Visits to national forests are way down this year, and have been steadily declining since 2004, particularly in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers are trying to determine why, and their guesses so far include high gas prices, rising visitor fees, and less interest in the outdoors as people live increasingly urban, television- and video game-centered lives.
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If the Bush Administration has its way, iconic views across the country could be sullied by oil rigs and other machinery owned by oil and gas companies. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has announced a December 19th auction of more than 50,000 acres of oil and gas parcels alongside or within Arches National Park [...]
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