STONY BROOK, New York, Sept. 6 -- The State University of New York's Stony Brook University issued the following news release: * * * Timed with the 60th Anniversary Establishment of FINS Becoming a National Park * * * Stony Brook University Libraries have received a donation of historic documents that outline the battle to stop the construction of a highway on Fire Island while fighting successfully to create the Fire Island National Seashore (FINS), New York. The documents reveal the effort  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: Welch Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Landmark 'Wilderness Act' BURLINGTON, VT U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry, celebrates the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Wilderness Act of 1964, legislation that established the National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS). Thanks to the Wilderness Act, America's protecte  more