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Good news for energy and wildlife- It is increasingly clear that the building of new coal plants is collapsing as this article indicates as a followup to my post of yesterday, Companies rethink coal plants. While planning and some actual construction of wind, solar and geothermal plants in remote locations continues, with plenty of hype…
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Many planned coal plants are now being scrapped- Companies rethink coal plants. By Traci Watson, USA Today. Planned new coal plants are dropping by the scores. However, the majority of electricity in the U.S. is produced by coal, and many by old, and therefore more polluting plants like the one below. On my recent trip…
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Idaho Sheep Ranchers are Struggling Against Reality. The law and science are not on their side so they are pressuring the State to come up with a solution to protect them. On Thursday February 26th the second meeting of what is being called the “Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Group” was held in Boise. At this…
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This helps makes up a bit for the bad news on wolves today- Tucson, Arizona Today, a federal judge reversed the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to allow livestock grazing on 412,000 acres of public land managed by the Bureau’s Kingman Field Office. Saying, “Cattle are not ghosts. They are bigger and heavier than any…
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This is important news for management of public lands in sage-steppe country. Judge rules in southwest Idaho grazing case – AP A federal judge has directed the Bureau of Land Management to rethink the way it manages grazing across thousands of acres of southern Idaho, especially the impact livestock have on sage grouse and other threatened…
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Invasive species change soil ecology. Besides making a few errors like saying that there were 3,000 buffalo killed last year rather than 1,700, and describing where the genetically pure buffalo are, this article is interesting and discusses some important issues which apply to a broader landscape. W&L Biologist’s Research Aims to Help Yellowstone Bison, Elk…
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However it is only up to 11 of about 50-55 wolves that now inhabit Jackson Hole- Federal wolf manager for Wyoming, Mike Jimenez, says the Antelope Pack, which inhabits the central area of Jackson Hole has contracted mange. On various days as many as 4 additional wolf packs can be in or very near Jackson…