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From the North County Times via the Environmental News Service, by Quinn Eastman For a decade, governments throughout San Diego County have bought into the idea that wildlife and development could coexist, if enough open space was preserved with corridors built between them to allow animals to roam.

From the Associated Press via the Environmental News Network, by Susan Montova Bryan Some of northern New Mexico's aspen stands have been stripped of their leaves by masses of wriggling caterpillars in search of food and a place to build a home, but forest officials are confident the trees will recover in time to show off their brilliant colors.

From the Associtated Press via the Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Frederic J. Frommer Federal officials are coming up with a new plan for protecting the upper Mississippi River after the original proposal prompted a backlash over restrictions on hunting, camping and other uses.

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune, by Doug Smith Call it the Great Pelican Mystery. Last year, nearly 30,000 white pelicans mysteriously abandoned their nests at Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge in south-central North Dakota, leaving scientists and wildlife biologists baffled.

PRESS RELEASE from Potlatch Corporation Northern and central Minnesota private woodland owners may now call upon Potlatch Corporation (NYSE:PCH), the state's largest private forestland owner, to help maximize income and realize the full potential of their forestlands.

The Supreme Court's decision last week that high-speed, cable-based Internet service is a lightly regulated information technology might mean that cable broadband providers could duck paying into a fund designed to deliver affordable communications to all Americans.