest rule?

04/27/01 -- Bush: The Anti-Environmental President, Says Defenders ofWildlife

04/27/01 -- Bush bombs in CBS environment poll

04/27/01 -- Agriculture secretary to review forest ecosystem rule

04/27/01 -- Administration lifts watercraft ban in 4 U.S. parks

04/26/01 --  Norton moves to cool Bush brothers' oil spat

04/26/01 -- Wilderness plan modified

04/26/01 -- White House at crossroads on logging rule

04/26/01 -- Voters won't soon forget Bush's early environmental record

04/26/01 -- US farm group urges alternative to roadless rule

04/26/01 -- Toxic Texan to Scuttle Clinton Roadless Area Protections

04/26/01 -- GOP Wants Roadless Rule Rolled Back

04/26/01 -- Forest groups say public opposes Bush's policy

04/26/01 -- Clinton accused of secret meetings in forest case

04/25/01 -- Plan for grizzlies might be shelved

04/25/01 -- Plan for Grizzlies May Be Shelved

04/25/01 -- Panel Overturns Ruling Against Strip Mining

04/25/01 -- Oak plague spreading -- state's forests in peril

04/25/01 -- Norton To Shelve Plans for Bears

04/25/01 -- Interior Secretary plans to shelve grizzly bear plan

04/25/01 -- Conservationists propose tripling amount of wilderness in Oregon

04/25/01 -- Bush Rejects Trendy Environmentalism

04/25/01 -- Appeals Court Throws Out Restrictions on Mountaintop Mining

04/24/01 -- Yellowstone, Teton Snowmobile Ban to Remain

04/24/01 -- Wyo. To Ban Snowmobiles in Parks

04/24/01 -- US lawmakers urge Bush to drop Arctic oil drilling

04/24/01 -- Tongass injunction hurts business

04/24/01 -- Snowmobile ban in parks may be short-lived

04/24/01 -- Rancher says he will appeal grizzly compensation ruling

04/24/01 -- Payback time for Bush - at the expense of environment

04/24/01 -- New Rules Let Plants Offset Gas Emissions Emissions

04/24/01 -- National park in Alaska draws tourists, money

04/24/01 -- Maybe we should listen to Alaskans

04/24/01 -- Greens protest new logging in Washington

04/24/01 -- Energy woes aid case for forest roads

04/24/01 -- Endangered Species Act is latest White House victim

04/24/01 -- Double-talk at the top: Bush panel will recommend ANWR drilling

04/24/01 -- Clinton rule for 2 parks not set yet Legal settlement could alter snowmobile ban

04/24/01 -- Bush task force will recommend Alaska drilling

04/24/01 -- Bush Lets Snowmobile Ban Stand Pending Study

04/24/01 -- Bush fails environment, critics say

04/24/01 -- Bush Defends Environmental Policy

04/24/01 -- A Preserve's Fight for Survival; Scientists Oppose Smithsonian Plan on Research Center

04/23/01 -- Whitman in Spotlight Anew With Comments on Drilling

04/23/01 -- White House: Arctic refuge still eyed

04/23/01 -- Read her lips: Whitman says no ANWR oil push

04/23/01 -- Powerful National Coalition Opposes Bush Extinction Rider

04/23/01 -- On the Inside Looking Out

04/23/01 -- Bush Tries Greener Look on Environment Issues

04/23/01 -- Bush Steps Lightly With His Agenda After Triggering Clinton Land Mines

04/23/01 -- Bush Officials Defend Environmental Positions In Earth Day Debates

04/23/01 -- Bush aide signals shift on Arctic oil drilling

04/23/01 -- Alaska Oil Drilling Plan Faces Energetic Opposition, EPA Head Concedes

