The editor opens with a personal statement on Environmental Science and personal integrity titled "Splinters in the Environment." There are calls to action to write to senators to defund the Animal Damage Control Program in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, support Congressmen Jim Olin and Rick Boucher on the Virginia Wilderness Bill, and stop clearcutting in the Edgemont watershed; the editor provides an overview of current state legislation to support and oppose. Also featured is an essay on the proposed Highlands Scenic Tour Development on North Mountain, and an introduction to the alternative George Washington National Forest Land Use and Resource Management Plan by the Virginians for Wilderness. A section on current events includes a scandal between Barbie, Mattel and the Oregon Lands Coalition. Ends with a calendar of local events.