The Wildlife News

August 27, 2008

  • Oregon Hunters Association alert on a lousy land exchange

    Ralph Maughan

    There is a bad land exchange, harmful to wildlife, in the works in eastern Oregon. It would be nice to get 1000 acres on Steens Mountain but not at the cost of 11,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat in and near the Silvies Valley. This alert is from the Oregon Hunters Association. RM Who: OHA…

  • Three "wildland use" fires get out of control

    Ralph Maughan

    Aug. 29, 2008. I have added some new updates (in red text) The idea of letting fires in remote areas burn in order to save money and provide ecological benefits is one of growing popularity, especially given the toll fires are taking on the Forest Service budget (the later most a crisis manufactured by the…

  • Gillett walks for now. Jury trial ends without a verdict

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally some details about the trial in which Ron Gillett escaped being convicted (or exonerated) in his altercation with Lynne Stone. Gillett walks for now. Jury trial ends without a verdict. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer.

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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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