EACH summer I’m reminded why John Steinbeck thought that Montana would be heaven if it only had an ocean. This

THIS is my last column until I return from Montana next autumn. While there, I’ll continue working on the three

MANY people share my deep concern with improving and protecting the wildlife, watersheds, and recreation values of forests. Good policy

IT is easy to understand why some people find banning private log exports an attractive idea. Superficially, it appears to

TWICE I’ve cried in a movie. The first time I was 4 years old and saw Bambi. The second was

HARVARD University Press recently published a book on risk regulation written by Stephen Breyer, chief judge of the U.S. Court

1995 will be the silver anniversary of Earth Day. This will be a significant event, for it marks a full

I OFTEN defend the habitat of species I care for deeply: grizzly bears, wild trout and birds of all kinds.

Some of the questions raised in this column are addressed in FREE’s forthcoming book, “Environmental Gore: A Constructive Response to

GOLD mining on federal lands, raising sugar cane near the Everglades, and irrigating Western deserts all illustrate the critical differences