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35 TM Vol . 12, No . 2 January—March 2001 Will Bush Deliver - t ;: - `� I . 9 it ?; i .N x !? _ rV - ti- �G�f�.jxu:�+t } _� 4.v �F ;`a�.sk r, tt,e � 0 r . } ® n Land Fund "Ing ? Editorial: Corporations are embracing g sustainable development to boost their economic and environmental performance . The changing of the guard in Washington gives conser- vationists a chance to see if President- elect Bush ' s support , for land conservation during the campaign will translate into more funding for land protection . Conservation , Smart conservation, the new partner to smart growth, gives states and The only detailed environmental positions that Presi- communities a new approach to plan their dent-elect Bush outlined during the campaign were his green infrastructure . support for land conservation and brownfield cleanups . Bush favors drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Watersheds : CF Industries highlights Refuge and boosting timber sales in national forests . He partnerships in Florida, Minnesota , opposes implementing the Kyoto global warming treaty and breaching the Snake River dams to restore salmon Missouri and Montana . runs . He questions the national monuments that President Clinton created . One overarching theme : he favors allow- ing greater flexibility in federal regulations and giving Small Tracts : Wetland loss drops overall, See Bush, page 6 but the devil is in the details . Also , how to avoid forest defragmentation, where to find model green buildings and how to Turtle and Cram-Habitat determine a region' s wealth index . Protected, Forest and Open Space Preserved Corporate Notes : Oregon issues nation' s first green permits to Louisiana Pacific and 0The Richard King Mellon Foundation and The Conser- LSI Logic Corp . as computer makers face a . staggering problem : what to do with 500 vation Fund recently helped protect increasingly scarce nesting habitat for sea turtles in Florida and the U . S . Virgin million obsolete PCs . Islands . The foundation, with assistance from the Fund, donated 36 acres to the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge . The land includes oceanfront property where Election : President-elect Bush says the 19 , 000 threatened loggerhead, 2, 800 endangered green and federal government has a crucial role to play v 13 endangered leatherback sea turtles nested last summer . f' In a separate transaction, the Fund transferred two 2- acre in conservation . tracts to the refuge . The refuge , located along the beaches in Brevard and Indian River counties , is one of the most important nesting areas for loggerhead sea turtles in the Databank : Vermont, Rhode Island and Western Hemisphere . Minnesota show that high environmental See Turtle, page 7 standards and booming economies do mix .