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The article presents the author's insights regarding his experience of elk hunting at Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in eastern Oregon, and mentions topics including his vegetarianism, environmental opposition to lead ammunition used in hunting, and hunter Chelsea Cassens.

The article reports on the findings of a study which indicated the significant role of pigeons in detecting lead contamination.

FRANK MEUSCHKE'S garden, which surrounds the house he rents in Brooklyn, is a bountiful source of tomatoes, snap peas, green beans, peppers, lettuce and multiple varieties of flowers. It is also, as he recently discovered to his dismay, a rich repository of lead. He had his soil tested last month, and the analysis showed more than nine times the amount of lead expected to occur naturally. Mr. Meuschke, an artist who specializes in landscape paintings, is well aware of the dangers of lead paint. ''You know not to eat while you paint,'' he said. And he had suspected that paint scraped off houses in his neighborhood might have left lead residue in the soil over the years. ''But I really didn't expect there to be that much,'' he said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday set stringent new standards for airborne lead particles, following the recommendations of its science advisers and cutting the maximum allowable concentrations to a tenth of the previous standard. It was the first change in federal lead standards in three decades. But the cleanup of areas with excessive lead levels is not required for more than eight years, and the system of monitors that detect the toxic contaminant is frayed. Currently, 133 monitors are in operation nationwide, down from about 800 in 1980, an E.P.A. spokeswoman, Cathy Milbourn, said. The agency is working on rebuilding this network, to include more than 300 monitors, Ms. Milbourn said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the findings of New York City's Board of Education regarding the lead contamination of classroom ventilators at Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan which was believed to have come from the collapse of the World Trade Center.

Reports that Multiple Intelligence School, Public School 37 in Bronxville of New York City, New York was closed. Steps taken by parents of children attending the school; Implications of lead poisoning on children; Findings by the Board of Education on the lead content of the air in the school.

Reports on the reopening of Public School 37 in Bronx, New York after a shutdown because of concerns about lead dust in the building. Remarks from Bruce Irushalmi, a school board spokesman; Percentage of the school's students who came to school; Actions taken by school board officials.

Describes the gravity of environmental lead contamination in Wallkill, New York. Pollution of soil and groundwater; Contribution to pollution by battery recycling plant Revere Smelting and Refining; Causes of slow progress of waste clean-up by Revere.

Reports on the findings of a group of environmental health students from Hunter College on levels of lead in debris of the blasted steel columns of Franklin D. Roosevelt drive. Potential danger; Assertion of city officials; Details.

Informs about the huge number of claims filed on behalf of the children against the New York City, for being exposed to lead in the city apartments. Sources of lead exposure; Speculation over the average value of such cases; Change in the law on liability over hazards in city apartments sought by administration officials.

Reports that industrialized nations have reached the first international agreement on measures to reduce the dangers posed by lead in the environment.