04/22/01 -- Tree-Huggers Winning, But Still Scowling

04/22/01 -- Speaking Up for the Environment

04/22/01 -- Earth Day Brings Criticism for Bush

04/22/01 -- Bush Policies Swell Environmental Group Rolls

04/22/01 -- Food Can Close the Green Divide

04/21/01 -- White House Fact Sheet on the Tropical Forest Conservation Act

04/21/01 -- Opponents blast plan for Sierra; Timber, cattle, recreation groups attack Forest Service proposal

04/21/01 -- Arctic Drilling Debate Splits Alaska Natives

04/20/01 -- Protesters criticize Boise Cascade's actions

04/20/01 -- Yahoo - Wyoming's Red Desert Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Wilderness Society: Two Northwest wildlands need changes, protections

04/20/01 -- Utah Wilderness Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Upper Missouri Breaks National Monument Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Upper Bald River Roadless Area Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Two Bush Administration Proposals Put Yellowstone On "Most Endangered" List

04/20/01 -- Timber Firm to Reduce Clear-Cuts in Sierra by 70%

04/20/01 -- Snowmachining And Development Threaten Denali National Park & Preserve

04/20/01 -- San Joaquin Roadless Area Named As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Road Construction & Mineral Extraction Threaten Copper River Delta Wilderness

04/20/01 -- Rampant Swamp Buggy Use Puts Big Cypress National Preserve On America's Most Endangered Wildlands List

04/20/01 -- Protesters question logging practices at annual shareholders meeting

04/20/01 -- New Forest Service chief raises concerns about 'roadless' rule

04/20/01 -- Logging begins in scenic area

04/20/01 -- Greater Grand Canyon Ecosystem Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Environmental Rollbacks Called Worst Threat to Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Environmental Leaders Arrested in Earth Day Protest

04/20/01 -- Environmental group sues Forest Service to protect BWCA fringe

04/20/01 -- Earth Day Turns 31, Attacks on Bush Record Heighten

04/20/01 -- Delay In Implementation Of Roadless Area Conservation Rule Puts Kettle River Range Roadless Areas On America's Most Endangered WildlandsList

04/20/01 -- Colorado's White River National Forest Makes List Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands Again

04/20/01 -- Bush walks fine line on ecology

04/20/01 -- Badger-Two Medicine Roadless Area/ Rocky Mountain Front Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/20/01 -- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Tops List Of America's Most Endangered Wildlands

04/19/01 -- What on Earth . . . ?

04/19/01 -- Utah Suing U.S. Forest Service

04/19/01 -- Protesters question logging practices at annual shareholders meeting

04/19/01 -- Logging company announces reduction in clear-cutting

04/19/01 -- Environmentalists Dealt Mixed News

04/19/01 -- Birds more protective of young in North America

04/19/01 -- Big timber company drastically reduces clear-cutting

04/19/01 -- $138 million approved for preservation of open space

04/19/01 -- Boise Cascade's Logging Operations Under Fire at ShareholderMeeting

04/18/01 -- Bush blesses Clinton rule on wetlands

04/18/01 -- Restoration of Everglades to benefit industry

04/18/01 -- Pipeline Break Leaks Oil, Saltwater on Alaska Tundra

04/18/01 -- Forest Service on alert for vandalism in wake of ELF threats

04/18/01 -- As population swells, forest facilities erode

04/18/01 -- A Lake Shrinks From Drought and Disarray

04/17/01 -- Where's Ralph? With Nader and Gore missing in action, environmentalists are desperately gearing up to stop Bush's pro-business juggernaut

04/17/01 -- Three environmental groups sue to block old-growth logging

04/17/01 -- Smithsonian Plans Changes as Biologists Cry Disaster

04/17/01 -- Report Reveals Eastern Forests Damaged By Unsustainable Logging, Air Pollution And Numerous Other Threats

