Efforts afoot within the Stanislaus National Forest to make some off-highway vehicle trails off limits are drawing plenty of interest and reaction.
December 24, 2006
California: Debate fuels forest’s off road vehicle plan
Wyoming: Locals work to protect the Wyoming Range
“The experience of the Wyomings transcends all talk about them,” resident Pete Doenges said. “They are a treasure and a sacred place, and getting people out to feel the healing power of this place can leave deep impressions.”
Utah: Lynx caught in Utah return to Colorado
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two wayward Canada lynx have been captured in Utah after being treed by dogs, Utah wildlife officials said.
Idaho: Snowmobiles return to national forest that holds the last caribou
NORDMAN, Idaho — The whine of snowmobile engines again echoes through the national forest here.
The sound infuriates those seeking to protect the Lower 48 states’ last herd of caribou but thrills local business owners and riders from across the region who claim their sport has little to do with the plight of the endangered animal.
Appeals court tosses out Bush smog rules
The Environmental Protection Agency rules for forcing state cleanups of smog don’t meet Clean Air Act requirements, a three-judge panel rule in a suit brought by a Southern California clean-air agency, environmental groups and some mid-Atlantic and Eastern states downwind of others states’ smog.