Vote is tomorrow.
Todd Wilkinson Special to the Christian Science Monitor Soccer moms and dads across America could soon be toeing the turf on hundreds of new athletic fields. Urban families may have more places to picnic. And farmers and ranchers could be paid if they share their land with the Stephens kangaroo rat and other imperiled animals. Tomorrow, Congress is scheduled to vote on a voluminous package of conservation legislation that observers say is among the most sweeping in decades. Politicians, in turn, see CARA as an opportunity to bring direct benefits to their constituents.