Brian Ertz
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Rooks show there may be some truth to Aesop’s fable ‘The Crow and the Pitcher’ LA Times Blog From wikipedia : The Crow and the Pitcher is a fable ascribed to Aesop, number 390 in the classification established by Perry. It is found in the 2nd century AD Greek fable collection by pseudo-Dositheus,[1] and later appears in…
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Ken Cole and I (Brian Ertz) are going to be tromping around southwest Montana this Tuesday & Wednesday. You’re invited. WHEN: August 11 & 12, 10am WHERE: BFC Headquarters, 14365 Hebgen Lake Road, West Yellowstone, Montana WHAT: Bring your own food We will meet at 10:00 am for an introduction and overview then head to…
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The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has nearly completed its requirement to develop “Best Management Practices” (BMPs) pursuant to Idaho legislation S1232. Public land sheep ranchers hope that the BMPs will be sufficient to dissuade the Payette National Forest from shutting down domestic sheep ranching on the Payette Forest, a move necessary to protect…
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BFC‘s Press Release : ISLAND PARK, IDAHO: Federal agents with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture shot and killed a bull bison this afternoon. The bull had migrated to the area from Yellowstone National Park and was grazing to the south of Twin Creek, near the Nature…
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Strong Environmental Laws Used to Promote Fair Paying Jobs, Social Justice Another proposed energy development on the Mojave Desert prompts criticism from environmentalists concerned about its impact to imperiled wildlife and the landscape. But what’s particularly interesting about this story is that labor groups have finally caught on to the significant leverage that environmental laws…
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The 9th Circuit just upheld the Clinton Roadless Rule, and slapped down Bush’s amended rule which granted states and local interests undue influence to craft their own roadless rules, rules which ended up being weaker than the Clinton Rule. Idaho and Colorado were the only states to ride Bush’s timber-train. Clinton-era Rule Protecting Forests Upheld…
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The Endangered Species Act Under Threat A Bush Administration interpretation of “range” that restricts protections for imperiled species to their current range, precluding protections for historic range could weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Analysis: 2007 legal opinion is a threat to imperiled species – ScienceBlog researchers say such an interpretation sets the stage for…
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Western Watersheds Project sues to prevent deadly disease spread to rare desert bighorn- Western Watersheds Project has filed litigation against the US Forest Service in Arizona to prevent the trailing of domestic sheep that spread deadly disease over Forest Service lands that harbor bighorn sheep : WWP News Release : Western Watersheds Project filed suit…