Las Vegas Ski Resort Gets Ok To Let It Grow

07/19/11 The Las Vegas Ski & Snowboard Resort has won initial federal approval for a plan that would expand the ski area to at least five times its current size. The U.S. Forest Service , which controls the resort's land on the north face of Mount Charleston, has

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Lightning starts 9 fires in NM's Gila Wilderness

07/15/11 The U.S. Forest Service says a series of forest fires in western New Mexico's Gila Wilderness were started by lightning.

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Michael Brune: Open Season on the Endangered Species Act?

07/19/11 Apparently, it's open season on the Endangered Species Act -- a law that for nearly 40 years has successfully prevented the extinction of plants and animals and helped threatened populations recover.

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