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The Forest Service upheld its decision to allow gas companies to drill as many as 127 well pads and construct roads and pipelines in a 125,000-acre area in La Plata and Archuleta counties, including portions of the HD Mountains near Bayfield.

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WASHINGTON — John Krebs helped save the Sierra Nevada’s remote Mineral King Valley from development, and it cost him his congressional career.

Now, Congress could repay the debt.

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It’s an idyllic place, set deep in the Great Bear Wilderness more than 30 miles from the nearest road. There is no electricity and most power available is the oldest kind: manpower.

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Federal and state officers are issuing more citations for off-road vehicle violations in Utah - 1,336 since 2004 - than in any state except California.

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A political compromise uniting the Colorado congressional delegation behind wilderness designation for Rocky Mountain National Park ran into trouble Thursday from the Bush administration.

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National Forests and Grasslands in Texas Forest Supervisor Fred Salinas is proposing to prohibit the cross-country use of motor vehicles and restrict their use to designated roads, trails, and areas on the Angelina, Davy Crockett, and Sabine National Forests, and is asking for public comments on the completed Environmental Assessment.

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All wood or charcoal fires, including those at developed campgrounds and campfire use sites, are now prohibited in the national forest. Propane and other liquid fuel devices such as lanterns and portable stoves are only allowed in designated campfire use sites with a valid California campfire permit.