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New Policy would Allow Poisons, Aerial Gunning, ATV's, Snowmobiles and Aircraft in Wilderness to "Control" Predators
The Forest Service (USFS) is proposing destructive revisions to its national policies regarding predator control in designated wilderness.
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Protect
the Lakes of the Bob Marshall & Scapegoat Wildernesses!
The
Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks (MDFWP)
and the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) are proposing
a massive trout poisoning and restocking program using
helicopters and motorboats on twelve lakes in the Bob
Marshall Wilderness Complex. Though the lakes were naturally
fishless, they have historically been stocked with various
species of trout that the proposal aims to replace with
westslope cutthroat trout.
- New
management plans slated for Gates of the Arctic, Wrangell
- St. Elias, and Glacier Bay Wildernesses (AK).
The National Park Service (NPS) recently announced its intention
to draft new management plans for three National Parks in
Alaska - Wrangell-St. Elias, Gates of the Arctic, and Glacier
Bay...
- Help
protect the Bob Marshall Wilderness (MT)
The Forest Service is reviewing its proposal to re-issue
64 five-year outfitter and guide special use permits for
the Bob Marshall Wilderness, MT...
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Motorized
Trips into Kalmiopsis Wilderness (OR) Banned by Federal
Court in Precedent Setting Decision
In January, Federal Magistrate John
P. Cooney held that the "undisputed evidence"
before him demonstrated that a landowner's claim to unlimited
motorized access to build a destination resort on his mining
claim in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness held no merit.
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OUTGOING CONGRESS WHACKS AWAY WILDERNESS PROTECTIONS
Precedent Setting De-Designation of Wilderness in Last
Minute Riders
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Wilderness Watch Challenges NPS' Decision to Helicopter
Pre-Fabs into Olympic Wilderness.
Tacoma, WA Olympic National
Parks decision to airlift pre-fabricated buildings
into designated wilderness is a violation of the Wilderness
Act, according to a suit filed in U.S. District Court in
Tacoma by Olympic Park Associates, Wilderness Watch and
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
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Rules Park Service Violates Wilderness Act - End of Vehicle
Tours in Georgias Cumberland Island Wilderness.
The
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has slammed the door on
the National Park Service's motorized sightseeing tours
through the Cumberland Island Wilderness...
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Appeals court rebukes Forest Service for allowing commercial
packstock operations to harm two sierra wildernesses, CA
The
U. S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit overturned a
district court ruling that would have allowed the US Forest
Service to permit commercial packstock operations in two
Sierra Nevada Wildernesses at levels that continue to damage
the wilderness character of the protected areas...
- Wilderness
Watch Appeals FC-RONR Wilderness Management Plan
A
coalition of conservation and recreation organizations appealed
the Forest Services Wilderness Management Plan for
Idahos Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
(FC-RONR), including the Wild & Scenic Salmon River.
Far from preserving wilderness character and addressing
the significant degradation of the FC-RONR, the Management
Plan allows for increased damage to one of Americas
premier Wildernesses.
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Forest Service Withdraws Decision to Allow Motorized Access
in Kalmiopsis Wilderness, OR
On April 13th, an U.S. District Court
in Oregon settled a case challenging a Forest Service decision
to grant motorized access to a private inholding located
8 miles within Oregons Kalmiopsis Wilderness...
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Judge
Ok's Motorized Tours in Cumberland Island Wilderness (GA)
In a rebuke of the Wilderness Act's prohibition
on motorized recreation, a federal judge in Georgia has
ruled that its okay for the National Park Service (NPS)
to conduct motor vehicle tours through the Cumberland Island
Wilderness...
- Guzzler
Interupted - Massive construction project to place artificial
drinking tanks in the Sheephole Valley Wilderness (CA) put
on hold.
The California Department of Fish & Game (DFG) is seeking
approval from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to construct
an extensive system of artificial water sources called "guzzlers"
throughout a portion of the California Desert...
- Mt.
Tipton Wilderness (AZ) threatened by development
In October 2002 the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) approved year-round motor vehicle travel through the
Mt Tipton Wilderness for a property owner wishing to develop
a 60-acre parcel of private land into a horse ranch...
- The
challenge of protecting the Steens Mountain Wilderness (OR)
in more than name alone
In
January 2003 BLM approved the continuation of the commercial
Steens Mountain Running Camp within Wilderness...
- Commercial
hunting operations pose challenges for Alaskan Wilderness
Though charged with protecting the wilderness
character of the refuges, the Fish and Wildlife Services
proposed hunting guide selection criteria places more weight
on client satisfaction than on actions aimed at Wilderness
protection...
- Crippen
cabin victory!
By July 2004, the Forest Service will burn
and remove the controversial structure known as the Crippen
cabin using non-mechanized means...
- Judge
halts road construction in Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness
In a victory for Wilderness, federal Magistrate
Richard Anderson rejected plans to build nearly nine miles
of road in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in southwest
Montana.
- Victory
in Gates of the Arctic
The Gates of the Arctic Wilderness will remain unscathed
by ATV use for another year.
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