July 2008
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Bush On The Environment: Top 5 Stupidest Things Said Today. By Olivia Zaleski. Huffington Post. Five stupid (or at least) wrong things about the President’s plan to increase oil leasing on the public lands (sea bed) off shore.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2008 CONTACT: Brent Fenty 541-330-2638 Jon Marvel 208-788-2290 Ninth Circuit orders Bureau of Land Management to evaluate wilderness values on public lands PORTLAND, ORE. — The Bureau of Land Management must rewrite its land use plan for southeast Oregon due to a landmark decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of…
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Perhaps it’s not a done deal. We will soon see. Forces set to resist bid for rural water. Snake Valley — and its ranches, tribes and park — has chance of defeating Water Authority request. By Phoebe Sweet. Las Vegas Sun.
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The following “guest essay” in New West is by Dr. Chad Hanson, a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis. My view is that the logging industry has always used forest fires to try to stampede people into supporting policies that are bad for the forests, the environment, and most people except…
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The latest issue of Yellowstone Science is completely devoted to articles (five) about the management of Yellowstone grizzly bears from the era of garbage dump bears, desperate bears after the dumps were closed, listing as a threatened species, recovery, delisting and current management. The issue is filled with photos and interesting tables and graphs. For…
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Efforts to open up the CRP lands for renewed farming is one of the most damaging proposals in a long time, and we will see the sad results quickly in increased soil erosion, dust storms, and disappearnce of wildlife. Then there is many billions of dollars paid over the years for this down the drain.…
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Yellowstone Park: Tourists not to blame in bear death. By Noah Brenner. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
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Every year I have published the detailed results of the annual radio collaring of Yellowstone wolves — wolf number, color, weight, pack, the status of the wolf (such as alpha male). I was slow to do it this year. Those of you who prompted me to get to it . . . thank you! Here…