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But Wolf said conservation is also a key concern. "Our conservation commission feels that the impact on the water tables and the adjacent wetlands would be detrimental. We are not satisfied yet," the mayor said.
The tiny, blue-eyed Mediterranean fruit fly has a way of provoking political distemper in California. In 1981, amid a furor over spraying to control a 1,400-sq.-mi. outbreak, the director of the California Conservation Corps flamboyantly swallowed and survived a big -- albeit heavily diluted -- mouthful of the...
"The certificate discusses and suggests additional work be done but it has no teeth," said city Conservation Commissioner Elizabeth Epstein. "I am very disappointed."
DeVillars' ruling officially incorporates a deal between the Conservation Law Foundation and former Secretary of Transportation Fredrick Salvucci made late last month that added several elements designed to improve the project, including parks and over $1 billion in public transportation.
Enter Dayton Hyde, an Oregon rancher with a reputation for unorthodox management and a deep interest in conservation. "In my travels I kept going by feedlots seeing these poor creatures cooped up," says Hyde, 64. "I thought, That's no way to treat a wild horse. My dream was to...