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“Frankenstein” was Wyoming U.S. District Court Judge Clarence A. Brimmer’s metaphor for the Clinton Administration’s 2001 Roadless Rule, which today protects 4.1 million acres of untamed territory in Colorado and 58.5 million acres on national forests nationwide.

Brimmer last Friday heard the state of Wyoming’s argument for issuing an injunction against the rule, which he previously declared illegal. Brimmer is expected to decide the case by the end of next week.

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Congresswoman Diana DeGette said Wednesday that she will reintroduce a bill to protect Colorado’s wilderness from drilling rigs and road development.

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For nearly 60 years, Robert and Marjorie Miller of Montrose, Colo., have tried to re-open the Robin Redbreast Gold Mine in southwestern Colorado’s Uncompahgre Wilderness. Now, after decades of litigation, the Millers are on the verge of getting approval for their plans to mine in a designated wilderness area.

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He’s a maniac man, a maniac,” said one witness, who only identified himself as Mike.

Mike says he was driving right behind the man. “This place is made for people to site see, you don’t fly through here. He spun around in the road, did a doughnut, and took off down here like a bat out of heck.”

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Recent rains have prompted the U.S. Forest Service to ease campfire restrictions in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota.

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Getting children out in nature is the goal of numerous agencies of the federal government. The concern is that children are turning more to indoor activities, such as television, computers and video games, and are less active physically and less appreciative of nature.

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WASHINGTON – Accused of dragging his feet on global warming, President Bush on Thursday proposed talks among the countries that emit the most greenhouse gases — a strategy that critics immediately labeled as counterproductive since a process already exists for international climate talks.

A temporary reprieve. The calls worked, for now.

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SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Public outrage prompted a temporary stay of execution on Wednesday for 300 bison, including an estimated 100 calves, roaming in Montana outside the confines of Yellowstone National Park.

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GLACIER NATIONAL PARK — The report of a grizzly bear death outside Glacier National Park caused by a dart-and-collar procedure the weekend of May 12 is not true, according to Grizzly Bear Recovery coordinator Chris Servheen