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River of Cash
In what’s being billed as the largest environmental restoration effort in history, the Clinton administration today will announce a plan to spend $7.8 billion over the next 20 years to help restore the Florida Everglades. The money — half from the feds, half from the state — would be used largely to undo a 1,700-mile […]
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Mmm … Salmon, What a Treat-y
Ending a long-running salmon war, Canada and the U.S. shook hands yesterday on a fishing treaty aimed at protecting dwindling Pacific salmon stocks. The agreement includes harvest limits for both nations that will fluctuate depending on the abundance of fish stocks, and it calls for the U.S. to put $140 million into a salmon restoration […]
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Owl's Fair in Love and War
The federal government yesterday decided to protect 731,000 acres near Tucson, Ariz., as critical habitat for the endangered pygmy owl, a major shift that will limit future development in the area. The feds were forced into the move by a lawsuit filed by the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity. Last week, Arizona Gov. Jane Hull […]
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Fees Take a Hike
A new system of higher fees in national parks is starting to pay off for visitors and park administrators alike. The system allows parks to keep 80 percent of the fees they collect, and parks are using the funds to build trails, control erosion, fix water and sewer lines, restore historic buildings, extend handicap access, […]
