Outdoor America Winter 2010
Outdoor America is the award-winning
quarterly magazine of the Izaak Walton League
of America. Each issue is filled with
entertaining and educational articles about the
conservation work of IWLA members. We also
provide in-depth coverage of broader
conservation issues such as national energy
policy, urban sprawl, and wetland loss. To
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League member. Here's what you missed in the
last issue of the magazine:
FEATURES
Clean
Water at a Crossroads (PDF)
Two
Supreme Court decisions strike at the heart of
the Clean Water Act — and threaten our
drinking waters, fish and wildlife, and the
U.S. economy.
By Scott Kovarovics and
Jan Goldman-Carter
National Wildlife Refuge
System
The Refuge System offers
unparalleled public opportunities for hunting,
fishing, and outdoor recreation.
By Greg
Siekaniec, Chief, National Wildlife Refuge
System
The
Mighty Mississippi: All Locked
Up (PDF)
With
lagging funds for river restoration and two
decades of declining barge traffic, why does
the Corps of Engineers want to build BIGGER
locks?.
By Dawn Mayhew Merritt
CARE-ing
for Wildlife (PDF)
Cuts in
Refuge System budgets may damage the system's
dual mission of conservation and environmental
education — but you can help.
By
Patrick Woolford and Scott Kovarovics
COLUMNS
League Leader
Losing Wetlands
More than just
dollars and cents, wetlands have irreplaceable
value.
By Jim Madsen, National Vice
President
Director's
Chair
Looking Back,
Looking Forward
2009
victories position the League for an even
better 2010.
By David Hoskins, IWLA
Executive Director
In Memoriam:
Mike
Williams
Robert C. "Bob" Russell
Stanford
(Stan) Adams
HOW
TO: Build a Model Watershed
(PDF)
This model watershed offers a clear
visual demonstration of how water picks up
sediment and pollutants as it flows — and
that simple measures can reduce the amount of
polluted runoff that ends up in your
watershed.
Thinking Like a Mountain
How
Green Is "Green" Energy?
How we
implement the change to new energy sources is
critical to native wildlife and their
habitats.
By Mike Hutchins and Laura
Bies, The Wildlife
Society
Outdoor
Ethics
Bucks for Ducks
Is the
trend in leasing pushing us toward the European
model of hunting and fishing -- giving access
to game and fish to a privileged few with money
or connections?
By David Hart, Field
Editor
Last Stand
Clean
Water for All
Biologists fear Asian
carp could wipe out the Great Lakes fishery.
By Dave Dempsey, IWLA Great Lakes
Committee Member
DEPARTMENTS
League
Lines
Community-based conservation
at work
Hooks &
Bulletins
Program & policy
news, recommended reading, and spotlight on
grants.