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Brian Ertz

  • More details of ID cobalt mine 'deal'

    Brian Ertz

    Earlier we had a conversation about the Idaho Conservation League’s decision to cut a deal green-lighting a cobalt mine near Salmon, Idaho.  Details of that deal were promised today (Monday) : Formation Capital and Idaho Conservation League Reach Agreement on Conservation Program – marketwire Mine, environmentalists hail ID cobalt mine deal – Todd Dvorak –…

  • Proposed reform to Endangered Species Act gets cool response

    Brian Ertz

    Kempthorne’s ridiculous ESA reform proposal is uniformly disdained by environmentalists.  He claims it’ll help “streamline” the process.  Sorta like “streamlining” the dodo. Proposed reform to Endangered Species Act gets cool response Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman I’ll bet that process would be a whole lot more efficient if these political appointees spent half the time on enforcement as they…

  • Brackett's Racket: Politicized IDFG defends decision to demote Parrish

    Brian Ertz

    Earlier, we explored the “number of factors” suggestion that Virgil Moore, Deputy Director of Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG), was floating around as justification for the demotion of Dave Parrish.  The demotion took place following Parrish’s Letter to the Editor questioning the impact that a windfarm, which promised much financial profit to powerful…

  • Climate change to fuel wildfires in West

    Brian Ertz

    Seems pretty intuitive to me : Report: Climate change to fuel wildfires in West – SignOnSanDiego.com

  • Fisheries Service Finds Three Pesticides Imperil West Coast Salmon

    Brian Ertz

    Three poisons that cleared the EPA are found to threaten the recovery of 28 threatened or endangered salmon stocks: Fisheries Service Finds Three Pesticides Imperil West Coast Salmon – Media Newswire This news comes right on the hind end of Bush Interior’s attempt to sidestep outside science with endangered species act decisions (Bush to relax…

  • Canadian mine owners, Idaho environmental group cut deal

    Brian Ertz

    The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) has struck a deal with Canadian mine company Formation Capital Corp.’s plans to mine cobalt near Salmon, Idaho. Canadian mine owners, Idaho environmental group cut deal – Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman The adjacent Blackbird mine superfund site has been polluting waters for a long time highlighting the potential of…

  • Off-road rage

    Brian Ertz

    More people, more off-roaders (50 million?!), more off-road rage – standardNET

  • Uppermost West Fork of the Pahsimeroi

    Brian Ertz

    It’s hot where I’m at.  It’s good to think about where it’s not so much the case: Snow melts in August in the uppermost West Fork of the Pahsimeroi. Wildflowers follow…

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