California Wilderness Coalition
Home
About CWC
Join or Give
Campaigns
Wild Places
Take Action
Resources
Press Room
Action Alert Sign-up


Search >>


Wilderness Profile


Just three miles off of Interstate 80, Castle Peak Potential Wilderness is among the most scenic areas in the Tahoe National Forest. Home to extraordinary old-growth red fir forests and the little Truckee River, Castle Peak provides clean drinking water to residents of Nevada County.

News Reports

The information listed here represents an archive. For more recent information, please contact the CWC office at (510) 451-1450 or email info@calwild.org.

Note: You will need Acrobat Reader for these files.

Topic

News Source

Date

Commentary: We can still halt Bush's assault on wilderness

The Los Angeles Times

9/3/04

Duncan Canyon roadless area: Judge bans logging

The Sacramento Bee

8/21/04

Hope grows for bill to add wilderness

The Sacramento Bee

8/1/04

NORTH COAST/Lawmakers push for wilderness expansion/Rep. Pombo may allow hearing on federal designation

The San Francisco Chronicle

7/22/04

Wilderness bill will go before key Senate committee

The Eureka Times-Standard

7/13/04

Plan for desert upsets environmentalists (RS 2477)

The San Bernardino County Sun

6/23/04

Land use provision blasted (RS 2477)

The Riverside Press-Enterprise

6/23/04

Checking out California wilderness: get a free copy of the new guide

The Boston Globe/ Associated Press

6/23/04

Editorial: SB County intrudes on wilderness -- Road policy endangers Mojave National Preserve

The Riverside Press-Enterprise

6/21/04

U.S. planning for heavier use of four southern California forests

The Los Angeles Times

5/7/04

Inland forest called state's most threatened

The Press-Enterprise

2/5/04

Dead trees fail to bring life to the forest [Duncan Canyon]

The Los Angeles Times

12/8/03

Sierra forest-care shift sparks controversy

The Sacramento Bee

12/7/03

Burrowing owl can survive, state claims

The Associated Press

12/5/03

Six condors to be freed from the pen at Pinnacles National Monument

The Associated Press

12/2/03

Republican and few Democrat lawmakers back more logging in Sierra forests

The Associated Press

11/29/03

Condors return to Pinnacles National Monument

The Coast Weekly - Monterey County

11/26/03

Land law sparks concern

The Press-Enterprise

11/25/03

County, environmentalists at odds over rights of way

The San Bernardino Sun

11/24/03

Road claims decision not addressed: Congress yet to clarify right-of-way rules for national park roads

The Desert Dispatch

11/24/03

Congress approves bill to cut trees on federal land in the name of wildfire reduction

The San Francisco Chronicle

11/21/03

Criticism delays adoption of changes to Sierra plan

The Los Angeles Times

11/21/03

Salmon kill linked to level of Klamath

The San Francisco Chronicle

11/19/03

Study shows national parks provide economic boon and beauty

The Associated Press

11/11/03

Ahmanson ranch sale is completed: southeast Ventura County transformed into parkland

The Los Angeles Times

11/8/03

Supreme Court suit tests management of wilderness by BLM

The San Francisco Chronicle

11/4/03

Judge reinstates off-road vehicle ban in Algodones

The Los Angeles Times

10/9/03

Feinstein fire/forest bill may spur accord

The Sacramento Bee

10/2/03

Environmentalists sue over logging near Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel wilderness

The Associated Press

10/2/03

First step in bid to buy ranch in Santa Monica Mountains approved

The Los Angeles Times

9/13/03

Efforts to open 22 miles of San Joaquin River to public take a big step forward

The Fresno Bee

9/12/03

Ban urged on new oil wells in Los Padres

The Los Angeles Times

9/9/03

Bush plan to streamline forest rules nears completion

The Associated Press

9/9/03

Groups move to sue feds for California spotted owl protection

The Contra Costa Times

9/7/03

Editorial: Wilderness Act made a difference

The Philadelphia Inquirer

9/3/03

Editorial: Support California Wild Heritage Act

The Ventura County Star

9/2/03

Editorial by E. O. Wilson: Selling out our forests

The Washington Post

8/27/03

Future of Modoc a worry

The Redding Record Searchlight

8/27/03

Three companies oppose proposal to exempt Tongass and Chugach National Forests from protections

The Associated Press

8/25/03

Steep price set for bighorn recovery

The Contra Costa Times

8/25/03

Bush official rallies support for logging legislation at Sonora summit

The Associated Press

8/23/03

Editorial: Loving our forests to death--Behind the smoke of Bush's forest plan

The San Francisco Chronicle

8/22/03

Polluters the target of cleanup near national parks and wilderness areas

The San Francisco Chronicle

8/20/03

Wildfire fears fuel controversial fix in San Bernardino National Forest

The San Francisco Chronicle

8/11/03

Boxer re-introduces wilderness bill

The Los Angeles Daily News

8/10/03

Editorial: Klamath by Karl?

