By GARRY SHEERAN - Sunday Star Times . Sunday, 20 May 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say High-profile Kiwi fashion and film industries stand to benefit from the government's investment in export initiatives announced in Thursday's budget. By GARRY SHEERAN - Sunday Star Times . Sunday, 20 May 2007 Email a Friend . Printable View . Have Your Say Related Links Subscribe to Archivestuff Have your say High-profile Kiwi...

Visitors will be asked about their activities in the forest and if they are satisfied with their visit. The basic interview lasts about eight minutes, and every other visitor is asked a few additional questions. About 25 percent of visitors will be asked to complete a confidential survey on recreation spending during their trip. Visitor surveys were also done this winter. No work will occur on weekends or holidays. Briefs: Forest surveys begin this summer. Helping to relay the torch across...

To the public, the man who built the run-down Prineville tire shop he bought in 1952 into a billion-dollar-a-year tire empire was an iconic figure who appeared in commercials wearing his trademark Resistol hat and roaming his 80,000-acre ranch southeast of Prineville. Les Schwab, founder of the tire empire that bears his name, pauses at the company's Prineville headquarters in December 2000. To the public, the man who built the run-down Prineville tire shop he bought in 1952 into a...

Their 4,500-square-foot home, looking out at snow-peaked mountains and a forested valley, is everything the traditional log home isn't -- playful, experimental, airy, contemporary. Curved rooms with expansive windows cascade off a central core dominated by a round, stone chimney -- 8 feet in diameter -- that structurally anchors the home. Cozy, square and traditional -- that's the log home we've come to know from syrup bottles and Abe Lincoln's backwoods boyhood. Contemporary glass...

The award, given by the organization for outstanding contributions in environmental education, underscores Serrao's dedication to the understanding of our natural world. Serrao is a professional naturalist: "I study nature &#8212 wildlife and vegetation, and how they are interrelated with their environment. While many find comfort surrounded by the trappings of their success, Serrao chose a walk in the woods to share his insights. But because of all the complaints from people moving into...