From Reuters: WASHINGTON - While Congress wrangles over paring US agricultural programs this year by a few billion dollars, an amalgam of environmental groups,...
March 29, 2005 New York Times How Foxes in the Aleutian Henhouse Doomed Islands' Plant Life By CHARLES PETIT Foxes may not graze, but a new scientific study...
Roundup. highly lethal to amphibians, finds University of Pittsburgh researcher03 Apr 2005 The herbicide Roundup. is widely used to eradicate weeds. But a...
Hi All, A quick reminder that our next Conservation Committee meeting will be this Tuesday, April 12th, at 6pm at Molly's house. Mark Sprengel, Exec Director ...
Ah yes, we all recall the terrible 90s when NEPA ran rampant over our economy under an administration that supported environmental regulations. Molly...
Hi, The following was forwarded to us today. I can't make it, and its short notice, but just in case anyone is interested..... Phil The next meeting of the...
Hi All, Below is the article that Mark Sprengel spoke about during the Conservation Committee meeting Tuesday night that some of you attended. For the rest of...
Hello All, This should be a very interesting field trip on May 14. Check the website if interested. Limited availability. There is a registration form, a...
Hi All, Last week at the Conservation Committee's monthly meeting Mark Sprengel made a very interesting presentation. Those of you who were there will recall...
WASHINGTON NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY Northeast Chapter Newsletter, April, Year 2005 We meet April 26 in the Manito Environmental Education Center, east of the...
Tax Breaks for Conservation Easements: Brian Miller read in the WNPS (Washington Native Plant Society) state board meeting minutes that President Bush...
Priest Lake timber sales draw attention Kempthorne directs IDL to meet with conservation groups on 2006 timber sales -- roads, grizzlies, bull trout on the...
From Reuters News Service on May 12th WASHINGTON - The US timber industry and two major environmental groups will send wood to Indonesia to prevent depletion...
May 15, 2005 A 'Lost' Cornwall Garden Regains Its Glory By R. W. APPLE Jr. HELIGAN is the Rip van Winkle of gardens. Nurtured by successive generations of the...
From the NY Times - May 24, 2005 To Save Its Canal, Panama Fights for Its Forests By CORNELIA DEAN MIRAFLORES, Panama - A freighter slides slowly into the...
The "Recreation Enhancement Act" (REA) passed in November 2004 as a rider on the Omnibus Appropriations bill. This law authorizes extensive expansion of ...
Greetings, The Daily Bee printed the Guest Opinion that Jim Dubuisson drafted and several of us signed as individuals (not as an official INPS action, but as ...
From Reuters............. VANCOUVER - Canada's forest products industry should not underestimate the impact of a pine beetle infestation in British Columbia,...
Hi Conservation Committee, As we discussed at our May meeting the Idaho Conservation League is creating an "Adopt A Roadless Area" program . Their goal is to...
hi lanie, we would love to go on this walk with the children. kai is a very mature seven. will that be all right? there would be four of us all together....
Notes on my telephone conversation with Forest Supervisor, Priest Lake State Forest (6/16/05) This phone call was part of my "homework" after the June ...
LONDON - Energy major BP and three partners are planning to build a plant in Scotland which would be the first in the world to generate "carbon free" ...
NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE Jun/Jul 2005, vol. 43 no. 4 National Treasure By Paul Tolmé While efforts to bank native plant seeds are expanding, habitat loss...
From the New York Times Op/Ed pages............. July 3, 2005 A Livable Shade of Green By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF PORTLAND, Ore. When President Bush travels to the...