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Historic Senate Vote Protects U.S. Wilderness

The Senate passed a bill on Sunday expanding wilderness protection more than any legislation in the past 25 years.


[Creative Commons photo via rjime31]

It’s actually a collection of 160 bills and covers over two million acres in nine states. THe land ranges from the Sierra Nevadas in California to Mount Hood in Oregon and Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. It also includes areas in Virginia, Idaho, Michigan, Arkansas, and Utah.
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A Carbon-Neutral B&B Stay

Porch at the Red Bud Manor. (Photo courtesy of the Red Bud Manor.)Red Bud Manor, a Victorian bed-and-breakfast in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is offering a pretty neat special for the green-minded (and fuel-cost-conscious) traveler: the Carbon Neutral Package.

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