Conservation
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Several friends and associates found themselves in Eugene last weekend attending the University of Oregon Law School’s annual Public Interest Environmental Law Clinic (PIELC), I didn’t make it this year but I thought I’d share Michael Donnelly’s irreverent account of this year’s gathering for those interested : Resistance to the War on the Wild –…
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This is important news for management of public lands in sage-steppe country. Judge rules in southwest Idaho grazing case – AP A federal judge has directed the Bureau of Land Management to rethink the way it manages grazing across thousands of acres of southern Idaho, especially the impact livestock have on sage grouse and other threatened…
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Sheep Ranchers Claim Paying Minimum Wage to Workers Would Put them Out of Business. This is an important article : In Loneliness, Immigrants Tend the Flock – The New York Times * Also, check out Captive Labor. Environmental Costs Domestic sheep ranching on public land is subsidized in many ways – environmental costs associated with…
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Bunnies, cowboys, culture, economics, demographics, the West Can America’s West stay wild? Christian Science Monitor Between 1970 and 2000, nonlabor jobs fueled 86 percent of this growth. Mining, timber, and agriculture (including ranching) contributed only 1 percent. Now, 93 percent of jobs in the West have no direct link to public lands, says Rasker. But…
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408 newly discovered species amount to approximately 10 percent of the known species of mammals No Joy In Discoveries Of New Mammal Species, Only A Warning For Humanity, Paul Ehrlich Says – ScienceDaily “I think what most people miss is that the human economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the economy of nature, which…
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Elimination/Reduction of Beef in your diet remains among the most potent personal choices you can make to help preserve our natural world Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming: Scientists – CommonDreams.org Buying local meat and produce will not have nearly the same effect, he cautioned. That’s because only five percent of the…
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Report: Wildlife Service’s “War on Wildlife” needlessly slaughters America’s valued wildlife costing taxpayers $100 million per year Wendy Keefover-Ring, director of carnivore protection for WildEarth Guardians, and others have been compiling the facts, gathering the support of 115 conservation groups, and building a solid case to end the wasteful War on Wildlife currently being waged…
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Wyoming wilderness outfitters Tory and Meredith Taylor share a rare treat ~ The View from the Divide: Four Decades in Wyoming Wilderness – Tory & Meredith Taylor Wyofile.com