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LaVarr “Hoot” Ziegler stands atop a downed tree cleared for a new road leading to a logging site on Prince of Wales Island in the Tongass National Forest in southeast coast of Alaska. The Bush administration has exempted the Tongass, our…

A caribou cow and her days-old calf run in tandem along the tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Thousands of the Porcupine caribou herd use the coastal plain most years as a birthing place and nursery during late spring and early summer. …

The Brooks Range is reflected in a small body of water adjacent to the Jago River on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge along the northern slope of Alaska. This coastal plain–the “1002” area–is where…

A lone large tree is numbered for hazardous removal at the scene of the Squires Fire in Oregon where President Bush first unveiled his Healthy Forests Initiative. Critics contend that the initiative will ultimately lead to removal of only the…

A coal mining operation in West Virginia where operators have blasted off a mountaintop to uncover valuable, low-sulphur coal seams. After the coal is removed, leftover rock and dirt is dumped into nearby valleys and streams.

Bush administration policy is having a profound effect on our environment. This essay looks at several environmental battlegrounds around the country.

Fishermen cast their line through a perfect morning at Pointe-a-la-Crox Pool. Here, several years prior, a fishermen landed a 72lb Atlantic Salmon, proving that dream fish still exist.

72 year old Martin Fadian from Ireland pulls up his small draft net with only one fish to show for two days work. He says that fishing for salmon used to be a business but now it is just a way of life as there are hardly any salmon left. But, he…

A three inch long Atlantic Salmon parr fish that was caught in a Scotland river was subjected to a unique scientific procedure called bone dying. Using chemicals, they make the flesh clear, and dye the bones red. This allows them to analyze the…

Just as the fish entered the mouth of the Moy River in Ireland a fisherman caught it. They commented that they have never seen so many lice on the fish. Just off the mouth of the river were several large fish farms where the lice are most likely…