December 14, 2007

  • Bush Administration trying to charge fees to photo and film on the public lands.

    Ralph Maughan

    Now the Bush Administration wants to charge fees and require permits for people who commercially take photos or film in the national parks, national forests, BLM lands and wildlife refuges. This is another attempt to steal your rights to use your public land right out from under you, and also to prevent coverage of what…

  • Salmon Farming May Doom Wild Populations, Study Says

    Ralph Maughan

    Salmon Farming May Doom Wild Populations, Study Says. By Juliet Eilperin and Marc Kaufman. Washington Post Staff Writers. Salmon farms spread disease and sea lice among wild populations.

  • ID Fish and Game: Don't count on Idaho wolf hunts soon

    Ralph Maughan

    John Miller of AP wrote this: ID Fish and Game: Don’t count on Idaho wolf hunts soon. The federal government may lift protections from northern Rocky Mountain gray wolves by March, but a state wildlife manager said Thursday he expects environmentalists’ lawsuits over Idaho’s management plan will delay legal wolf hunts for the foreseeable future.…

  • Reject Idaho state’s proposed wolf plan

    Ralph Maughan

    Opinion by Kelly Weston. Reject state’s proposed wolf plan. (Kelley Weston is a Hailey resident). Idaho Mountain Express.

  • News on Montana wolf management

    Ralph Maughan

    News From Montana by Salle Engelhardt, vice president Wolf Recovery Foundation On December 9, 2007 Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reconvened the original wolf management plan citizen advisory council in order to discuss their views on parameters for a future season on wolves after delisting takes place. The State of Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks…

  • Judge Redden tells feds to fix damage to salmon from dams or else

    Ralph Maughan

    The federal judge pressing the government to remedy the damage Columbia River dams wreak on protected salmon warned Wednesday of “very harsh” consequences if federal agencies fail to find a solution. This is from the story in the Oregonian by Michael Milstein on the federal judge’s views on the biological opinion that is emerging from…

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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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