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  • Outdoor Recreation slows the passage of time

    Ralph Maughan

    The perception of time is subjective, and you can slow it down- Today I read this article, “Where Did the Time Go? Do Not Ask the Brain.” New York Times. It is about the sensation of passing time. Sometimes days, months, decades seem to whiz by. People commonly say that time passes more rapidly as…

  • Photo while Snowshoeing Today

    Ralph Maughan

    Taken from Walker Creek toward the Portneuf Mountains, SE of Pocatello-

  • The battle over Mt. Jefferson in Tester’s Wilderness bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Continuing fight by Idaho snowmobile interests to keep a small area in Montana out of Senator’s Tester’s Wilderness bill- We have covered this battle before. Dec. 13, 2009. Idaho Senators try to pressure Tester to remove an area from his “wilderness bill” Photo of Mt. Jefferson from the Montana side. It is the highest mountain…

  • Montana: Sled grooming to end in West Pioneers

    Ralph Maughan

    Action was meant to protect wolverine and the wilderness quality of this wilderness study area- The Forest Service has settled a lawsuit by Wildlands CPR of Missoula and Friends of the Bitterroot regarding the terms of the Montana Wilderness Study area act of 1977 regarding allowed uses of one of the study areas in the…

  • The Moral Call of the Wild

    Ralph Maughan

    A study suggests that spending time in nature changes our values- The Moral Call of the Wild. By P. Wesley Schultz. Scientific American. Being outside almost always improves my mood, and a lot of my best ideas have come in the wide open spaces, not sitting at a desk or computer.  The outdoors seems more…

  • Sheep Experiment Station produces its first environmental analysis (EA) in its history

    Ralph Maughan

    After many years in existence, Sheep Experiment State does NEPA analysis on their operations- According to their web site the Sheep Experiment Station’s mission is  “to develop integrated methods for increasing production efficiency of sheep and to simultaneously improve the sustainability of rangeland ecosystems.” OK, but maybe folks would like to know the details. For…

  • Victory for Western Watersheds Project on cutthoat trout

    Ralph Maughan

    Western Watersheds Project wins appeal in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest overturning a grazing decision for the Franklin Basin Allotment in northern Utah- Over the years the popular Franklin Basin area of the Cache National Forest in Bear River Range just south of the Idaho border has been increasingly pummeled by cattle and sheep. One result has…

  • Idaho Senators try to pressure Tester to remove an area from his "wilderness bill"

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho snowmobile interests “own” the Idaho side of the Centennial Mountains, yet still want Mt. Jefferson on the Montana side removed from bill- Conflicting Interests. Written by Mark Menlove. Backcountry Magazine. I see that conservation groups who support Senator Tester’s  “Forest Jobs and Recreation Act (FJRA)” (a.k.a. “wilderness bill”) are waging a campaign to keep…

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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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