Top 12 stories for wilderness in 2012
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This past year was ripe with stories about America's wild lands- including the good, the bad and the ugly. This slideshow features the 12 from 2012 that we think are worth retelling:
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2) Greater Yellowstone saved from fracking
3) Special caribou habitat protected in Alaska’s western Arctic
4) Victory for roadless forests
5) National plan for solar energy to protect wildlands
6) Obama protects Chimney Rock National Monument
7) California’s Fort Ord protected as a National Monument
8) Worst Congress for wilderness
9) Colorado wildfires due to climate change?
10) Shell oil continues to fail to demonstrate drilling is safe in Arctic waters
11) Election reveals strong support for renewable energy and environment
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