Orlando Sentinel by Trevor Fraser October 10, 2017 In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world,” said President Teddy Roosevelt after visiting what would become a national park in 1903. “I want to ask you to keep this great wonder of nature […]
Some swamps (and rivers and lakes) we shouldn’t drain
Florida Times-Union by Mark Woods October 10, 2017 Ryan Zinke hopped off a boat after touring the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. The secretary of the Department of the Interior was headed to Florida last week to check out Irma damage near the Everglades and Lake Okeechobee. He saw the Okefenokee on a map, covering more […]
In Florida and the Grand Canyon, a kindred war on development
Consider this: 12 members of our species have walked on the surface of the moon — only 10 have walked the whole Grand Canyon Orlando Sentinel by Diane Roberts, guest columnist October 6, 2017 Humans are drawn to beauty: cloud-piercing mountains and galloping rivers, dim, reverent forests and islands set in turquoise seas. Yet we […]