CRAIG S LONG service to the citizens of Idaho will be lost to history, replaced by a tawdry episode in a Minneapolis airport bathroom just three months ago. It never crossed my mind that Craig might have his hands in other men s pants; I was more interested in whether his hands were in industry pockets. As of this writing, Craig s mushy rhetoric leaves a crack in the resignation door about the size of the crack in the stall door Craig allegedly used to peek in on an undercover officer....

Each rainy season in this hilly pocket of Rajasthan, a young herder named Bhawerlal Raika leads his camels back to the forest to graze as part of an ancient migration. One measure of the government's priorities is that it designates land for the likes of industry and wildlife, but none explicitly for grazing, Saberwal said. Livestock have grazed in the forests for centuries and become an integral part of thriving ecosystems, fertilizing the soil with manure and becoming prey for wildlife,...

Activities range from tree planting to educational talks. The campaign encourages individuals and communities to clean up, repair and conserve the environment. Organizers estimate 35 million people from more than 120 countries will take part this year. Upcoming environmental events and conferences taking place around the world. President Bill Clinton's initiative to tackle poverty, climate change, religious conflict and governance. The themes of the 2007 Annual Meeting will be education,...

Observing the colours of leaves or the overall appearances of plants can determine plant s condition. Remote sensing applications include monitoring deforestation, effects of global warming on glaciers and Arctic and Antarctic regions, and depth sounding of ocean depths. Remotely sensed images taken from satellites and aircraft provide a means to assess field conditions without physically touching them from a point of view high above the field. This is done by sensing and recording...

But all the protections in the world could be moot if the dreaded tree disease known as live oak decline gets a foothold here. That's why the city also encourages planting of other species in the mix, just in case a natural die-off ever occurs along the 3-mile-wide greenbelt that crosses the aptly named Live Oak Peninsula. Pearson said the city is especially protective of its signature windswept oaks, which largely sit within a block of the waterfront. A year ago, Rockport enacted an...