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...Federal Government via executive order without consulting Congress. Initially designed to protect prehistoric Indian ruins in the American West from grave robbers, the law has been used more recently as a way to fast-track protection of areas without the lengthy Congressional process of creating a new national park. "This will protect some of the nation's and the world's most pristine resources," says James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality...
...ocean lovers, Bush's decision is a long overdue recognition that the seas are just as deserving of conservation as the land is. But while the U.S. has been establishing national parks for more than 130 years (beginning with Yellowstone National Park in 1872), we're only just now moving to protect the ocean and the multitude of life that depends on it. "We're more than a hundred years behind terrestrial conservation," says Nelson. And there's still a lot of ground to make up. A study by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimated that less...
...hometown. The Hard Rock Hotel Chicago is offering a "Barack and Roll" package, which includes a suite outfitted with red, white and blue bed linens, upon which you'll be served breakfast in bed; then you'll be ferried away in a complimentary limo to an appointment at Hyde Park Hair Salon, where President-elect Obama gets his hair cut. Next up, an appointment for a suit-fitting and personal-shopping experience at Hart Schaffner Marx, the clothier that made Obama's Inauguration suit. Ladies get "First Lady" treatment in the Hard Rock Hotel's salon...
...Yellowstone Caldera - formed by the massive upheaval 642,000 years ago that spread airborne debris all the way to the Gulf of Mexico - is nowhere close to being extinct. Areas of the park's topography inflate like a bellows because of magma infusing into volcanic chambers about 6 miles below the surface. About 1,000 to 2,000 tremors a year (mostly small) have been recorded since 2004, when interpretation of satellite imagery with GPS readings indicated the caldera had been rising as much as 3 in. a year. The past week's number of tremors - about 400 - is considered...
...alert code for the Yellowstone Caldera stands at green, but if it ever elevates to yellow or red based on seismic readings, Lowenstern says, "Ultimately it's my responsibility to put out alerts. The National Park Service and local officials would be responsible for civil defense measures and evacuation plans. For now, life goes on. The system is generally automated, and a seismologist at the University of Utah is on call to make sure it's a real event should it be anything unusual...