04/17/01 -- New Wetlands Rule Will Take Effect

04/17/01 -- EPA Will Toughen Rules on Wetlands

04/17/01 -- Citigroup Shareholder Meeting Rocked by Protest

04/17/01 -- Advent of Earth Day looks risky for Bush

04/17/01 -- Activists call for more regulations to protect Maine's forest

04/17/01 -- New Threats to Eastern Forests of the US - Need for Restoration

04/17/01 -- Learning What Fuel to Burn

04/17/01 -- Bush lets wetland protections stand

04/16/01 -- E.P.A. Backs Wetlands Rule Set by Clinton

04/16/01 -- Despite Appearances, Whitman Says She and Bush Agree on Environment

04/16/01 -- New Wetlands Rule Will Take Effect

04/16/01 -- Bush's dead letter

04/16/01 -- Bush Administration Blocks Dredging Discharges into Wetlands

04/16/01 -- 2 Villages, 2 Views of the Dynamics of Oil

04/15/01 -- Personal watercraft face ban in national parks

04/15/01 -- Greens see red over Bush budget

04/15/01 -- Clinton's forestry chief reflects on job, politics and retirement

04/14/01 -- Environmental Group Unfurls a Protest in Bush's Backyard

04/14/01 -- A Threatened Act

04/14/01 -- A new slippery slope

04/13/01 -- Two Environmental Challenges

04/13/01 -- Park Service To Ban Jet Skis

04/13/01 -- Norton may get sole discretion over species protection

04/13/01 -- Logging approved for burned-over Black Hills

04/13/01 -- Greenpeace activists arrested near Bush ranch

04/13/01 -- Fight Over Arsenic in Lumber Focuses on Public Awareness

04/13/01 -- Drilling in Rockies sharpens split over wilderness vs. oil

04/13/01 -- Californian to Head Forest Service / Bosworth praised bytimber industry, environmentalists

04/13/01 -- BP accused of environmental vandalism in Alaska refuge

04/12/01 -- Whitman Faces Critics at Every Turn

04/12/01 -- Norton: Suits Hurt Endangered Species

04/12/01 -- Mapmaking martyr

04/12/01 -- Jet Ski Ban Approved for Parks

04/12/01 -- Forest Service Choice Is Praised by Conservation and TimberForces

04/12/01 -- Federal judge to consider motion in Tongass logging case

04/12/01 -- Explore ANWR responsibly

04/12/01 -- Environmentalists lose suit challenging Snowbird expansion

04/12/01 -- Endangered species suits targeted

04/12/01 -- Deal adds 7,500 acres to Green Mountain National Forest

04/12/01 -- Could Bush's Environmental Moves Make Him an Endangered Species?

04/12/01 -- Bush Seeks Greater Control Over Endangered Species List

04/12/01 -- Bush aims put land, air under eco-siege

04/12/01 -- Browner blasts Bush on environment

04/12/01 -- Bosworth To Head US Forest Service

04/12/01 -- Boise Cascade First-Quarter Earns Plummet

04/11/01 -- Timber harvest near Mount Rainier park entrance is upheld

04/11/01 -- The Grand Canyon Has Grand Woes

04/11/01 -- Project delayed by court battle over road

04/11/01 -- PL files suit against Earth First

04/11/01 -- Neglected treasures

04/11/01 -- Moratorium Asked on Suits That Seek to Protect Species

04/11/01 -- Loggers ask judge to reconsider

04/11/01 -- Interior may allow snowmobiles in wilderness

04/11/01 -- Endangered species suits face block

04/11/01 -- Citigroup Target of Protests in 80 Cities Worldwide

04/11/01 -- Canada should use summit to oppose Alaska oil plan - WWF

04/11/01 -- Bush's budget would cut funds for environment

04/11/01 -- Bush Gets Tough Reviews on Environment, Poll Shows

04/11/01 -- Bush Administration Seeks To Gut Endangered Species Act; Changes Would Let Anti-ESA Norton Play God

