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...curious mix of rural curmudgeons, refugees from suburbia, and college students, often thinks differently about things. Pennisi and his companions, Humboldt State University professor George Allen and HSU environmental engineer Robert Gearheart, are showing off an environmental vision they and others championed for more than a decade: a wildlife habitat and public park that help dispose of the city's sewage...
Special Ops took on the Texas operation because waterfowl numbers have been plummeting in the face of droughts, habitat loss and illegal hunting and because a preliminary investigation uncovered widespread flouting of the wildlife laws. Leach and other investigators simply masqueraded as duck hunters. Of the 42 hunting clubs visited, an astonishing 41 violated basic waterfowl-protection laws. In the course of the operation, agents regularly documented egregious violations. At one posh club, for instance, an undercover agent was asked by unsuspecting guides to videotape a hunt during which 13 hunters slaughtered 204 birds (139 over the limit for that...
...Habitat, which will raise more than $30 million this year, is not a charity organization. Homeowners must qualify for their loans and make mortgage payments over a fixed period, typically 20 years. Also, they abide by a "sweat equity" agreement to participate in the construction of their own homes and donate so many hours of labor to building other homes. Insists Fuller: "We're not caseworkers, we're co-workers...
...number of communities interested in trying Habitat's formula has grown most strikingly in recent years. There were just eleven Habitat affiliates in the U.S. in 1980; there were 171 by 1986. This year there are 324 affiliates, ranging in size from the one in New York City to one in Coahoma, Miss. (pop. 351), which plans to replace the town's entire housing stock. There are 38 college chapters and 68 Habitat affiliates overseas. All told, 4,000 homes have been built since 1976. Boasts Fuller: "It's clear to me that we are seeing the birth...
...Habitat's executive director, Millard is "a lot more fun to live with," Linda says. But he is only slightly less intense than when he was obsessed by wealth. Habitat staffers say a strange but not uncommon sight is the gangling Fuller bounding up to the headquarters, clutching a fistful of trash he swooped up on his walk to work. He functions as the spiritual leader of the ecumenical, nonprofit outfit. Much of his time is spent visiting local Habitat affiliates and proselytizing. Once or twice a year he takes hammer in hand and helps finish off a Habitat home...