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  • Idaho politicians enter into Montana Wilderness debate

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Senators shill for snowm0bile industry- ” . . . Mount Jefferson is a tiny portion of Tester’s plan, it is one that many supporters of the bill hold dear.” Read the rest in Idaho enters . . . By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle. This is one where Idaho residents can really help. I’m emailing…

  • Lessons from Aldo Leopold's historic wolf hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    The nation’s legendary conservationist saw the value of preserving wildness. Perhaps someday politicians will too- Opinion in the LA Times. By James William Gibson

  • Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer Boasts about Buffalo Slaughter

    Ken Cole

    2808 bison killed under the Schweitzer Administration In an address to the Montana Stockgrowers Association, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer boasted that “No governor in Montana history has sent more bison to slaughter than this governor.” During Schweitzer’s administration he has the dubious distinction of presiding over the deaths of 2808 wild bison, 1,616 of which…

  • Wildlife Services blasts away Basin Butte wolf pack at Stanley, Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Is there an explanation for this in the middle of the scheduled wolf hunt? Right in the middle of the wolf hunt and in the zone where there is the highest quota, Wildlife Services took to the air this week in their gunships and blasted away the long-standing Basin Butte Pack at Stanley, Idaho. This…

  • Environmentalists, outfitters file suit to end grazing in Upper Missouri River Breaks

    Ralph Maughan

    Western Watersheds new Montana office goes to work on another lawsuit- Environmentalists, outfitters file suit to end grazing in Upper Missouri River Breaks. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press Note that earlier they filed to let Yellowstone bison use national forests outside of Yellowstone. This lawsuit was assigned to Judge Molloy. The bison lawsuit went to…

  • Salazar continues Gale Norton's "no more Wilderness" policy

    Ralph Maughan

    New York Times editorial complains- No ‘No More Wilderness’. New York Times editorial Speaking of Utah specifically. Despite a huge base of roadless country, Utah has made a small contribution to the National Wilderness Preservation System compared to other Western States, especially given the high percentage of state being U.S. public lands.  Utah could stand…

  • DeChristopher probably going to prison

    Ralph Maughan

    Fake bidder for oil and gas leases to stop last Administration’s leasing near Utah national parks loses his bid to rest his trial on global warming- It looks like Tim DeChristopher will pay heavily for his civil disobedience. Republican prosecutors were not amused, and the judge will not allow a defense based on necessity to…

  • Islam Siddiqui, Obama Nominee, Under Fire From Environmentalists

    Ralph Maughan

    Friend of pesticides and hormones for livestock nominated to be Chief Agriculture Negotiator- He even criticized Michelle Obama’s organic garden, but still got the nod.  And the Republicans say Obama is some kind of anti-corporate socialist! Islam Siddiqui, Obama Nominee, Under Fire From Environmentalists. The Huffington Post. Jenna Staul Questions for a Trade Official. New…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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