04/10/01 -- Klamath Basin Listed As One Of America's Most Endangered Wildland

04/10/01 -- In Fires' Afterglow, Nature Runs Its Course

04/10/01 -- Fight Arctic Drilling at Summit, Ex PM Tells Canada

04/10/01 -- Defenders of Wildlife: Bush Budget Leaves Trail of Broken Promises

04/10/01 -- Colville National Forest agrees to review logging impacts on Caribou and Grizzly Bears

04/10/01 -- Bush Drops Campaign Pledge to Finance Rainforest Conservation

04/10/01 -- Bush Budget Slashes Environmental, Energy Efficiency

04/10/01 -- Budget Numbers Add Up to Major Loss for the Environment, WWF Says

04/10/01 -- Arsenic and Old Faithful

04/09/01 -- US vice president defends Bush administration's record on environment

04/09/01 -- Tongass roadless area closer to wilderness designation

04/09/01 -- Preventing ATV damage proves rough going in N.J.

04/09/01 -- New Threat to Yosemite

04/09/01 -- Managing Indiana's forestland is a matter of log it or leave it

04/09/01 -- Conservation group gets option to buy 2,200 acres

04/09/01 -- Bush drops pledge on tropical forests in budget With US-Budget

04/09/01 -- Bush Budget Would Cut Environment Funding by $2.3 Billion

04/08/01 -- In GOP, it's not easy being green; Party's environmental wing feels sting of recent Bush decisions

04/08/01 -- Environmental Rollbacks

04/08/01 -- Searching for oil under Alaskan ice

04/08/01 -- Retiring forest chief isn't the type to cut and run

04/08/01 -- Natural gas fix is not in arctic refuge

04/08/01 -- Make room for Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

04/08/01 -- Clashing images of the Arctic refuge

04/08/01 -- Cheney Defends Bush Environmental Policies

04/07/01 -- Wetlands restoration planned in San Joaquin Valley

04/07/01 -- Nature Meets Artifice, and a Ravine Is Reborn

04/07/01 -- Logging in Burned Forests Worries Environmentalists

04/07/01 -- Bush opens up the Rockies to oil exploitation

04/06/01 -- Win Some, Lose Some in Quest for Forest Protections

04/06/01 -- Whitman Calls for Patience on Environmental Policies

04/06/01 -- Study shows forests will react to climate change

04/06/01 -- Norton plans more drilling, Udall: It's a 'war on wilderness'

04/06/01 -- Forest Service Sued Over River Plans

04/06/01 -- 5 Condors Released Into Wild at Big Sur

04/05/01 -- Movement to End Commercial Logging in National Forests Gains Historic Congressional Support

04/05/01 -- Senate Energy Bill on Track for Summer Vote

04/05/01 -- Report: Draft Recommends U.S. Open Land to Drilling

04/05/01 -- Reclaimed Hardwoods Will Be Used for Asbury Park Boardwalk Renovations

04/05/01 -- Paradise lost: America's 10 most endangered parks

04/05/01 -- Open land to drilling, report urges

04/05/01 -- Norton pushes Alaskan drilling, pipelines

04/05/01 -- Mine executives protest ban on new forest roads

04/05/01 -- Judge's orders knock away rules banning logging roads

04/05/01 -- Judge Rebukes Roadless Plan Process

04/05/01 -- Judge leaves next step in forest case up to U.S.

04/05/01 -- Heritage Forests Campaign Statement On Forest Conservation Policy Ruling

04/05/01 -- Green backlash hits White House Anger over environment worries some Republicans

04/05/01 -- Federal rebukes Forest Service but won't block plan for now

04/05/01 -- Federal judge finds Clinton roadless initiative violated disclosure requirements

04/05/01 -- Federal judge blasts Forest Service but won't block plan

04/05/01 -- EPA chief endures critique from environmentalists

04/05/01 -- Environmental issues offer Bush some challenges

04/05/01 -- Drilling Studied in Off-Limits Areas of Rockies

04/05/01 -- Colorado battles Clinton land plan

04/05/01 -- City, groups agree on boardwalk renovation

04/05/01 -- Activists say Bush and pollution threaten US parks

04/04/01 -- 'Endangered parks' list aimed at Bush

04/04/01 -- U.S. Roadless Rule May Not Curb Energy Exploration

04/04/01 -- The Feeling of a Coup; President Bush is Overseeing the Most Radical Administration in Living American Memory

