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Threats

  • Is the RV headed for the history books?

    Ralph Maughan

    Are RVs viable in a time when their builders may go bankrupt, gas prices can skyrocket, and seniors lose their retirement funds? The RV’s last roundup. Salon Magazine. By Mark Schone, with additional research by Ben Travers

  • Distemper devastates Yellowstone wolves

    Ken Cole

    Wolf population has dropped by 27% in Yellowstone. Distemper devastates Yellowstone wolves. Powell Tribune

  • Stalk-leaved Monkeyflower (Mimulus patulus)

    Brian Ertz

    Mimulus patulus Occurence & Habitat Springs and seeps are unique habitats that occur where subterranean water emerges from an aquifer. In the semi-arid and arid west, these unique sources of water are particularly important ‘oasis’ habitats for wildlife, especially during drought and heat.  Their relatively consistent temperatures and chemistry provides for  “hotspots” of biological diversity – many of the more fragile…

  • Grizzlies using Banff NP wildlife crossing structures more each year

    Ralph Maughan

    Five crossings by grizzlies in 1996 have grown to 177 last summer- Grizzlies using highway crossings. By Cathy Ellis. Rocky Mountain Outlook. They clearly are working. It would be nice if some of stimulus money here in the U.S. went into wildlife crossings. They are as shovel ready as other highway projects.

  • Wolves brucellosis-free

    Ken Cole

    I’m glad we answered that question. Wolves brucellosis-free. By Angus M. Thuermer Jr. Jackson Hole News and Guide

  • Group sees 'violation of trust'

    Ken Cole

    WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY: It brokered a BLM deal to protect the desert acres that are now being opened to development. Group sees ‘violation of trust’ By JANET ZIMMERMAN The Press-Enterprise

  • Obama admin faces power grid vs. public lands conundrum

    Ralph Maughan

    Our own KT quoted in New York Times! Obama admin faces power grid vs. public lands conundrum. By Scott Streater. New York Times.

  • Raser ready to flip the switch on Beaver, Utah geothermal plant

    Ralph Maughan

    New geothermal plant in Utah will send 7 megawatts of power to California- This is what should not be done. Seven megawatts, relatively speaking, is nothing. Most coal and nuclear plants are built in 300 to 1000 megawatt units. At any rate, small sources like this should be used locally. One good thing about this…

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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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