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European 'wilderness' unlike home
The Salt Lake Tribune August 25, 2005.  Where Ettle spends most of his time, the trails are marked with precision. Piles of rock cairns and spray-painted arrows on a long succession of boulders lead a hiker at the end of the day to a warm meal, a cold beer and a cot in one of a series of Alpen huts sponsored by European mountaineering clubs. .

House cuts utility corridor out of wilds
Deseret News July 25, 2002.  The House passed a bill this week to remove a 31-acre "utility corridor" from the huge Mount Naomi Wilderness Area near Logan.

Hansen wins a wild fight
Deseret News March 24, 2000.  Environmentalists fume over bill's name

Wilds-Study Deadline Posed
The Salt Lake Tribune March 24, 2000.  Western Republicans are pushing a bill that would set a 10-year deadline for Congress to act on wilderness designation proposals, something that Democrats say could endanger millions of acres of pristine federal land.

Wilderness lovefest is now a war again
Deseret News February 5, 2000.  Environmentalists swarm to D.C. to kill compromise

Mountain-home debate hits fan
Deseret News January 20, 2000.  Developers threaten private inholdings in Wilderness Areas.

Hansen: Steam Boat Should be Removed From Wilderness Bill
The Salt Lake Tribune December 3, 1999.  Utah GOP Rep. Jim Hansen says inclusion of Steam Boat Mountain in the western Utah wilderness bill "is a violation of the whole Wilderness Act if I've ever seen one" and it may be removed.

Hansen's wilderness bill debate not likely to take place soon
Ogden Standard-Examiner (free registration required) November 14, 1999.  While Congressman Jim Hansen's bill to set aside 1.1 million acres in the west desert is being touted as the final solution to Utah's 35-year-old wilderness battle, debate on the issue in the U.S. House of Representatives probably still won't begin for months.

Grand wilds agenda in West
Deseret News November 7, 1999.  The dream: 210 million acres of protected land

Wilds Bill Makes Headway
The Salt Lake Tribune October 20, 1999.  If the political progress made in resolving Utah's long-standing wilderness debate can be measured at the speed of a glacier, then what happened Tuesday at a congressional hearing was akin to a fighter jet flyby.

Utahns back curbs on ATVs, want more wilds, poll finds
Deseret News October 12, 1999.  Utah wilderness advocates seem to have the weight of public opinion behind them in their campaign to get the Bureau of Land Management and other federal land managers to rein in the use of ATVs, dirt bikes and four-wheel drives on public lands.

Cook to Propose Wilderness Expansion for Utah Canyons
The Salt Lake Tribune October 14, 1999.  Rep. Merrill Cook soon will introduce legislation that would protect as wilderness an additional 13,000 acres of forests in the canyons above Salt Lake City.

Lands Bill: Battle Brews, Foes want more Utah wilderness
The Salt Lake Tribune October 8, 1999.  In an effort to resolve part of Utah's biggest public lands war, Rep. Jim Hansen on Thursday quietly introduced a bill in Congress that would designate wilderness on about 1 million acres of federal land in the Great Basin.

U.S. study says Utah wilds in peril
Deseret News September 18, 1999.  Utahns are threatening the survival of many native plants and animals through their livestock grazing, dam building, mining, timber harvests and rapid urbanization.

Jeers greet Wilds Act's 35th
Deseret News September 3, 1999.  Coalition calls for reforms; backers hail law

Wilderness Act Turns 35, Not All Will Celebrate
The Salt Lake Tribune September 3, 1999.  The Wilderness Act is 35 years old today. With several wilderness bills now before Congress, the act appears alive and healthy, but it could be headed for a midlife crisis as its opponents combine to knock out its teeth.

Poll finds Westerners want more wilderness
Deseret News July 28, 1999.  Most people living in the West believe not enough national forest land has been designated as wilderness, according to a poll commissioned by three conservation organizations.

New Poll Shows Public Wants Government To Do More To Protect Parks, Open Spaces
A public opinion poll released July 20, 1999 shows broad concern among voters that government efforts to protect land from development are inadequate and those voters are demanding that state and local governments increase their focus on protecting parks and open spaces. .