04/04/01 -- Most Endangered Parks List Includes Encore Appearances

04/04/01 -- Interior Secretary Pushes Alaskan Drilling, Pipelines

04/04/01 -- Group: Bush Snubs Park Preservation

04/04/01 -- Group Names Annual List of America's Ten Most Endangered National Parks

04/04/01 -- Forest Service halts timber operations in Tongass, following ruling

04/04/01 -- Environmentalists sue Forest Service over forest grazing

04/04/01 -- Environmentalists press for redirection of National Parks funding

04/04/01 -- Elk released in Great Smoky Mountains

04/04/01 -- Corporations outgun environmentalists in politics

04/04/01 -- Bush stance on Alaska refuge's natural gas puzzles some

04/04/01 -- Bush Plan for Alaska Wild Spurs a Warning

04/04/01 -- Ban Alaskan oil exports - and protect US consumers

04/04/01 -- Alaska's Parks Named to List of Most Endangered; Commercial Development, Off-Road Motorized Abuse Threaten Park Resources

04/04/01 -- Activists: Policy shift puts species at risk

04/03/01 -- Wildcats losing ground in battle for survival in U.S.

04/03/01 -- U.S. Rebuffs European Plea Not to Abandon Climate Pact

04/03/01 -- Pronghorn Most Endangered Species at Yellowstone

04/03/01 -- Judge: Forest Service management plan circumvented law

04/03/01 -- Judge calls halt to logging in most of Tongass forest

04/03/01 -- Forest Service's Tongass plan skirted law, judge says

04/03/01 -- Forest Service can bypass some rules in salvage

04/03/01 -- Environmental Reversals Shake Moderate Republicans

04/03/01 -- Eagles Regain a Perch in the Lower 48

04/03/01 -- County purchases rights to protect 938 acres; $3.5 million agreement will safeguard forests, cropland, Owens says

04/03/01 -- Baseball Star Al Leiter Makes Pitch for Old Growth Protection

04/02/01 -- Paying to play on public lands

04/02/01 -- No Retreat in Guarding the Forests

04/02/01 -- Maine celebrates largest U.S. conservation easement

04/02/01 -- Gov't to issue stance on forest conservation rule by May 4

04/02/01 -- Forest Service, foundation considering land swap

04/02/01 -- Federal Court Orders Protection of Alaska Tongass Roadless Areas and Study of Additional Wilderness Areas

04/02/01 -- Carbon Pool of Australia S Spl Worth at Least US$ 60.44 Mln

04/02/01 -- Bush looks beyond Alaska refuge for energy

04/02/01 -- Bush Foes Fire Up Ad Campaign to Counter Environmental Rollbacks

04/02/01 -- A Hostile Environment

04/02/01 -- McKinney brings National Forest Protection and Restoration Act before Congress

04/01/01 -- Norton Tours Ground Zero in the Oil Exploration Battle: Arctic Refuge

04/01/01 -- Colorado's Proposed Wolf Reintroduction Raises Hopes and Hackles

04/01/01 -- As Forest Service Changes the Mix of Activities, Logging is a Money-Loser

03/31/01 -- This Bush Is Not Green

03/31/01 -- Roadless-policy arguments heard

03/31/01 -- Democrats Take Bush to Task Over Environment

03/31/01 -- Bush to Counter Environmental Criticism

03/31/01 -- Arctic Refuge Feeling the Heat as Lawmakers Press Their Cases

03/30/01 -- Environmental group plans to fight logging proposal

03/30/01 -- State argues that roadless plan was enacted with little public involvement

