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...been kept low by disease, illegal poisonings and lethal encounters with cars. But Yellowstone could be a promised land. The 930,000-hectare (2.3 million-acre) park is surrounded by millions of hectares of wilderness, a panoramic spread of high plateaus, broad river valleys and forests that teem with elk and other wolf food. Abundant grizzly bears keep backpackers to a minimum. Hunters are allowed to move through the wilderness areas adjoining the park only during five weeks each fall, and killing a wolf could bring high fines and imprisonment...
...land in question, such deals would provide needed cash. The Afognak Joint Venture, for instance, a coalition of native corporations, hopes the trustee council will purchase its 50,000 hectares (125,000 acres) on Afognak Island, a mountainous place nearly the size of Maui, brimming with salmon, elk, Kodiak bears and bald eagles. Though part of the island belongs to the Kodiak Refuge, the AJV lands are being logged and could be stripped bare within a decade. Asserts AJV chairman Howard Valley: "By selling it back, at least we will be able to preserve...
...assigned to the reservation mainly for public relations reasons; he's one-quarter Sioux. And not proud of it. But the squalor of Pine Ridge touches him, as do the Native Americans, led by a tough, funny tribal policeman (Graham Greene) and a sly, funny shaman (Chief Ted Thin Elk). Slowly, but with powerfully accumulating dramatic effect, they put Levoi in touch with his Indian heritage. And with the truth about the murder he is there to investigate. It turns out to be similar to the situation projected in the documentary: there is an attempt to frame AIM members, with...
California's department of transportation is testing a GPS dispatching system on a tow-truck fleet in the San Francisco Bay area. University of Wyoming scientists plan to use GPS technology in a tracking collar for studying the migration patterns of elk. And by combining GPS with computerized maps, engineers are developing electronic road atlases that, installed in car dashboards, could one day enable a visiting motorist to negotiate Los Angeles' freeways without ever making a wrong turn...
...amount of planning and forethought can prevent the occasional nightmare. Last June, Greg Davis, 34, an Elk River, Minn., florist, arrived in New Delhi to adopt a baby girl. He expected to end his 2 1/2-year quest for a child in a week's time. But a small Indian newspaper suddenly published a report declaring that Davis' prospective daughter was being purchased for organ donations abroad. The charge was outrageous, but local lawyers filed suit to prevent Davis from taking custody of the child. After spending two months and $4,500 in legal battles, Davis returned to Minnesota empty-handed...