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Wilderness/Roadless

  • Wild Forests and Landscape Amnesia

    Ralph Maughan

    The Aug. 2008 The International Journal of Wilderness has a fine article by George Wuerthner. Most of the rural East has become reforested as agricultural has shifted and these relatively marginal lands for cultivation have grown back into forests. It may appear the old forest has now been considerably restored, but Wuerthner argues we hardly…

  • Truce Is Reached in Battle Over Idaho Forest Land

    Ralph Maughan

    The final roadless area rule for Idaho has been released. There are many improvements in the rule, especially in Eastern Idaho where I live. When President Bush tried to overturn the Clinton roadless rule (protecting all the national forest roadless areas as what you might call “backcountry” or sorts), western governors were invited to develop…

  • Crews take more aggressive tack on Gunbarrel fire

    Ralph Maughan

    Although we haven’t reported on it for a few days, the Gunbarrel fire has now burned a huge chunk of the North Absaroka Wilderness. It has been mostly managed as a needed “wildland” fire, but it is threatening to break out. Despite its size, it has only cost $5.6 million dollars, much less than fires…

  • Congress should pass a roadless area law

    Ralph Maughan

    Protecting the remaining roadless areas on the national forests is not nearly as controversial as designating Wilderness areas, but these areas have no real protection under the Bush Administration, or before until the executive order by President Clinton. The New York Times says “There Ought to be a Law” to protect them. – – –…

  • A push for a West Hermosa Creek Wilderness in SW Colorado

    Ralph Maughan

    Outdoors enthusiasts pushing for creation of West Hermosa Creek Wilderness. By Dave Buchanan. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel. A link to the Hermosa Creek roadless area at roadlessland.org

  • Ninth Circuit orders Bureau of Land Management to evaluate wilderness values on public lands

    Brian Ertz

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2008 CONTACT: Brent Fenty 541-330-2638 Jon Marvel 208-788-2290 Ninth Circuit orders Bureau of Land Management to evaluate wilderness values on public lands PORTLAND, ORE. — The Bureau of Land Management must rewrite its land use plan for southeast Oregon due to a landmark decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of…

  • The Doña Ana County Wilderness debate

    Ralph Maughan

    The Doña Ana County Wilderness debate. Wilderness bill deepens gap between groups. Las Cruces Sun News. The good news is that Representative Steve Pearce is running for the U.S. Senate where he is going to be beaten badly. He has been a real problem for the sound management of public lands in New Mexico on…

  • Want safe backcountry water? Avoid areas with cattle

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from Wilderness and Environmental Medicine: Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 245–249. Also avoid areas with high human use. Abstract.

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