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The National Park Service is doing something different at New Mexico’s El Malpais National Monument. This fall, at the 10th anniversary resource stewardship symposium, the agency will plan the future course of scientific research in the monument. “We’re bringing together the people who actually do the research, and asking what they feel is important and […]

The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will celebrate what would be its conservationist namesake’s100th birthday with Wilderness Horizons: An Interdisciplinary Wilderness Conference, Sept. 24-26, 1999, in Ashland, Wis. The Institute is calling now for papers and presentations ranging from the philosophical foundations of wilderness and original wilderness prose, to new ways of managing wilderness. Contact Clayton […]

The Oregon Natural Desert Association holds its annual meeting Sept. 26-27 at the Hancock Field Station near Fossil, Ore. Activities include a slide show by photographer Larry Olson, fossil excavation, a canoe trip and early-morning birding. Contact Gilly at 503/525-0193 or write ONDA, 16 NW Kansas Ave., Bend, OR 97701. This article appeared in the […]

The Great Old Broads are taking on the Good Ol” Boys in Utah. Organized in 1989 for the 25th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, the Great Old Broads for Wilderness is a group of over 70 women dedicated to preserving wild places. Their ninth Wilderness Conference will be held Oct. 10-11 in Grand Staircase-Escalante National […]

The George Wright Society, a nonprofit association of historians, biologists and public and private managers, is calling for papers for its 10th Research and Resource Management of Parks and Public Lands conference next spring. Abstracts are welcome before Oct. 15 on any topic related to research, resource management and education in protected areas such as […]

Ian L. McHarg, author of Design with Nature, will address the first annual Conference on Environmental Protection and Growth Management in the West, to be held Oct. 23 and 24 at the University of Denver. The conference will bring together environmental groups, activists, lawyers planners, and land-use professionals to talk about what is and is […]

The Northwest chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration focuses on broad-based salmon recovery efforts at its Tacoma, Wash., conference Oct. 28-30. Called “Ecosystem Restoration: Turning the Tide,” the gathering includes University of Colorado natural-resources law professor and writer Charles Wilkinson and Ted Strong, executive director of the Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission. Contact the […]

Colorado Preservation Inc. has recently published its Most Endangered Places List. Perched in the number one position are Colorado’s gaming towns of Black Hawk, Central City and Cripple Creek – all threatened by Las Vegas-style casinos. For a copy of the list or more information, contact Colorado Preservation, Inc., 910 16th St., Suite 1100, Denver, […]

Isolated small towns can’t always be quiet about preserving their peace and quiet. In rural Boulder County, Colo., a group called PUMA, which stands for the Preserve Unique Magnolia Association, protects the rural qualities of the Magnolia area by publicizing its community efforts on the World Wide Web. From potlucks to concerns about forest management, […]

Community stewardship – the idea that inclusive, local processes can protect ecological integrity while improving economic conditions – has a new home on the Web: www.sonoran.org. The Sonoran Institute has launched this Web site to allow diverse communities from across the United States, including Red Lodge, Mont., and the border region of the Sonoran desert, […]

Western cities that drink water like a fish may actually compete with fish for water. The Western Regional Instream Flow Conference, Water for Fish vs. Water for People: A Real Conflict?, Oct. 8-9 at Copper Mountain Resort in Colorado, features speakers including Colorado Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs, and High Country News publisher Ed Marston. […]

A redesigned Department of Energy Web site aims to be a clearinghouse for a variety of sustainability issues. Learn about land-use planning, “green” buildings, and join a dialogue at the Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development. The Web site address is www.sustainable.doe.gov. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline […]

MUSINGS ON THE BIG SKY From several hundred miles away, Montana is a place of contradictions: occupied by people who deeply love the land and the rivers that run through it, except when they are voting by a lop-sided majority to turn those rivers into toxic, metal-laden sewers. Now comes John B. Wright with 10 […]

-Environmental concerns cannot stand apart from social arrangements of power and opportunity,” says the Center of the American West, introducing Justice for All: Racial Equity and Environmental Well-Being, a conference Sept. 11-12. Speakers will try to link environmentalists of color, who have done much in urban areas, to the larger conservation movement. Contact the center […]

Educators in Colorado are invited to discover what’s new in environmental curricula, where to find speakers and ideas for classroom presentations, and how to share information to help build a statewide environmental education master plan. Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education hosts the Colorado Environmental Education Conference & Expo Sept. 26 at Red Rocks Community College […]