The Central Coast region of British Columbia is home to over 4,400 people – mostly First Nations groups – and features coastal temperate rainforests and pristine watersheds, rugged shorelines and steep mountainous terrain.
Rocky Mountain Ecology
From torrent to trickle: Water tour highlights Colorado River delta plight
The Colorado River basin is home to more than 40 dams and diversions and functions more as a system of regulated canals and reservoirs than a river.
Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge created on California’s Central Coast
The new refuge is part of the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex in Ventura, Calif.
Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes becomes national park
The dunes, in the San Luis Valley of south-central Colorado, are among the most biologically significant areas in Colorado, where 700-foot-high dunes rise against the backdrop of the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains.
Environmentalists oppose ‘Super Vail’ expansion
The proposed expansion would involve construction of four lifts and 885 acres of ski runs, 12.2 miles of service roads and a new restaurant. The Colorado Environmental Coalition believes this development would destroy or fragment most of the wildlife habitat in the area.
An old friend(?) returns with a howl
The controversial wolf-reintroduction program is an historic milestone as wolves were wiped out of the Rocky Mountains earlier this century to protect sheep and cattle. Most environmentalists hailed the program as a step toward restoring a long-lost natural balance.