When Alaska governor Walter J. Hinkel announced last November that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADFG) would resume the airborne hunting of wolves, killing up to 400 wolves in Alaska during 1993, the public outcry was loud and swift, and the proposed hunt was halted in its tracks.
The next time you’re about to bite into that sizzling mesquite-grilled burger or blackened bluefish, think twice. That smoky, outdoorsy flavor has an unpleasant history.
High school junior Mary Andrews found her first camping trip both frightening and exhilarating. "It was my first time away from home," she recalled. "I was two miles into the mountains and the closest phone was about three miles away." But somehow, Andrews adjusted quickly to life without television, radio or a microwave.
What do the ministers of tourism from Senegal, Burkino Faso, Togo, Zaire, Madagascar and Zambia have in common? They’re all interested in "ecotourism"–the movement to promote tourism in wild and wonderful places and to reform the industry so that it treads more lightly on these natural areas. Ecotourism has other benefits too-attracting tourists to see and photograph Africa’s magnificent wildlife, for example, is a potential moneymaker for debt ridden countries where better health care and food are needed.
Recent research at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta indicates that melting down asbestos fibers may yield a safe and efficient means of reprocessing the hazardous material, once widely used as building insulation.
It is a rugged forest, dotted with lakes and bogs, graced by lush meadows, criss-crossed by rocky ridges where black bear and bobcats roam. Hawks ride currents overhead, migrating song birds find refuge during their long trips, and hikers on the Appalachian Trail pause to appreciate vistas of a wild world rolling away in all directions. And all this is within an hour’s drive of New York City.
There’s an American myth that radicals will eventually burn out or sell out. om Hayden has done neither. Last November, as Bill Clinton and Al Gore snatched the White House from George "chainsaw" Bush and Dan "I never met a recycling program I couln’t block" Quayle, Hayden completed his own political comeback by winning a seat in the California State Senate.
Capturing energy from the wind is a tradtion that dates back at least 2,000 years, to a time when windmills were used to crush corn and other grains into flour. Before the advent of the steam engine and the industrial revolution, wind was also a popular power source, second only to wood.
Most Americans have by now become familiar with recycling cans, bottles and newspapers, but many are stille far from "compost conscious." In fact, one story making its way through the rumor mill of late is about a hardware store clerk who, when asked about the composting accessories, responded, "What kind of post?"
During the summer of 1990, a 30-ton humpback whale was feeding on the northern end of Stellwagen Bank, off the coast of Provincetown, Massachusetts, when it became entangled in a gill net. the indestructable, transparent net–used by fishermen to catch cod and haddock–was cinced in the whale’s mouth, draped over its back, billowing out 50 yards behind its tail as it swam.