03/30/01 -- Hands off lands funds, Bush says

03/30/01 -- Gov't to issue stance on forest conservation rule by May 4

03/30/01 -- Facing defeat on Alaska drilling, Bush looks beyond

03/30/01 -- Earthjustice: Roadless Forest Rule Still At Risk; Bush Administration Fails To Defend Conservation Policy As Promised

03/30/01 -- Bush Defends His Stance on Environment

03/30/01 -- Boise Cascade protest closes downtown street; 3 arrested after hanging banner from rooftop

03/30/01 -- ACTION ALERT! Boise Cascade Attacks Roadless Policy

03/29/01 -- Wild California Condors Lay First Egg in 15 Years

03/29/01 -- Roadless Protection Not Damaging Idaho's Timber Industry

03/29/01 -- Reid says Bush sees writing on wall opposing ANWR drilling

03/29/01 -- Norton Opens Door to Overturning Monuments

03/29/01 -- Norton Letter May Open Door to Downsizing of Public Lands

03/29/01 -- Local input sought on protected lands' uses Interior developing plan for national monuments

03/29/01 -- Group challenges logging plan U.S. proposal targets 17,000acres in Colo.

03/29/01 -- Giant Banner Unfurled in Downtown Boise, Idaho Proclaims "Boise Cascade: An American Disgrace"

03/29/01 -- Forest Service chief's exit a bad sign

03/29/01 -- Facing Obstacles on Arctic Oil, Bush Says He'll Look Elsewhere

03/29/01 -- Calling Al Gore

03/29/01 -- Bush softens position on energy drilling in Alaskan wilderness

03/29/01 -- Bush Says Economy Overrides Environmental Issues

03/29/01 -- Bush policies on environment criticized by leading Democrat

03/29/01 -- Bush Environmental Policies Drawing Fires

03/29/01 -- Activists wary as Norton seeks advice on monuments

03/28/01 -- Resignation of Forest Service chief points to changes to come in West

03/28/01 -- Proposed park access for snowmobiles riles conservationists

03/28/01 -- New Perspectives: the roadless rule

03/28/01 -- Lieberman calls for environmental probe

03/28/01 -- Forest Service Chief Quits, And Asks Bush to Hold Firm

03/28/01 -- Democrats Seek to Reverse Bush Environment Acts

03/28/01 -- Bush moves on Clinton monuments

03/28/01 -- Bush bid to open Arctic to oil drilling 'must not stand' - Gephardt

03/28/01 -- Banning tropical wood

03/28/01 -- Advertising war launched over Arctic oil fields

03/28/01 -- US Congressman calls for energy exploration at monuments

03/27/01 -- Urging Bush to Resist Pressure, Forest Chief Resigns

03/27/01 -- Sierra Nevada activists bemoan departure of Forest Service chief

03/27/01 -- Radical reversal; Bush sticks it to the environment

03/27/01 -- Plan proposes roadless-area logging

03/27/01 -- Clinton's Forest Service chief leaves Bush administration

03/27/01 -- Teenagers' Activism Takes a Violent Turn

03/27/01 -- Saving our national forests

03/27/01 -- Monument oil reserve eyed

03/27/01 -- Forest Chief Leaves Over Bush Policy

03/26/01 -- US environmentalists say Arctic refuge must be off limits

03/26/01 -- U.S. Act Found to Not Cut Acid Rain Damage

03/26/01 -- Roadless ban faces tough road

03/26/01 -- Judge OKs Protections for 11 Million Acres of Desert

03/26/01 -- Congressman Calls for Energy Exploration

03/26/01 -- Bush and the Environment

03/26/01 -- Arctic refuge could provide 25 pct US energy needs - expert

03/26/01 -- Acid Rain Resists '90s Fix, Study Says Scientists Urge New Emissions Cut

