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...degree that's easy to lose sight of today, their efforts succeeded. Air and water in most of the developed world are dramatically cleaner than they were in 1970. Millions of acres of forests, wetlands and wilderness have been preserved. Once endangered species like the bald eagle and the American alligator are thriving. And while the situation is much less rosy in many parts of the world, environmental values have been so firmly incorporated into the American psyche that the recycling bins in millions of homes and offices and on street corners, which would have seemed positively radical back...
Last February, a woman walking her dog in the woods of North Vancouver stumbled upon a grotesque find: the mutilated carcasses of 26 bald eagles. The discovery set in motion a major investigation involving law enforcement and conservation officials in both Canada and the U.S. Now, TIME has learned, authorities have identified suspects in a poaching and smuggling ring that they say annually slaughters more than 500 of the protected animals on British Columbia's southwestern coast alone, with perhaps hundreds more killed each year elsewhere in the province. Officials are expected to make a formal announcement of their progress...
...Killing eagles is illegal in Canada and the U.S. In addition, it's against the law for Americans to possess bald-eagle parts unless they are registered tribal members with special government permits. But with feathers and talons a major feature in traditional aboriginal dance regalia-which is popular on a competitive circuit that offers rich prizes for the best outfits-there's a hot black market for eagle parts...
...white heads and piercing yellow eyes, are recognized worldwide as an American national emblem. But in the mid-1990s they were nearly wiped out in the lower 48 American states by chemical pesticides like DDT. While many U.S. populations have recovered, the majority of the world's 100,000 bald eagles still live in Alaska and B.C., says Canadian biologist Richard Cannings. And while the B.C. eagle population is thriving, large-scale poaching in the province threatens American bird populations, because eagles from throughout the western U.S. migrate to B.C. each winter...
...nature. There is not a price per kilowatt-hour at which Old Faithful should be converted into a geothermal energy plant. There is no price for stone at which Mount Rushmore should be quarried. There is no price for exotic animals at which the government should export bald eagles. American society does have values, and one such value is the protection of America’s iconic geographic treasures. ANWR is such a treasure. If it can be ravaged, then the survival of America’s cultural heritage is simply a matter of the right price...