August 2007
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Story by the Associated Press. If Montana is not willing to provide bison habitat, I’d certainly prefer that tribes get their treaty priority first. Montana should not just get to suck off of the surplus from Yellowstone Park. If they want bison to hunt, they should allow bison to use the vacant habitat just west…
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Plans and developments already underway to grab what little groundwater there is under the Great Basin desert valleys so endless growth at Las Vegas can continue could devastate not just the rest of Nevada, but Utah too. Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. Downwind again: Utah must guard against Nevada Dust Bowl. Tribune editorial.
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Where’s the smoke coming from? An estimated 900,000 acres-plus burning across Idaho. By Jody Jarkos. Idaho Mountain Express. post 1410
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Rocky Barker says that we ( in Idaho) are now living in conditions like those in Yellowstone in 1988 when the fires exploded, and a month early at that! We live in the indefinitely bad fire season with conditions off the chart. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. I have added the following after receiving comments…
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The Druids returned to the Lamar for the first time since late June. Although their visit may have been brief, Kathie Lynch describes it all. Her report. – – – – – Copyright By Kathie Lynch. Just when I was wondering what excitement I’d write about for a late summer wolf report, the Druid Peak…
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Boise has the hottest month ever in July. By Heath Druzin and Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. Do you think this might explain why the fires exploded in the country to the south of Boise? Given this knowledge it’s fascinating to watch Larry Craig’s views on climate from video on the WWP blog. Craig walks tightrope…
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The winter before last, emboldened by their power, California’s Representative from the Tracy area area, Richard Pombo, teamed up with Jim Gibbons of Nevada and hatch a scheme to steal the public lands under the disguise of mining reform. In a move surprising to many, Westerners rallied against them, and before long Western Republicans who’d…
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Western fires stir embers of ‘Sagebrush Rebellion’. By John Miller. AP First of all, I have always been a sagebrush patriot, not one of these “rebels” with their hand out whining for federal money and complaining that they have to follow rules. One of reasons the sagebrush rebellion was defeated was that folks saw them…