Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
By Charles Pope, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. Apr. 23--WASHINGTON -- The House moved Oregon's Elk River watershed to the edge of permanent protection Tuesday by unanimously approving the Copper Salmon Wilderness Act. Written by Rep.
YubaNet.com (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Copper Salmon Wilderness Act introduced by Representative Peter DeFazio that would establish the newest Wild and Scenic Rivers and Wilderness in Oregon. The bill would safeguard wild salmon, old-growth forest by designating new Wild and Scenic Rivers and wilderness in the beautiful Elk River watershed. Senators Ron Wyden and Gordon Smith...
SquareState.net - Front Page (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
This week, Congresswoman Diana DeGette wrote that she will be reintroducing the Colorado Wilderness Act . She wrote about it here . Many of us in the environmental and recreation community have been waiting for this. I couldn't wait to write about some of the 62 BLM gems the legislation proposes. So here is my first effort to inform and inspire attention, dialog and action. I was a member of...
SquareState.net - Front Page (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
The drive for wilderness in Colorado can follow one of two basic paths. We can protect wilderness piece by piece, waging a huge political battle for each small parcel. This approach may result in incremental gains and maybe, by the time our children are grandparents, we'll have preserved what little wilderness still exists by then. Or we can unite behind a comprehensive bill today,...
Democracy for New Mexico (Free subscription) | 11/14/2007
From the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance: This week, the Sabinoso Wilderness Act of 2007, H.R. 2632, will head to the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. This will be the second wilderness bill...
