The Wildlife News

December 13, 2007

  • More on the RAT, privatization, and the last year of dirty deeds by the Bushies.

    Ralph Maughan

    David Neiwert wrote this insightful piece. Neiwart, I should add is an expert on the ideas of the Western extreme right wing. Everyone should read his book In God’s Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest. WSU Press. 1999. The Phonies in the Woods. By David Neiwert. Common Sense. He discusses the RAT tax,…

  • Pinedale, WY provides cautionary tale for Colorado communities

    Ralph Maughan

    Pinedale provides cautionary tale for Colorado communities. By Gargi Chakrabarty, Rocky Mountain News. One thing the article doesn’t mention is that when all these gas leases were let and plans made was that the attention of the keepers of the local traditions was diverted by talk about “the menace” of the 2 or 3 wolf…

  • Senators Baucus and Crapo trying to repeal the R.A.T.

    Ralph Maughan

    Federal Lands Recreational Enhancement Act (FLREA) was passed in the dark of night in 2004. It has become known to its opponents as the Recreation Access [to public lands] tax, or “the RAT,” for helping us remember it. By “dark of the night,” I mean it was added to the omnibus appropriations bill with no…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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