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Major Mt. Hood Victory
Wilderness Watch enjoyed a huge victory when the Forest Service
decided to withdraw its new wilderness management plan for the
Mt. Hood, Salmon-Huckleberry, and Hatfield Wildernesses in Oregon.
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Court Victory
for Sierra Wilderness
A federal judge has given a boost to efforts to protect the John
Muir and Ansel Adams Wildernesses from damage caused by excessive
and inappropriate stock use by commercial pack outfits.
- The
threat of wildlife "guzzlers"
The advent of wildlife farming poses a new and menacing threat
to the desert Wilderness of Southern California. The artificial
augmentation of bighorn sheep populations for hunters has become
a new and profitable industry, and it appears that everybody wants
a cut.
- Battle
for the beach
Off-road vehicle (ORV) enthusiasts have mounted a battle to open
up wilderness to motorized recreation. The unlikely battle ground
is a 2.5 mile stretch of beach inside the Brigantine Wilderness
in New Jersey.
- Helicopter
will not get air time in Rogue-Umpqua Wilderness, OR
Due to objections raised in an appeal by Wilderness Watch, the
Forest Service has withdrawn its plan to use a helicopter to remove
a submerged plane from Fish Lake in Oregon’s Rogue-Umpqua
Divide Wilderness.
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Independent panel sounds
alarm for America's Wilderness
According to a new report the nation’s wilderness is not
be as "protected" as many Americans believe. An independent
panel reviewing the Wilderness stewardship programs of the Forest
Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and
Fish and Wildlife Service found serious deficiencies.
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Manufacturing History in
the Olympic Wilderness, WA
Though fourteen years have passed since the Olympic Wilderness
was designated, park officials have yet to produce a management
plan. Instead, they have initiated a historic building boom that
has stunned conservationists with its disregard for Wilderness
values.
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