Link

Interior Department officials ignored key scientific findings when they limited water flows in the Grand Canyon to optimize generation of electric power there, risking damage to the ecology of the spectacular national landmark, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Link

The use of motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles in the forest around Jackson Hole had largely been unregulated before the plan. Wilderness was one of the few exceptions.

Link

Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the local Idaho Department of Fish and Game office at (208) 525-7290.

Those of you who ever stepped foot in the Lee Metcalf wilderness area of Montana may recognize the name.

Link

Mrs. Metcalf devoted considerable time over the years to the preservation of Montana’s remaining wild places as wilderness. She founded and chaired the Forever Wild Endowment and served on the Board of the Northern Rockies Action Group. She was a lifelong member of the Wilderness Society.

Link

“Yellowstone represents the birthplace of the national park idea,” Johnston said. “At Yellowstone, we’ll examine what that fundamental idea means for national parks today, and how it can shape a vision for the next century of the national parks.”

Link

The program will be broadcast this fall in conjunction with a 10-hour series about the national parks called America’s Best Idea: Our National Parks, by filmmaker Ken Burns. The Cuyahoga Valley National Park won’t be prominently featured in the series, so Western Reserve Public Media decided to produce a local documentary highlighting the park’s importance to Northeast Ohio.

Link

That’s why Dr. Robar joined 53 other scientists and academics last week in endorsing a proposal to designate eight new wilderness areas totaling 54,640 acres on the national forest in Elk, Forest, McKean and Warren counties.

Link

The EPA objection is over an air quality permit issued last November by the South Dakota Board of Minerals and Environment. At the time Big Stone II officials called the approval “a major step forward” for the plant. Now the EPA’s Denver office is questioning whether the South Dakota air permit is adequate.

Link

In a letter to Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., chair of the House Committee on Natural Resources, Matheson urged that parks projects be put on a fast track.

Couldn’t agree more.

Link

Now, Glacier National Park’s Superintendent, Chas Cartwright, wants to get the public interested in officially designating the park as a wilderness. Cartwright said more than 30 years has been a long time to wait.