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  • One of the worst poachers in Montana history goes to the Pen

    Ralph Maughan

    Steve Slavinsky will do five years in Montana State Prison- ‘Serial wildlife killer’. By Jodi Hansen Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer. Should he have received a stiffer sentence?

  • Take a hammer to the 1872 Mining Act

    Ralph Maughan

    “The 137-year-old law is a legacy of a bygone era in the West” Folks have been trying to change this law my entire life and long before that. Will this be the year? If so, how much can it be changed? The Oregonian thinks change is now politically possible. The 1872 Act has long been…

  • Judge tells Obama to keep dam breaching on the table

    Brian Ertz

    Dam breaching an option to protect salmon, a U.S. District judge says – Idaho Stateman It’s looking like judges, relatively speaking,  are more apt to uphold the law and insist that the right thing be done, even when both parties feel it more politically prudent to try to wiggle around it.   Too bad we can’t…

  • Obama’s EPA clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits

    Brian Ertz

    Back East, things aren’t looking much better for the environment- See below Obama’s EPA clears 42 of 48 New Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Obama administration has cleared more than three-dozen new mountaintop removal permits for issuance by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, drawing quick criticism from environmental groups who had hoped…

  • 5/14/09 Montana Department of Livestock chasing baby buffalo with broken leg

    Brian Ertz

    Last Thursday, Montana Department of Livestock chased/hazed/harassed/played ‘cowboy’ with a mother buffalo and her calf, despite the broken leg the calf sustained – all on behalf of Livestock’s stranglehold over our public land and wildlife management..

  • Obama Nominates Superfund Polluter Lawyer To Run DOJ Environment Division

    Brian Ertz

    “Meet the new boss..same as the old boss” ?  Many of us hoped that with a new Department of Justice (DOJ), many of the most contentious and important environmental disputes governing environmental issues now held in the courts might be settled with a greater regard for this nation’s existing  environmental laws – that’d mean progress.…

  • Bogus BLM bid case: Feds worry jury might buy 'monkey-wrencher' theme

    Ralph Maughan

    Prosecutors ask federal court to block climate-change defense- Prosecutor is afraid of a jury. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune

  • Wyoming, including Yellowstone wolf news

    Ralph Maughan

    The federal report this week is A LOT more interesting than usual (e.g., YNP wolf chases bicycles, motorcycles, etc.)- This is the wolf weekly news put out by USFWS because Wyoming can’t manage wolves. Be sure to read the “monitoring” and “control” sections. – – – – – – – – Update: There is essentially…

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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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