December 2008
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High Country News interviewed 11 “key” Westerners- Western wish list for Obama. The hopes and worries of 11 key Westerners. High Country News. By Ray Ring. Here is a pile of good and bad ideas to discuss. I see the “radical” Jon Marvel argues for putting ombudsmen in all federal agencies, putting information on the…
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They say it won’t hurt you, but . . . Elk Meat Recalled. Boise Examiner.
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It’s a four-foot high, seven-mile long electric fence- Forest Service OKs a long bison fence. Bozeman Chronicle.
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Pocatello, Idaho mayor pushing for vicious dog registry- Story in the Idaho Statesman. AP
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Consensus decision-making is incompatable with the rule of law- Obama, Salazar and the Future of America’s Public Lands. Interior Decorating. By Dr. Brian Horejsi. Counterpunch.
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Pat Shea, former head of the BLM under Clinton and Utah’s famous defense attorney, Ron Yengich, give legal aid- There is also a legal defense fund Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. Auction fallout. U. student doesn’t want to be a martyr; federal probe continues. By Patty Henetz I got this address for the fund…
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‘Poster Wolf’ Was One of 18 Rare Mexican Wolves Killed Through Capture; Altogether, More Than 2,900 Gray Wolves Killed- Conservation groups are fed up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continuing to use the photo of a particular Mexican wolf as their “poster wolf,” after they trapped and accidentally killed her back in 2005.…
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These are comments by the Missoula Independent on the EPA’s new on-line database, and one particularly — Montana subdivider David Allen Phillips- etc. by the Missoula Independent staff