Public Lands
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The collapse in oil prices has not dampened their interest or what many call their “outlandish” economic claims. Despite grassroots public support, those who want to take the public lands are now very active in the many new Republican dominated state legislatures. In Wyoming a land transfer study bill has just passed the state senate. This bill commissions a…
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More Buffalo Shipped to Slaughter Leaving Stephens Creek Bison Trap Empty. Death Count Passes 400- News Release Contact: Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0071, bfc-media@wildrockies.org Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0071, mease@wildrockies.org Yellowstone National Park, Gardiner Basin, Montana. Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) patrols reported this morning that they witnessed three tribal stock trailers leaving Yellowstone’s Stephens…
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Press release Contact: Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-640-0109, bfc-media@wildrockies.org Yellowstone National Park. Gardiner Basin, MT. Since Wednesday an estimated 200 of America’s last wild, migratory buffalo have been crammed into tribal stock trailers at Yellowstone National Park’s Stephens Creek bison trap. The bison have been taken to tribal slaughter facilities by tribal…
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The plan to take away our public lands has its best chance ever with this new Congress. Here is some recent news from various places. In Utah, Ex-secretary of Interior Babbit denounces the land grab- In Salt Lake City, Bill Clinton’s Secretary of Interior Bruce Babbit has denounced Utah’s role in the effort to seize…
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“The Great Republican Land Heist: Cliven Bundy and the politicians who want to plunder the West” Christopher Ketcham details the rancher/Republican grab for our outdoor heritage- Cristopher Ketcham has been writing about the Western public lands now for a couple years. He is in the mold of Bernard DeVoto who wrote the influential column, “The…
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Shocking public opinion poll on bison in Montana- A random sample survey of 500 Montana registered voters just released shows that Montanans strongly support free roaming bison on some public lands in the state outside of Yellowstone Park, where they are essentially confined in a legal sense and subject to frequent mass cullings. Folks in…
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Politicians play to the incoherent fears of wimpy folks. This is bad for protecting the planet and its wildlife- Just two months ago many Americans feared they would soon be stricken by dread Ebola and those who survived would have their heads lopped off by ISIS. Fortunately a cure was deployed for both Ebola and…