Politics
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I started this blog to try to present a reasonable view, neutral between hunters and non-hunters on wildlife. I do have a position against public lands livestock grazing, and I favor wolf recovery. For these positions some will think I’m wrong. This blog has generated a lot of good discussion. Very important facts have come…
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These are doubly unjust compared to what the rest of us pay- These data are from the High Country News blog, Goat. Cows vs. RATs. Jodi Peterson
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Outfitter-sponsored big game licenses for non-Montanans would been done away with by Initiative 161- Hunting initiative aims for access to wildlife. By Michale Babcock. Great Falls Tribune Outdoor Editor.
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Sen. Allen Christensen, R-North Ogden, doing the apparent bidding of Don Peay* has sponsored SB36, a bill to kill any wolves that migrate to Utah. The bill would be a violation of U.S. law. Defending it in court will just cost Utah taxpayers money. Except for northern Utah, wolves in the State are fully protected…
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State Parks Dept. to stay. No parks will close. They will cost more- Otter suffered a big defeat on his plan to hand the parks over to the State Lands Department. Nevertheless, things won’t be the same in the Idaho Parks Dept. or inside the Parks. Here is the editorial view of the Idaho Statesman…
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Michael Brune is a big foe of industrial polluters- He has a hard job ahead after yesterday’s Supreme Court decision giving corporations more political power than they have had in a hundred years. New Sierra Club chief brings confrontational style to the job. “The new leader of the US’s largest environmental group will come to…
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Rocky Barker says State Land Board meeting indicates he is- Land board doesn’t even discuss parks proposal. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. New. 1-22-10. But does Otter even want to allow the Parks Dept. to survive? By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman.
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University of Chicago Magazine does a feature on an alumni who shows true grit- True grit “In a heated showdown with Western cattlemen, Idaho environmentalist Jon Marvel, AB’72, tries to outlaw livestock grazing on public lands” By Lydialyle Gibson. Photography by Dan Dry.