Now the word is they've offered the Bush administration a deal. They'll drop the suit if snowmobiles can use some, but not all, of the Denali wilderness. A Canadian government report says raising Atlantic salmon and other species in open netcage aquaculture farms puts wild fish populations at risk. Non-native aquaculture fish are fed a diet of fish protein, antibiotics and other drugs. Consequently, suggests the report, wild fish are at risk of disease.
Aquaculture also limits wild fish populations because it uses their habitat.
Officials at Grand Canyon National Park expect another tourist-packed year, with five million visitors creating traffic jams and long lines. Park officials say the counry needs to reach a consensus about how to deal with the crush. A plan to limit car traffic and bring in people via a light rail system is on hold, criticized for limiting access to a resource that belongs to all. National Wilderness Institute has asked a federal court for a temporary injunction to stop the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from dumping sediment from the Washington Aqueduct, which supplies drinking water, into the Potomac River. NWI says it wants government agencies and Washington, DC to live by the same laws that are applied to others across the country on a daily basis.