December 2007

  • 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…

  • 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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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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