April 2009

  • The Return of Citizen King

    Ralph Maughan

    Long time Idaho resident Carole King is in Washington pushing for passage of the most ambitious wilderness bill, NREPA- The Return of Citizen King. By Todd Wilkinson. Huffington Post.

  • New vehicle plan for Bridger-Teton National Forest goes in effect May 1

    Ralph Maughan

    The new travel plan for this high profile national forest is effective May 1- Developing a national forest travel plan nowadays is fraught with controversy and often lawsuits, but the Bridger-Teton seems to have pretty wide acceptance, relatively speaking. Years in the making, it goes into effect on May. 1. ATV, motorbike rules to go…

  • Swine Flu Outbreak — Nature Biting Back at Industrial Animal Production?

    Ralph Maughan

    Mexican CAFOs are an excellent mixing bowl for new flu viruses- Well it looks like we’re in for some fun and games with a novel strain of influenza. Hopefully it won’t kill too many of us, and maybe a lesson will be learned (don’t count on either). There is a lengthy article on this in…

  • Otter vetoes bill that called for killing bighorns

    Ken Cole

    The Governor has vetoed SB1175 leaving SB1232 in its place. Presumably SB1232 will pass the legislature and the Governor will sign it into law. How much valuable time has been spent on this issue by the legislature, state and Federal agencies, interest groups and the Governor? Is this the best use of time in this…

  • A modest reversal of Bush's last-minute anti-ESA regulations is advancing

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s possible the OMB might strengthen this weak tweak of the awful Bush rules- Interior sends revised endangered species rule to OMB. By Allison Winter. Greenwire in the New York Times

  • SE Montana blizzard kills far more livestock in 2 days than Montana wolves in a year

    Ralph Maughan

    Of course wolf “depredations” are somehow special. Will the blizzard story last more than a couple days? Calf losses said to be in the thousands with reports still coming in. For comparison, cattle losses to wolves in Montana in 2008 totaled just 77 dead with a couple dozen more “probables.” I bring this up because…

  • Yet Another Bighorn Sheep Related Bill

    Ken Cole

    Just introduced today. A new bill was introduced this morning which appears to replace SB 1175.  The bill is virtually identical to SB 1175 except for the following changes: S1232 F&G, bighorn sheep relocation (E) The Idaho department of fish and game: (1) shall develop a state management plan to maintain a viable, self-sustaining population…

  • Otter must decide bighorn issue by Saturday

    Ken Cole

    Is SB1175 a way to stall so that “research” can be done? More bighorn ‘the Earth is flat’ madness : Otter must decide bighorn issue by Saturday – Rocky Barker – Letters from the West, Idaho Statesman What he and other sheep ranchers really want is more research to determine not only if disease is spread from…

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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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