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The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is the best chance in a generation for new wilderness in the Rockies

The Associated Press
Article Last Updated:12/12/2006 10:16:26 AM MST

Posted: 7:29 AM- Sen. Larry Craig told congressional leaders he would not stand in the way of a bill to designate new wilderness in Idaho's Boulder-White Cloud mountains, though the measure died in last-minute negotiations before the Senate adjourned.

Rulings Criticize Agencies for Not Protecting the Environment

By Blaine Harden
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 6, 2006; A03

SEATTLE, Oct. 5 -- Using language that suggests they are fed up with the Bush administration, federal judges across the West have issued a flurry of rulings in recent weeks, chastising the government for repeated and sometimes willful failure to enforce laws protecting fish, forests, wildlife and clean air.

North Central Idaho Ancient/Remnant Western Redcedar Forest Conservation Strategy by Ashley Martens, Dawna Jones, Gary MacFarlane, and Larry McLaud Friends of the Clearwater, Moscow, ID P.O. Box 9241 Moscow, ID 83843 208-882-9755 foc@wildrockies.org Table of Contents Summary................................................................................................3 Description of Ancient/Remnant Cedar Forests in North Central Idaho............4 Remnant Cedar Forests as Habitat……………………………………………………………….......4 Rare Plant Habitat………………………………………………………………………...…................

Public Law 88-577 88th Congress, S. 4 September 3, 1964 AN ACT To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE Section 1.