Forest Service

  • Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee

    Ken Cole

    Fee is only $1.35 to graze a calf cow pair for a month. Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee For immediate release – January 18, 2011 Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, 520.623.1878 Mark Salvo, WildEarth Guardians, 503.757.4221 Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, 928.310.6713 Brent Fenty, Oregon Natural Desert Association, 541.330.2638 Ronni…

  • Conservation groups want Forest Service land near Pocatello closed to livestock grazing

    Ralph Maughan

    Now, your opportunity to comment on the Pocatello, Midnight, and Michaud grazing allotments- Comments are due Jan. 4, 2011- An opportunity like this only comes along every ten years or so.  I know a lot of people have been furious for years about the cattle grazing in the Bannock Range immediately west and south of…

  • Montana wilderness, jobs bill added to Senate appropriations bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Senator Tester’s massive forest bill has been added to Senate omnibus appropriations bill- Every year the U.S. Congress’ procedure becomes more and more unglued. The reason for this is mostly partisan gridlock. So few freestanding bills (called regular order) are allowed by the opposition to pass or fail on a straight vote that extraordinary measures…

  • Hearing on bison hazing set for Tuesday

    Ken Cole

    Grazing and slaughter threaten the viability of bison and other sensitive species- The US Forest Service and the National Park Service are violating the law by not allowing bison the use of public lands. The grazing allotments provide the excuse the Montana Department of Livestock wants for their annual abuse of buffalo inside and outside…

  • Supervisors of Lolo, Clearwater national forests oppose big rigs on Highway 12

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a significant move of new support against the use of the highway to move giant tar sands modules- Supervisors of Lolo, Clearwater national forests oppose big rigs on Highway 12. AP in the Missoulian. Highway 12 winds along between these two national forests. – – – – – – Other recent news about…

  • Rancher loses grazing appeal

    Ken Cole

    USFS takes away grazing lease in Nevada’s Santa Rosa Mountains. The Columbus method of grazing, where cattle are put out for months on end and then “discovered” at the end of the grazing season, gets a spank. You can read the decision from April here. Rancher loses grazing appeal. Written by Dee Holzel – Silver…

  • Forest Service decision to delay the oil giants on U.S. 12 (Lochsa, Lolo)?

    Ralph Maughan

    Decision on powerline burial could hold up the movement of the 207 super-sized oil modules- Lolo National Forest rescinds power line burial decision for big rig route. By Kim Briggeman. Missoulian

  • First wolf killed in SE Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    While the headline is not accurate, it is gratifying to see a wolf in Franklin Basin- A sheepherder killed a wolf in the Bear River Range, east of Franklin, Idaho. This is right on the Idaho/Utah border and is certainly good news for wolves traveling south. I have had reports of wolves in the Franklin…

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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

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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