And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 11:57:52 EST >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Three Island Crossing -- Land at one of the Oregon Trail's most historic >sites, Three Island Crossing, is now protected for future generations. >The newly acquired site is on the south shore of the Snake River, near >the city of Glenns Ferry, Idaho. The Nature Conservancy acquired 245 >acres by purchase and conservation easement from the Rockin' S Ranch in >early December. The Bureau of Land Management then purchased the >property rights for 146 acres in fee and 81 acres in a conservation >easement from TNC. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game purchased two >islands from TNC totaling 18 acres, which will be used for waterfowl >production and public hunting. The site will be managed as part of the >Three Island Crossing State Park, under a "cooperative management >agreement" between BLM and the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. >Eighty-one acres of irrigated farm ground will continue to be farmed by >the private landowner under a conservation easement. Contact Don >Smurthwaite, BLM, (208)373-4015. > >Healthy trout -- Lake trout fingerlings being reared as part of a >hatchery isolation program at the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Hatchery >near L'Anse, Mich., were declared "disease-free" and given a clean bill >of health after a recent health inspection by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife >Service. According to Community Biological Services Director Mike >Donofrio, results from the most recent inspection -- the second of three >scheduled health inspections -- is proof that healthy lake trout do >exist in Lake Superior and that their offspring can be raised >successfully at the hatchery. Contact Mike Donofrio, Keweenaw Bay Indian >Fish Hatchery, (906)524-5757. > >Island energy -- Guadeloupe is developing renewable energies to reduce >its dependence on imported hydrocarbon fuels, according to an article in >Friday's edition of the Washington Times. The island hopes to produce 25 >percent of its electricity through wind turbines, geothermal power >plants, hydroelectric plants and a sugar cane refuse-charcoal plant. > >Fishing director -- The American Fly Fishing Trade Association Monday >appointed Rori Homme as its full-time managing director. For the past >year, Homme served as interim administrator of the 190-member >organization of fly-fishing manufacturers, suppliers, outfitters and >instructors. Homme will now handle AFFTA affairs full-time, focusing >upon implementation of the board-approved strategic plan that addresses >growth of the sport, environmental and resource management. and >government affairs. Contact Homme, AFFTA, (360)636-0708, email: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Cheap power -- The Bonneville Power Administration Monday unveiled its >strategy for selling wholesale electricity in the 21st century. It is >designed to hold electricity bills down for millions of Northwest >ratepayers. BPA aims to maintain its primary wholesale rate at or about >the 1996 level through 2006. The agency will put more than 6,000 average >megawatts on the block -- enough power to serve six cities the size of >Seattle. BPA's customers meld this power with supplies they purchase on >the market, thereby reducing the cost to their customers. BPA's sales >strategy spreads the economic benefit among small consumers region wide. > > >Amazon threat -- In the 10 years since the assassination of Brazilian >environmental leader Chico Mendes, the Amazon rainforest he died to >protect is in greater danger of destruction than ever, said the >Rainforest Action Network. Despite an outpouring of public support for >rainforest conservation, commercial logging operations in the Amazon's >old growth forests still clear an area the size of Delaware each year, >and oil exploration threatens to disrupt delicate ecosystems and >traditional indigenous communities all across the Amazon basin. Chico >Mendes was a leader of the movement in Brazil to establish protected >forest reserves for extracting sustainable natural products, such as >tree-rubber. He was shot to death Dec. 22, 1988, by two cattle ranchers, >one of whom remains at large. > >Jail birds -- Park planners at Alcatraz, Calif., are between a rock and >a hard place. Several of the historic structures on the island need work >to halt deterioration and increase their seismic safety. Some of the >required construction activities will generate noise, dust, night >lighting and human activity, according to the National Parks and >Conservation Association. Since Alcatraz was added to the National Park >System in 1972, several bird species have increasingly used the island >for breeding and nesting. According to the National Park Service, some >of the construction will have to take place during sensitive breeding >times for the bird colonies. The agency is soliciting public comments >and concerns to consider as it develops an environmental impact >statement for the construction projects and their impact to the island's >wildlife. > >Copyright 1998, Environmental News Network, All Rights Reserved > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
