May 2008

  • Atlanta Gold told to pay bond for arsenic cleanup if it wants gold on our land

    Brian Ertz

    The Forest Service is telling Atlanta Gold that it needs to post bond for cleanup of arsenic that results from the mining of gold along a tributary of the Boise River. The mine, citing the 1872 Mining Act, claims right not to do so suggesting that to do so sets an ‘unacceptable precedent.’ Atlanta Gold…

  • Chronic Wasting Disease found in elk

    Brian Ertz

    Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has spread from white-tailed deer to wild elk and the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment makes no press release. Wasting Disease found in Sask. wild elk – The Edmonton Journal That CWD has crossed from white-tailed deer to wild elk is alarming enough, but it also raises concern about the potential for…

  • Mexican Wolf – Wolf Managers Turn Down Governor and Scientists on Wolf Rule

    Brian Ertz

    For Immediate Release, May 16, 2008 Contacts:        Michael Robinson, (575) 534-0360 Stephen Capra, (505) 843-8696 Greta Anderson, (520) 623-1878 Wolf Managers Turn Down Governor and Scientists on Wolf Rule, 17 Conservation Groups Write to Oppose Anti-Wolf Policy SILVER CITY, N.M.— This week, the interagency Mexican wolf reintroduction team refused New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s request…

  • World's wildlife populations have dropped by 1/4 since 1970s

    Brian Ertz

    A sobering idea : The World Wildlife Fund estimates that the worlds wildlife populations have been cut to 3/4 what they were just 3 decades ago : Wildlife numbers plummet globally : WWF – AFP Local resolve is warranted. A link to a report is featured on the bottom of the page.

  • Is that a power plant on the park horizon ?

    Brian Ertz

    New rules governing air quality around national parks and wilderness could make it easier for big energy to put a power plant closer to a park or wilderness area near you : Is that a power plant on the park horizon ? – The Washington Post

  • Kempthorne makes tough call on polar bear listing

    Brian Ertz

    By now you’ve likely heard that the Bush Administration has listed polar bears in Kempthorne’s first listing since taking his position : Kempthorne makes tough call on polar bear listing – Idaho Statesman Call me a cynic, but it seems to me likely the Bush Administration decides to list the bear now rather than kick…

  • Many things contribute to big game deaths

    Brian Ertz

    Ticks, starvation – lots of things kill ungulates in Idaho : Biologists track carcases in  E. Idaho river – The Olympian It will be interesting to see whether any anti-predator group sends out an alert about the vicious ticks devastating game species in Idaho.  Perhaps we’ll see some grandstanding about the need to control the…

  • Presidential politics and wildlife

    Brian Ertz

    Imagine that !  A presidential candidate willing to speak up about wildlife ! Clinton  Reports on Washington Wildlife – Wall Street Journal Blog Hey, it’s more than has been said by anyone else… To be fair: Green Evangelical Applauds McCain’s Environment Speech –  The Christian Post Why Obama is Winning the West – NewWest Somebody…

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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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