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Spring 2006 Newsletter
Vol. VIII, No. 2
 
 
 
 

Lots of news to share with the new year.  New Wilderness, Arctic Refuge, and more.

 
The fight over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is not five or ten years old, as many people think. Fifty summers ago, five forward-looking citizens traveled there for a six-week inventory of the area’s natural history. Read More...
U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) has spent the past quarter century trying to force Congress to let the oil industry drill in the biological heart of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. His last effort, in December 2005, was no match for a bipartisan coalition and thousands of phone calls jamming the Senate switchboard. Stevens came up several votes short, and the Senate then passed the important bill without the drilling plan. Read More...
In the final weeks before heading home for the holidays in December 2005, Congress passed three bills adding a total of 120,000 acres to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Read More...
“Good science becomes more important every day,” says Dr. Thomas Bancroft, who heads The Wilderness Society's Ecology and Economics Research Department. “This is especially true when those in power are making bogus scientific claims involving the Arctic Refuge, global warming, and our national parks.” Read More...
The fight over the future of national forest roadless areas now has entered its sixth year. President Bush suspended the rule within 24 hours of taking office and, in May 2005, repealed it. In its place, his administration set up a voluntary petition process, allowing governors to request protection of roadless areas within their states. The battle continues. Read More...
Wilderness proposed at Mt. Hood; Alaska's Kenai National Wildlife Refuge faces challenges.  Read about these and other issues our regional offices are working on. Read More...
“For 30 years I’d wanted to live in a solar home,” says Jerry Unruh, a long-time Wilderness Society member. Today he and his wife Diana wake up in one every morning, and their Manitou Springs, Colorado, house is part of tours organized each year by the American Solar Energy Society. Read More...
That may describe the Antiquities Act, which celebrates its centennial June 8. And there is a lot to celebrate: Grand Canyon, Acadia, Zion, and Olympic National Parks were originally protected by this venerable law. There are 118 other special places on the list. Read More...
Cover of Spring 2006 Wilderness Society Member Newsletter.
 
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