The Sacramento Bee

8/9/03

53,000 acres of Algodones Dunes may be designated critical habitat for plant

The Los Angeles Times

8/7/03

Judge finds study inadequate, halts logging in Jackson State Forest

The Press Democrat

8/7/03

Groups trying to restore wilderness in regional parks

The Contra Costa Times

8/6/03

Conservation coalition buys key wildlife corridor at northern edge of L.A. County

The Los Angeles Times

7/30/03

Fate of roadless lands in hands of Supreme Court

The San Francisco Chronicle

7/24/03

Babbitt faults Norton policies

The Sacramento Bee

7/22/03

Bush asks Supreme Court to rule on Wilderness Study Areas

The Environmental News Service

7/21/03

Klamath River 10-year plan breaks the law, judge rules

The Eureka Times-Standard

7/18/03

Interests collide in wildlife corridor (Cleveland National Forest to Whittier)

The Los Angeles Times

7/14/03

Nature moves back in: bears, coyotes, foxes, other wildlife thrive in Bay Area

The San Francisco Chronicle

7/13/03

Editorial: Nature's bottom line (Outdoor Industry Assoc. takes a stand)

The Los Angeles Times

7/12/03

State resources chief objects to a new federal policy on BLM wild lands

The Los Angeles Times

7/12/03

Fisher to be considered for endangered status

The Los Angeles Times

7/11/03

Fisher to be considered for endangered status

The Fresno Bee

7/10/03

Rare animal plan breeds many critics

The Los Angeles Daily News

7/5/03

Duncan Canyon: environmental groups win temporary halt of logging plan

The Los Angeles Times

7/3/03

Duncan Canyon: judge halts salvage logging

The Sacramento Bee

7/3/03

West Mojave Plan maximizes off-road vehicle use

The San Francisco Chronicle

6/24/03

Surprise Canyon: off-roaders purchase land at the top

The Los Angeles Times

6/23/03

Algodones Dunes: activists, off-road lovers fighting new duel in the desert

The San Diego Union Tribune

6/22/03

Riverside County set to approve a big land plan, species tradeoff

The Los Angeles Times

6/17/03

Editorial: The White House guts the roadless rule

The San Francisco Chronicle

6/13/03

Bill seeks to save sacred sites on public lands

The Environmental News Service

6/13/03

Protecting giant sequoias? Page 2 of 2

The New York Times

6/11/03

Protecting giant sequoias? Page 1 of 2

The New York Times

6/11/03

Bush plans to relax roadless rule: Governors could open wilderness to development

The San Francisco Chronicle

6/10/03

Outdoor recreation industry makes stand for wilderness

The San Francisco Chronicle

6/7/03

U.S.-Utah land accord incites unlikely critics (Outdoor Industry Association opposes anti-wilderness policy)

The New York Times

5/22/03

County's claim to road opposed by State of California

The Victor Valley Daily Press

5/22/03

House ok's Bush's plan for "Healthy Forests"

The San Francisco Chronicle

5/21/03

Appeals don't stall most forest thinning projects: Bush's "Healthy Forests" Initiative flawed

The San Francisco Chronicle

5/15/03

Editorial: No limit on wilderness

The San Francisco Chronicle

4/25/03

Editorial: California's environment under assault

The Ventura County Star

4/22/03

Restoring the wilderness of 100 years ago

The Los Angeles Times

4/6/03

Groups sue over frog's protection

The Fresno Bee

4/2/03

Measure would preserve 300,000 acres in northern California

The Press Democrat

4/1/03

Editorial: Eating away at southern California forests

The Los Angeles Times

3/28/03

Lawmakers criticize Bush, Davis administrations on logging

The San Francisco Chronicle

3/19/03

California State Assembly and Senate pending forestry legislation

The San Francisco Chronicle

3/19/03

Plan touts more logging, less wildlife protections

The Los Angeles Times

3/19/03

Forestry plan could double Sierra logging

The San Francisco Chronicle

3/19/03

Big proposals target the small Cleveland National Forest

The Los Angeles Times

3/17/03

Editorial: Issa's powerline bill misguided (jeopardizes Cleveland National Forest)

The Riverside Press Enterprise

3/9/03

Plan would double logging in Sierra

The Sacramento Bee

3/7/03

Duncan Canyon among top wild places threatened

The Auburn Journal

3/5/03

U.S., state pressed for new logging rules

The Ventura County Star

3/5/03

Plotting a future path for the Los Padres National Forest

The San Luis Obispo Tribune

3/5/03

Policy decisions could impact Klamath, Lassen, Medicine Lake

The Redding Record Searchlight

3/5/03

Cleveland Forest on threatened list

The Orange County Register

3/5/03

Sand dunes among state's most threatened wild places

The Imperial Valley Press

3/5/03

Dunes near Glamis on threatened list

The Desert Sun

3/5/03

Groups, lawmakers seek logging curbs

The Contra Costa Times

3/5/03

Group calls to save lands

The Bakersfield Californian

3/5/03

Coalition says new land management plan threatens state wilderness, animals

The San Bernardino County Sun

3/4/03

Editorial: Conservation enhanced by private purchase of land

The Desert Sun

2/20/03

Coalition petitions to protect desert land

The San Bernardino Sun

2/18/03

Wilderness group rallies support for bill

The Desert Dispatch

2/18/03

Editorial: Starving the Sierra -- Will the range suffer under Bush?

