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  • Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel

    Ralph Maughan

    This is much better (on paper) than other biofuels or hydrogen gas- This is an amazing development. Hopefully it won’t be difficult to move it from the lab to sources of carbon dioxide gas such as coal, oil and natural gas fired power plants. Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel. ScienceDaily

  • Forest Service finally closes Horse Butte to livetock grazing

    Ralph Maughan

    There haven’t been cattle on it for 8 years, but now it is officially closed to grazing- Despite the absence of cattle on the butte, its official status as a grazing allotment allows Montana Department of Livestock and the Montana Stockgrowers Assn. to bleat about the dangers of brucellosis from the bison that migrate out…

  • Ranching, recreation collide in the great outdoors

    Ken Cole

    The story of what happened when a sheep guard dog attacked a mountain bike rider in Colorado. A woman who was attacked by sheep guard dogs took her case to court and won. Ranching, recreation collide in the great outdoors By NICHOLAS RICCARDI – Los Angeles Times

  • Timber law becomes vast entitlement for some states

    Ralph Maughan

    Law to help logging communities after the spotted owl-induced logging reductions now pours money into areas where there have never been spotted owls- Timber law becomes vast entitlement. By Matthew Daly and Shannon Dinninny. Associated Press Writers

  • Groups target Nevada predators

    Ken Cole

    Mountain lions, coyotes, badgers, skunks and ravens will all be targeted in an effort to improve deer and sage grouse survival using $866,000 from the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Heritage fund. Rather than tackle the main issues related to sage grouse declines, livestock grazing, sagebrush killing projects, and energy developments, groups in Nevada are going…

  • Homeless on the Range

    Ken Cole

    An article about the ill-conceived bison quarantine program that will likely be turning the majority of the progeny of these bison into privately owned livestock. The Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks’ bison quarantine project started several years ago in an attempt to create a brucellosis free heard of Yellowstone bison from captured calves which had…

  • FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot

    Ralph Maughan

    Pneumonia in important SW Montana herd spreads- FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic. Damn those domestic sheep! – – – – This story earlier on this blog. Bighorn sheep near Darby, MT dying of pneumonia.

  • Invasive carp threatens Great Lakes

    Ken Cole

    These are the fish seen in YouTube videos leaping out of the water when disturbed by boats. Water skiers have been injured by them and they are rapidly taking over waterways in the midwest. Fish and wildlife officials will poison a 6-mile stretch of water near Chicago on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to keep…

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Edward Abbey

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