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    Airdate: Friday, December 28, 2007, at 8:30 p.m. EDT on PBS.
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A pioneering collaboration of Republicans and Democrats on the environment. This time on NOW.

    On Friday, December 28, at 8:30 p.m., NOW investigates the partnership of a Republican congressman and the Idaho Conservation League to protect a vast swath of the state's natural environment. Does their compromise legislation come at too high a price?

    The legislation, the Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CIEDRA), transfers some public land - land Americans across the country pay for - to private local ownership in exchange for protection of nearby wilderness. It also leaves land bordering the wilderness open to further recreational use, especially involving off-road vehicles.

    That price is too high for some, including singer-songwriter Carole King, who owns a 128-acre ranch in Idaho. NOW talks to residents, ranchers, off-road vehicle fans, and wilderness advocates to unearth the truth behind a tug-of-war that is playing out not just in Idaho, but in other states nd the halls of the US Congress.