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Brian Ertz

  • Report: Barbed Wire Fences Deadly To Sage Grouse

    Brian Ertz

    The impact to sage grouse numbers appears to be very large The thousands and thousands of miles of barbed wire fence chopping up lands throughout the west is bad for wildlife for many reasons. Now, the impact that this installation for livestock production on public lands has to sage grouse is demonstrated in a study…

  • US House passes amendment banning measurement of livestock-related global warming gases

    Brian Ertz

    We’ve talked about how despite Hamburgers being the ‘Hummers’ of Food in Global Warming, and How Meat, Especially Beef Contributes to Global Warming, big agribusiness and the livestock industry flex their political muscle and are exempted from Meating the Truth every time (like on the Climate Bill). Now, a bill has just passed the U.S.…

  • Obama administration inches away from 'time out' for roadless forest logging

    Brian Ertz

    Is this a move away from Obama’s previous commitment to the Clinton Roadless Rule ? In May, the Obama administration announced its intention to give Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack top level oversight over incursions into roadless areas.  The move was said to be Obama’s re-commitment to the Clinton Roadless Rule. Obama administration inches away…

  • Wolf advocates submit brief in wolf delisting case

    Brian Ertz

    Plaintiffs (wolf advocates) file Memorandum in Support of Summary Judgment to overturn the Federal Government’s Delisting of Northern Rocky Mountain Wolves For those interested in reading the legal filing submitted yesterday (10/26/09) : Plaintiff’s Memorandum In Support of Motion For Summary Judgment

  • Arizona Game and Fish sued over death of jaguar Macho B

    Brian Ertz

    When the last known jaguar to consistently roam in the U.S. died of kidney failure after being captured and collared,  many questions about the legality of the permit to collar Macho B were asked, including a call for a federal investigation. Now, the Center for Biological Diversity is doing something about it, suing the Arizona…

  • Fed judge says Greater Yellowstone grizzlies must go back on list!

    Brian Ertz

    GYE grizzly bears go back on the threatened species list- Molloy: Feds must restore protection for grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park – By Matthew Brown. Associated Press. The successful plaintiff was the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. There is a second lawsuit filed in Idaho by a number of other conservation groups. It was assigned to…

  • Grizzly bear decline alarms conservationists in Canada

    Brian Ertz

    Decline in salmon stocks is blamed for bears starving to death The unsure fate of Grizzly bear populations might not be a concern that is limited to the lower 48 states. Grizzly bear decline alarms conservationists in Canada – The Guardian A furious row has erupted in Canada with conservationists desperately lobbying the government to suspend…

  • Of Wolves & Wilderness

    Brian Ertz

    Idaho Department of Fish & Game Moves to Collar Wolves in the Frank-Church Wilderness A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does…

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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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