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U.S. Supreme Court Halts the Construction of the High Mountain Sheep Dam

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U.S. Supreme Court Halts the Construction of the High Mountain Sheep Dam

  By Taylor Bailey::   Water is a constant theme in Western history. Environmental historian Donald Worster, in his classic book Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West, has written that history of the American West is marked by how Westerners dammed and diverted waterways for human use in aContinue Reading U.S. Supreme Court Halts the Construction of the High Mountain Sheep Dam

Returning the California Condor to the Pacific Northwest

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Returning the California Condor to the Pacific Northwest

By Taylor Bailey :: On March 11, 1967, the California condor was placed on the Endangered Species List. The largest flying land bird in the North America was determined to be “threatened with extinction” in the first report of its kind compiled in accordance with the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966. At the time,Continue Reading Returning the California Condor to the Pacific Northwest