Articles by Grist staff

Trout Fishing in America

Environmental groups sued the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Department this week to prevent the springtime release of more than 5 million hatchery-born salmon in the Puget Sound area. The groups, Washington Trout and the Native Fish Society, pointed to recent studies showing that hatchery fish are harming their wild-born brethren by out-competing them for […]

And other words from readers

  Re: Oakless Creek Canyon Dear Editor: The Flagstaff, Ariz., project to protect expensive homes by removing possible (natural) fire hazards sounds to me like building on a floodplain. The folks who bought the homes can sell them if they don’t want the expense of insuring the risk. The nation should not sacrifice its natural […]

A Note From Grist

The staff of Grist Magazine would like to express our deep sorrow about the onset of war in Iraq. We are gravely worried about the likely destruction of human lives, human livelihoods, and the natural environment, and our hearts go out to everyone caught in the crossfire of violence — Iraqi citizens and U.S. troops […]

Arctic Refuge Protected, Senators Threatened

In what may be the most significant triumph for environmentalists since President Bush took office, the U.S. Senate voted yesterday against opening Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Advocates of drilling fell two votes short of their goal, with seven Republicans voting with Democrats to protect the refuge by removing a drilling measure […]