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Will There Be Any Wilderness Left?
Within 50 years or so, probably not. One of the unfortunate facts of our rapidly populating planet is that there are fewer places where people don't have some sort of environmental impact. Those that still exist -- much of Antarctica, pockets in central Brazil, parts of Tibet -- face the same fate as previously-remote areas such as the Grand Canyon: becoming carefully-managed areas overrun by well-meaning backpackers.
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    Revenue from tourism, hunting and fishing in U.S. national forests, according to the U.S. Forest Service, is expected to be how much greater than logging revenue in 2000?

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    b) 29 times greater
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    d) 6 times greater

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    World Wildlife Federation
    Personalize your own web site for information on conservation, or just browse the extensive site of the world's largest independent conservation organization.

    The National Wildlife Federation
    Information and links on how to take action to conserve the world's wildlife

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    Details about The National Wildlife Refuge System, conservation efforts, and case studies and various hot spots in the U.S. for endangered species.

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