Wilderness Areas

Ghost Trails Haunt Our Public Lands

Kevin Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kevin Walker

Very few wild, relatively pristine lands remain in the lower forty eight states. And less than half of them lie within protected areas. The rest of these scarce wild lands are vulnerable to abuse.

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No Longer the Republican Party of Mount Rushmore -- Now the Party of Easter Island

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jared Diamond, Jim Demint, Gallatin National Forest, Rapid City, Hawley Mountain Guest Ranch, Montana, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilderness Areas, Jan Schakowsky, National Forest, Abraham Lincoln, Strom Thurmon, Mount Rushmore, Deforestation, Republican Party, National Parks, Politics News
Robert Creamer

It is really pretty remarkable to ponder how far the modern Republican Party has strayed from the vision of Lincoln, the Great Emancipator -- and Teddy Roosevelt, the Conservationist and Trust Buster.

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