Wilderness Protection

The Public Sides With Point Reyes Wilderness

Sylvia Earle | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Wilderness Protection, Department of the Interior National Park Service, Sylvia Earle, Ted, Environment, Conservation, Ken Salazar, Mission Blue, One World One Ocean, National Parks, Estuaries, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marine Wilderness, Ocean, Green News
Sylvia Earle

It is not difficult for either the casual park visitor or the seasoned scientist to recognize the ecological significance of Drakes Estero. Today, we understand the importance of protecting our beautiful and fragile coastline.

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Two Different Approaches to 'Wilderness'

Joanna Eede | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Wilderness, Wilderness Polcy, Wilderness Preservation, Wilderness Protection, Wilderness Society, Wilderness Bill, Green News
Joanna Eede

The concept of 'wilderness' has long existed in Western culture as a place of pristine natural beauty unpolluted by human life. These policies neglect indigenous tribal peoples for whom such 'wild' places were once merely 'home'.

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Utah Sues Feds Over Obama's Wilderness Protection Plan

AP | By LYNN DeBRUIN and MATTHEW DALY | Posted 07.02.2011

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SALT LAKE CITY -- The state of Utah filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government over an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres ...

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Obama's Wilderness Protection Plans Deemed 'A War On The West' By Republicans

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, No More Wilderness, Obama Wilderness, Wilderness Protection, Wild Lands Plan, Obama Wilderness Policy, Nature, The West, Green News

WASHINGTON — Republican governors and members of Congress vowed Tuesday to fight an Obama administration plan to make millions of acres of undev...

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Obama To Reverse Bush-Era Wilderness Protection Policy

AP | KRISTEN WYATT | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy and make millions of undeveloped acres of land once again eligible for fede...

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Hidden Gems Wilderness Protection Bill Shows Lack Of Consensus

Vail Daily | Scott Condon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Summit County, Avon-Colorado, Carbondale, Lower Piney, Hidden Gems, Red Table Mountain, Four-Wheel, Castle Peak, Crazy Horse Creek, Eagle County, Wilderness Preservation, Basalt Mountain, Wilderness Protection, Dirt Biking, Jared Polis, Denver News

ASPEN, Colorado -- U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will introduce a wilderness bill that provides some level of protection to roughly 70 percent of the lands ta...

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PHOTOS: Which Colorado Locales Were Named 'Best Wild Places' By Field And Stream?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alpine Triangle, Roan Plateau, San Juan Mountains, Gila Mountains, Pine Forest, Trout Unlimited, Cabinet Mountains, Green River, Yaak Mountains, Preservation, Gila Wilderness, Slidepollajax, Wilderness Protection, Field and Stream, Blue Lakes, Flaming Gorge, Best Wild Places, Denver News

Trout Unlimited and Field & Stream have teamed up to name the 'Best Wild Places' in America. All of these Western locations are unique in their beaut...

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Father's Day Came Early This Year: Remembering the "Father of Earth Day"

Bill Meadows | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Wilderness, Environmental Policy, Wilderness Protection, Earth Day, Earth Day 2010, Advocacy, Green News
Bill Meadows

Gaylord Nelson initiated the first Earth Day in 1970. He spent his life protecting the national forests, national parks, and the other lands that belong to all Americans.

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Sleepless in San Francisco: My First Day With the Sierra Club

Michael Brune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Coal Plants, Environmentalism, Wilderness, Clean Energy, Coal, Environment, Dirty Coal, Rainforest Action Network, Adventure-Tourism, Energy Efficiency, Volunteering, Activism, Climate Change, Sierra Club, Wilderness Protection, Solar Power, Green News
Michael Brune

As effective as the Sierra Club has been, we need to do our best work in the years ahead. Looking forward, here are a few projects we want to complete.

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Amid Devastation, Glimmers of Hope

Bill Meadows | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservation, Nevada, Wilderness, Idaho, California, South Dakota, Wilderness Protection, Colorado, Green News
Bill Meadows

While we witnessed the oil spill hit the Breton Island National Wildlife Refuge, we also witnessed the achievement of five milestones for wilderness protection in five short days.

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Why We Need a Bold Vision for Preserving Our Wilderness

Robert Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Drilling, Wilderness, Clean Energy, Wallace Stegner, Ken Salazar, Wilderness Protection, Utah, Robert Redford Utah, Green News
Robert Redford

Places I viewed as symbols of this so-called Promised Land have disappeared into clear cuts, drilling fields, and open-pit mines. What do our children inherit from this irretrievable loss? Pictures of how it used to be?

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Cumberland Island National Seashore to be Damaged by Motor Vehicle Tours

Levi Novey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiking, Cumberland Island, Island, Wild Horses, Barrier Island, Electric Vehicles, Motor Vehicles, Wilderness, Georgia, Tours, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Walking, Jack Kingston, Motor Vehicle Tours, National Park Service, Camping, Wilderness Protection, Green News
Levi Novey

While it might be accurate that there would not be an ecologically significant impact on Cumberland Island because of motor tours, there will most definitely be a significant impact on the experience.

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Balancing Renewable Energy Projects & Public Lands Stewardship

Robert Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Wilderness, Google Earth, Green Living, Wilderness Protection, Public Lands, Renewable Energy Public Land, Robert Redford, Public Land Stewardship, Green News
Robert Redford

America is on the verge of a renewable energy gold rush -- hundreds of applications have been filed for wind and solar projects on public lands. I think this is long overdue.

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House Votes To Expand Wilderness In 9 States

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 285-140 roll call Wednesday by which the House voted to aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. More than 1,000 mi...

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Utah Lands Win a Reprieve at the Dawn of a Cleaner, Greener Future

Robert Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Robert Redford Utah Wilderness, Bush Administration, Obama Inaugural Address, Nrdc, Environment, Bureau of Land Management, Obama, Wilderness Protection, National Parks, Utah, Green News
Robert Redford

Destroying our natural heritage will do nothing to solve our energy challenges for the long-term, which to me, is even more reason to act.

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Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Wildlands, Public Lands, Oil Drilling, Green Transition, Obama's Cabinet, Salazar, Blm, Bureau Land Management, Wilderness Protection, Cabinet Appointments, National Parks, Interior Deparment, Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior, Cheney Energy Task Force, Nrdc, Roan Plateau, NRDC Action Fund, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Environmental Policy, Bush Environmental Policy, Interior Department Corruption, Environmental Protection, Colorado, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Interior Department Scandal, Bush Administration, Bush Ending Environmental Protections, Land Protection, Tom Gnojek, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Green News
Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has to send a powerful signal that the era of unethical behavior and unchecked industry influence is over.

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