Politics
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State hunt relies solely on bison migration from Yellowstone Park. Few migrated- Single bison shot in state’s winter hunt. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press | Now, however, Montana’s Department of Livetock is completely out of control and wants to kill any bison that leave the Park even in cattle free areas, in violation of the…
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Key player in passage of the ’64 Wilderness Act blast Tester’s Wilderness/logging bill- This is an opinion in the Billings Gazette by Stewart Brandborg who was executive director of the Wilderness Society when the Wilderness Act became law. – – – – – My take on Tester’s bill is that is very much the stuff…
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The devil could be in the details- Some think the mining ban could have been to cut off growing provincial demands for a park in the area to complement Waterton NP in Alberta and Glacier in the United States. Details on Canadian Flathead mining ban short – for now. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. Earlier on…
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Rocky Barker’s update on the lawsuit filed by Wolf Recovery Foundation and WWP- I want to reiterate that the part of the lawsuit applying to the Frank Church Wilderness and the chasing, darting, and landing there to radio collar wolves, is not primarily a wolf issue. It is a Wilderness integrity issue. I would be…
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Rather than providing for possible elimination of grazing in these areas, he locks it in- Now I think it is a number one priority to kill this awful bill. We don’t need more cattle stomped “wilderness areas” because they aren’t really wilderness. Tester Makes Some Changes to Wilderness Bill, Refuses Others. “In response to feedback,…
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Opinion by Kirk Robinson. Western Wildlife Conservancy in Salt Lake City- Why must Utah be kept free of wolves? Salt Lake Tribune.
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They were approved after some concessions to the Idaho Cattle Association- Since I haven’t seen the actual text, I don’t know if the concessions to the ICA are cosmetic, technical, or actually gut the intent to let someone other than livestock owners bid for 10 year leases of the state school endowment lands. Legislators approve…
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There was almost no political support for the governor’s original plan- Idaho Parks and Recreation Board reverses park closures. Shuttering parks ‘is not the direction the state should be headed,’ says Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston. ‘Not now. Not ever.’ By Cynthia Sewell. Idaho Statesman. “We had a paradigm shift,” said board Chairman Steve Klatt of…