“Most insidiously, the president has put representatives of polluting industries or environmental skeptics in charge of virtually all the agencies responsible for protecting America from pollution.”
April 7, 2007
White House rewards industry reps with enviro posts
Minnesota: Lake of the Woods declared impaired
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — Due to excess phosphorous, diminished water clarity and significant algae blooms, the Lake of the Woods appears on a draft list of impaired waters prepared by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Rare striped rabbit makes appearance in wilds of Indonesia
Hippity, hoppity…click! So went the latest appearance of one of the world’s rarest rabbits, captured on film by a camera trap in the rain forests of Indonesia, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society
Utah: Zion National Park phasing out free passes for locals
HURRICANE, Washington County — Zion National Park increased its entrance fees this year and is phasing out a policy that allowed residents of nearby Hurricane and Kanab to pass through the park for free — a change that is causing considerable local uproar.
California: Forest Service firefighter stabbed checking station
Suffering from cuts to his wrist, the firefighter put out a call for help as the burglar ran off. About 20 Forest Service investigators, California Highway Patrol officers and San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies responded, spending the next five hours canvassing the area.
Montana: Missing man found alive in cave
HELENA, Mont. - A Great Falls man last seen in October and reported missing in early December was found living in a cave near Cardwell after an outdoorsman spotted footprints “off the beaten path,” Jefferson County Sheriff Craig Doolittle said Friday.