Seven nets still unaccounted for
(MINNESOTA) -- Conservation officers have been continuing the search for nets that were trapped in the ice floe that packed Garrison Bay late last week.
Tribe gives zoo big donation for wolf exhibit
(WASHINGTON) -- The largest gift in the history of Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will help highlight what the executive director of the zoo’s fundraising organization calls “a tremendous conservation story.”
Tribe: Heritage lost to mining
(ARIZONA) -- Big Mountain, an area near Black Mesa, Ariz., used to be a place of peace and tradition, but now the land is being destroyed by the Peabody Coal Company, said Allen Cooper, a former member of the Big Mountain Support Committee.
Nets stuck in ice on west side of Mille Lacs
(MINNESOTA) -- Tribal members set over 100 nets in south Garrison Bay on Tuesday night, April 29. A large sheet of ice that had been several miles out moved in to shore by Wednesday morning, trapping nets in the ice.
Residents, Ute tribe team against wetlands plan
(UTAH) -- A former member of the Ute Indian tribe governing body is urging tribal members to join a class-action lawsuit against a federal official as part of a strategy by both American Indians and non-Indians to block a federal swamp-building project near the town of Myton in Duchesne County.
Crees flown out as Albany River rises
(ONTARIO) -- It was a joyous day in Kashechewan in October 2005 when Andy Scott, the Indian Affairs minister of the day, signed an agreement with Chief Leo Friday to relocate the 1,900-member Cree community.
Uranium claims spring up along Grand Canyon rim
(ARIZONA) -- A rush to extract uranium on public lands pits environmentalists, who worry about the local effect, against mining companies, which point out that nuclear power wouldn't contribute to global warming.
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