T he modern environmental movement remains a positive force on the American social and political landscapes despite its slip from the top of the national agenda, according to a new Gallup Poll. The Gallup poll surveyed 1,004 adults via telephone between April 3-9. Dated Oct. 1, Federal District Court Judge J. Phil Gilbert's ruling halts all timber sales on an estimated 110,000 acres of National Forest land. At least that's been the American credo up to now. And Americans got good at it.
Sprawl threatens our wetlands.
Each year, we destroy more than 110,000 acres of these natural filters. Now at the start of a new century and a new millennium, Americans no longer reflexively equate progress with development. Americans are clamoring for better, smarter ways to grow. The good news is that suburban sprawl is not inevitable. Learn more by reading the Sierra Club 1999 Sprawl Report .