National Forest roadless areas contain irreplaceable reserves of wildlife and plant diversity, performing many valuable ecosystem services used by all Americans. Despite their importance, National Forest roadless areas are threatened by extensive road building and inappropriate management for resource extraction. Click here to view a HTML version of the article.
65 scientists urged Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to protect the ecological integrity of the roadless areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in a letter sent today. The group noted recent National Forest efforts to protect undeveloped areas, and urged Babbitt to take similar steps for BLM lands. Click here to view a HTML version of the article.
Learn about the conservation issues and status of 40 terrestrial ecoregions in the Pacific Northwest. Provides links with brief descriptions to more than 125 federal, state, provencial, NGO, and commercial web sites. Click here to view a PDF version of the article (231 kb, 1 page).
Announcing our partnership with the Mexican conservation organization Pronatura, A.C., click here.