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the native conservationists of madagascar

sun, 03 mar 2019 19:09:36 +0000

two research guides in northeast madagascar founded their own nature reserves in their home villages, hoping to protect wildlife and their community in the face of climate change and deforestation.

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rio grande del norte nca

tue, 01 mar 2011 12:37:32 +0000

the rio grand flows through some of the oldest continually inhabited land in the united states. in northern new mexico, the river follows a deep gorge formed by the separation of the earth’s curst. because of its wild and pristine state it’s home to a rich population of birds and mammals and is one of the world’s great migratory fly-aways linking the united states and canada for hundreds of migrating bird species.

for the past 30 years concerned citizens and lawmakers have been working to create the rio grand del norte national conservation area along new mexico’s northern boarder. the proposed nca consists of 235,000 acres of rolling sagebrush hills and 70 miles of the rio grand, the first section of wild and scenic river established in the united states. the goal is not only to preserve this rare and wild landscape, but also a way of life that dates back hundreds of years.

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should activists turn rock creek, wyoming into federal wilderness?

thu, 13 jan 2011 12:30:58 +0000

every fall bob granstrom of buffalo mountain outfitters leads elk hunters into wyoming’s big horn mountains. lately he’s been packing people into rock creek, not for hunting, but to show them why he thinks this 34,000-arcre area should be designated wilderness, added to the adjacent cloud peak wilderness.
several local activists are working to raise support to protect rock creek. though currently determined to have little commercial value for its natural resources, the area to some in the county commissioner’s office may have future potential for the development of logging or access roads. federal wilderness designation would make rock creek off limits to foresters and new construction projects. but some argue that wyoming would be deprived of its right of self-determination and oppose protection efforts.
is it possible to have “enough” wilderness? at what point should states’ right be trumped in favor of a federal mandate? watch the video and share your comments.

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reversing decades of dumping in the oregon badlands

tue, 11 jan 2011 13:00:23 +0000

just a 15-minute drive from downtown bend in central oregon, the badlands offer a quiet getaway. the land is designated as “wilderness” by the federal government, while volcanic ash and eroded lava make up sandy natural trails. off-trail hikers can explore mazes recreated by lava ridges that once rose and then split down the middle as the lava cooled.

david eddleston leads a volunteer force called the friends of the oregon badlands or fobits. he said the fun name rhyming with hobits brings attention to the group’s mission to help restore this high desert jewel.
“that means reversing decades of dumping,” eddleston said. “we want to take out all this trash that we’ve got here and gradually restore it and heal it and bring it back to being a wilderness again.”

the fobits have more than a 130 volunteers who work closely with other nonprofits.
the u.s. bureau of land management says that it benefits from tens of thousands of dollars in volunteer labor. facing tight budgets and limited resources, land managers here are increasingly turning to volunteers to help protect these uniquely american assets.

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conserve the wilderness of the alpine triangle

thu, 23 dec 2010 08:35:26 +0000

with some of the most spectacular scenery in the united states the alpine triangle is 186, 000 acres of high altitude resource rich public land in the san juan mountains of southwest colorado. citizen groups there are purposing this as an addition to america’s national conservation lands. this new designation would put a moratorium on future mineral extraction and would result in the allocation of additional resources to better manage increased visitation for recreation.

“what we’re pushing for and suggesting is kind of a leave-it-as-it-policy,” said paul joyce of the alpine triangle coalition. “we don’t want to change a lot about the alpine triangle. we just don’t want a lot to change about it in the future.”

but some local residents are apprehensive about closing public land to future mining. while others worry that a conservation land designation might negatively impact tourism.

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protecting southern forests against climate change encroachment

tue, 30 nov 2010 13:04:57 +0000

representatives from the world resource institute discuss the risks of our treasured woodland that are owned by private landowners. the video discusses the grave importance of succession land planning and market based approaches as a tool for conservation and management.

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preserving the volcanic beauty of black butte, oregon

wed, 22 sep 2010 16:55:11 +0000

a southern idaho highway punches through what was molten lava just 10,000 years ago, a blink of an eye in geologic time.

“i’d seen it from the road. i’d seen the lava flow across the road and i read about it in the literature at the wilderness study areas,” said david freiberg of the u.s. bureau of land management. “but when i finally got the chance to come up here and visit i came up over the hill and i thought wow this is…i described it as ‘tolkienesque’ because it’s such an austere looking volcanic landscape.”

this shield volcano called black butte rises just 200 feet above its surroundings on the snake river plain making it barely visible from the highway.

“very few people actually visit this area and its one of the things that i’ve been working on here at the blm is to try to raise people’s knowledge and their understanding of the different natural resources we have.”

hiking through that hostile landscape offers a tour into the recent volcanic past. sheets of basaltic lava remain extremely well preserved. black butte is identical to the volcanoes still active in hawaii today. just 10,000 years ago a lava lake filled this crater complex.

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