03/26/01 -- Acid rain is still a major problem, study finds

03/26/01 -- Acid Rain Continues to Damage Northeastern Forests

03/26/01 -- Abraham makes case for Alaska tap

03/25/01 -- Popularity of native plants becoming their own worst enemy

03/25/01 -- New Acid Rain Study Finds Northeast Is Not Recovering; Press Conference to be Held March 26

03/25/01 -- National forests planning campaign against invasive plants

03/25/01 -- Feelings run deep as forest-protection plan heads to U.S.court

03/24/01 -- Legislators introduce bill to ban state funds for tropical wood

03/24/01 -- Gila Forest Sued Over Protection of Wetlands

03/24/01 -- Environmentalists feel cheated by Bush's campaign

03/24/01 -- Democrats See Environment as a Bush Liability

03/23/01 -- US Arctic refuge drilling supporters unveil ad campaign

03/23/01 -- Spill Anniversary Energizes Opposition to Arctic Drilling

03/23/01 -- Oil and Websites Don't Mix

03/23/01 -- His Dream Is for a Return of the Natives

03/23/01 -- Frontiers of Freedom Institute Condemns Forest Activists'Summit; Will Boise see a repeat of the WTO riots in Seattle?

03/23/01 -- DNC: So Much Environment to Destroy, So Little Time

03/23/01 -- Democrats seek answers on Bush environmental moves

03/23/01 -- Business Calls the Tune

03/23/01 -- ACTION ALERT! Boise Cascade Target of National 'Markets Campaign'

03/22/01 -- White House Sets Deadline on Forest Rules

03/22/01 -- USDA to finish forest rules review

03/22/01 -- US scientists urge Bush not to drill in Alaska refuge

03/22/01 -- Republicans' Budget Plans Ignore Arctic Oil Drilling

03/22/01 -- Dems Charge Bush Weak on Environment

03/22/01 -- Democrats Hammer Bush on Environment

03/22/01 -- Democrats declare war on Bush over the environment

03/22/01 -- Conservation plan would include sweeping reserve

03/22/01 -- Bush puts brakes on roadless area rule

03/22/01 -- Bush Moves Causing Panic Among Activists

03/22/01 -- "Earth First vs. Earth worst"

03/21/01 -- USDA To Finish Forest Rules Review

03/21/01 -- Logging operation would yield tons of timber

03/21/01 -- Judge rejects Bush request for delay in hearing on forest plan

03/21/01 -- Honor roadless policy

03/21/01 -- Eco-Friendly Is in Eye of Beholder; Wildlife Group'sHeadquarters Criticized for Suburban Sprawl

03/21/01 -- California attorney general intervenes for protection of sequoia monument

03/21/01 -- Blue Planet: Forest roads measure at risk

03/21/01 -- 'Roadless' rule to get Bush response

03/21/01 -- Lawmakers want Arctic oil drilling cut from Bush budget

03/21/01 -- Judge denies Bush request to delay forest conservation case

03/21/01 -- Bush tilts to watts over wilderness

03/21/01 -- Aleutian Canada goose taken off Endangered list

03/20/01 -- Budget omits Alaska drilling

03/20/01 -- Partnerships Crucial to Saving Species, Norton Says

03/20/01 -- Judge rejects Bush request for delay in hearing on forest plan

03/20/01 -- Deal in Maine Prevents Development of Forest land

03/20/01 -- Deal completed to protect blocks of Maine forest from development

03/20/01 -- Cows, condos stir Teton National Park debate

03/19/01 -- National Forest Roadless Policy in Peril; Bush Administration Delays Implementation Even Longer

03/19/01 -- Incentives to build and buy 'green' homes

03/19/01 -- Failing species just out of luck: Lawsuits exhaust budget, U.S. asserts

03/19/01 -- Conservationists increase Tongass National Forest

03/19/01 -- A No-Holds-Barred Battle

03/19/01 -- A new state forest in town?

03/19/01 -- Alaska OKs $1.85 million for refuge oil hunt lobby