March 2011
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Domestic sheep versus bighorn sheep and cultural traditions- Nice to have an article about Idaho’s tiny, but powerful sheep culture (and those who have cultural ties to bighorn). These domestic sheep guys are Governor Clement Otter’s pals. I’d like to see an article about the planned demise of Idaho’s educational culture at the hands of…
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Right wing radical Montana state legislator wants to kill wolves during denning season- Here’s the story. If wolves are de-listed, Balyeat wants spring hunt. Bozeman Chronicle. About Balyeat . . . when this glassy-eyed extremist first showed up in the wolf news, I knew there was an element of the anti-wolf folks that had another…
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Diablo Canyon plant is a mile from off-shore fault- I recall there was a long fight against this plant a generation ago. It generated a case that went to the Supreme Court. One of the chief arguments was that there was a fault nearby. The larger San Adreas fault is not far either. They say…
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This is a small item of interest, but it is interesting that there are more squirrel attacks in the lower 48 states (one attack), then there are wolf attacks. Squirrel attacking residents of Vt. neighborhood. AP in Yahoo.
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So then, maybe it should stop? Economist Ray Rasker spoke the obvious at University of Montana’s Conservation and Climate Change lecture series. He also talked a little politics. If there is no guarantee of the feeds throwing money to the wind to save houses along the national forest boundaries the counties might be a lot…
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Note that this replaces the 25th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog. Please don’t post entire articles here, just the link, title and your comments about the article. Most of these violate copyright law. They also take up too much space.
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The word “conservation” and conservative are closely related, but there seems no room for conservationists in today’s radicalized Republican Party- So-called “conservative” Republican activists are bent on tearing down protections for the land, water, wildlife, and human safety from toxic elements. Below the New York Times blog interviews the head of the group Republicans for…
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Wyoming folks love the Wyoming Range and fear fracking- An unprecedented number of comments came in on the Plains Exploration & Production Co.’s (PXP) plan for up to 136 gas wells south of Bondurant near Noble Basin. Most of the Wyoming and adjacent Salt River Range has been withdrawn from oil and gas leasing/drilling by…