Conservation
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Do you want to really put your $20 to $2-million to work? At this time of year every charity and conservation organization sends out pleas for a year end donation. Given the condition of the economy, most of them really need it. On the other hand, you want to make a cost/effective donation. Only a…
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With many landowners eager to sell, much of the $5 million left in a fund to buy property could go to land deals- Link is now fixed. Sour economy may be a boon to Boise Foothills preservation. Bethann Stewart. Idaho Statesman.
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Lawsuit’s aftermath forces Idaho’s Land Board set rules allowing conservationists to lease state grazing lands- The Western Watersheds Project was born when Jon Marvel outbid a rancher at a state grazing lease auction, and the Land Board gave the lease to the rancher anyway*. Finally, Idaho’s Land Board is apparently going to let other interests…
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Rocky Baker points out that the Idaho Cattle Association is pleasantly surprised- A lot of people I know worked hard to get Barack Obama elected President; not just conservationists, but independents and Democrats who had sat on their hands for years. As Barker points out, after the election the traditional Western resource users (who are…
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How Many Biologists Does It Take to Count a Dead Grizzly? Adrea Peacock adapts an essay from In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears by Doug and Andrea Peacock, The Lyons Press 2009 : Bearly Making It – via CounterPunch On December 17, 2004, Louisa Willcox of the Natural Resources…
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Groups Applaud Finding for Rapidly Declining Desert Icon Desert tortoise advocates have been waiting for this good news for a very long time. Should a listing take place, many human intrusions into the desert tortoise’s southwest desert habitat, including livestock grazing and excessive development, will be largely halted. The benefit of such will be enjoyed…
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Unfortunate side effect to poisoning effort was the loss of 43 bald eagles and many other birds. Alaska’s Rat Island apparently rid of its namesake pest By Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers
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We’ve frequently discussed the environmental costs of new power generation, including wind and solar on public lands and centralized versus distributed generation. All energy production has environmental consequences. But while everyone’s talking about the pros and cons of the next generation technology, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council has found that although it may not…