The Sacramento Bee

2/12/03

Owls won't be protected

The Sacramento Bee

2/11/03

Road rules concern conservationists (RS 2477)

The Bakersfield Californian

2/10/03

Lawsuit settlement cancels timber sale in Plumas National Forest

The Sacramento Bee

2/5/03

Forest policy may be changed to allow more logging in Sierra

The Sacramento Bee

2/4/03

Sierra protection plan under review - Bush may loosen logging restrictions

The San Francisco Chronicle

2/4/03

Bush plan seeks more Sierra logging

The Los Angeles Times

2/4/03

U.S. studies easing Sierra logging curbs

The San Jose Mercury News

2/4/03

Logging increase proposed for Sierra Nevada

The Contra Costa Times

2/4/03

California commission stirs off-road vehicle debate

The San Francisco Chronicle

2/3/03

Editorial: Bush's land giveaway (RS 2477)

The Sacramento Bee

2/2/03

Sweeping plan may bring more logging in Sierra Nevada

The Sacramento Bee

1/30/03

Scope of logging in Sequoia Monument angers critics

The Los Angeles Times

1/28/03

Environmentalists turn to courts to fight efforts by Bush Administration to roll back protections

The Washington Post

1/27/03

Commission accuses U.S. agency of poor management of Algodones Dunes, denies grant

The Los Angeles Times

1/25/03

Funding rejected for southern California off-road site (Algodones Dunes)

Bakersfield Californian

1/23/03

Policy could allow vehicles into vast areas of wilderness

The Los Angeles Times

1/21/03

Owl protections will be reviewed

The Oregonian

1/15/03

Rules of the road get a western turn (RS 2477)

The Washington Post

1/7/03

Editorial: Off-road and off base; talk about stealth politics (RS 2477)

The San Francisco Chronicle

1/7/03

U.S. opens millions of acres of public lands to roads

The Chicago Tribune

1/7/03

Land rule change fuels roads battle

NBC

1/6/03

Desert land use plan blasted (Northern and Eastern Mojave Plan)

The Victorville Daily Press

12/27/02

U.S. issues rule allowing land grabs on federal lands (RS 2477)

The New York Times

12/25/02

Battle over oil drilling in Los Padres National Forest

The Los Angeles Times

12/24/02

Gold mine may be shut down

The Yuma Sun

12/17/02

To save the forest, the trees must go: logging in the Plumas and Lassen National Forests

The New York Times

12/15/02

Clinton era "roadless rule" upheld for national forests

San Francisco Chronicle

12/13/02

Court upholds Roadless Conservation Rule

Reuters News Service

12/13/02

Park study fuels development debate over California's central coast

Bakersfield Californian

12/9/02

Editorial: Wilderness areas just need signature

San Jose Mercury News

11/29/02

Ramps at Coal Canyon underpass to be removed for wildlife corridor

Orange County Register

10/28/02

Court affirms national monuments

Medford Mail Tribune

10/19/02

Nevada wilderness: President Bush expected to sign into law

Las Vegas Review Journal

10/19/02

Southern California board kills huge desert water storage project

Associated Press: San Francisco Chronicle

10/8/02

Northwest Forest Plan: Bush's revised rules may lead to more logging

The Oregonian

10/1/02

Salmon deaths confirm fears of tribes, biologists

AP: Sarasota Herald Tribune (Florida)

9/29/02

Cadiz delay urged

Los Angeles Times

9/26/02

Gov. Davis blasts Bush's forestry plan

Sacramento Bee

9/23/02

California's state fish considered for U.S. endangered species list

Los Angeles Times

9/21/02

Editorial: A voracious forest plan

Los Angeles Times

9/19/02

Intense logging blamed for wildfires

Los Angeles Times

9/17/02

BLM, Wildlife agency at odds over off-roading in dunes

Los Angeles Times

9/13/02

Bush's forest plan seeks waivers to speed logging

Los Angeles Times

9/06/02

Rep. Lewis opposes Cadiz plan

Los Angeles Times

9/06/02

Lewis urges board to reject Cadiz plan

Victorville Daily Press

9/04/02

Mojave pipeline gets federal approval

Sacramento Bee

8/30/02

Editorial: Bush on Fire

New York Times

8/27/02

Editorial: Timber policy reflects president's world view

San Francisco Chronicle

8/26/02

Bush plan: high costs and political opposition

Associated Press