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Other resource restorers have rebuilt salt marshes by planting native vegetation and fought to save redwood forests by buying land and replanting damaged stands of trees. While the preservation of redwood forests is an aesthetic, though not unimportant, victory, the reintroduction of salt marshes on the overpopulated and overused Atlantic coast fights erosion, provides a haven for besieged wildlife, and helps remove heavy metals and organic compounds from waters contaminated by industrial waste. The list of restoration activities goes on as Berger's chapters run the gamut of contemporary environmental problems...
...they have not forgotten the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls or any other awesome force of nature. Nor are they soon likely to ignore Schwarzenegger's biceps, which are about as big around as watermelons at harvest time, his calves, which appear to have the diameter of a California redwood, or his stomach, which seems to be made of Vermont granite. The audiences crowding into Schwarzenegger's latest picture, Commando, may just be there to enjoy blood and guts, but it is the Body--a wonder like that deserves a capital letter--that they will remember. In only eleven days...
Personal spiritual force often leads to political action at citadels like the Los Gatos, Calif., Christian Church. Pastor Marvin Rickard founded the congregation a quarter-century ago with 83 followers and an unshakable belief in inerrancy. Today a huge redwood-finished church sits on a trimly tailored 28-acre property, and 6,500 worshipers pack the three Sunday services. From this solid base, Pastor Rickard organized a referendum campaign that in 1980 helped repeal a Santa Clara County ordinance forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexual preference...
...Customs officials found the garage of Millie McKee, a divorcee living in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood City, stuffed with high-tech gear. Charged with illegally exporting laser components and sophisticated electronics to Switzerland, where authorities believe it was transshipped to the Soviet Union, McKee was given a six-month work release sentence for making a false statement. She described the crime as "all technical violations," like driving 60 m.p.h. in 55 m.p.h. zones. "There's been little fear of heavy sentences. It's more often a slap on the wrist," says Robert McDiarmid, a Santa Clara County private...
Where once only sagebrush and tumbleweed dotted dull gray desert, a modern hotel ($94 a night), a 4,300-ft. airport runway, a two-story redwood shopping center and strings of small wooden houses now adorn the hills. A sophisticated sewage-treatment plant draws raves from visiting experts, and wildlife officials marvel at the increase in birds that breed in the long-barren acres...