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This is a review of a Bush hurry up decision, not a decision to refrain permanently from leasing- Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. By Patty Henetz. Although Obama says oil shale is still being considered, I think they will conclude as others have in the past, that getting oil from oil shale is an…
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Idaho state senator Monty J. Pearce, a rancher from New Plymouth, has introduced legislation that would effectively prevent transplant and relocation of bighorn sheep into the state of Idaho. The legislation also instructs state managers to “relocate or control” bighorns that come into proximity of “any private, state or federal lands that have any domestic…
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Sheep Ranchers Claim Paying Minimum Wage to Workers Would Put them Out of Business. This is an important article : In Loneliness, Immigrants Tend the Flock – The New York Times * Also, check out Captive Labor. Environmental Costs Domestic sheep ranching on public land is subsidized in many ways – environmental costs associated with…
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This method of hunting is rather difficult to enforce. “You’re not going to have some bubba up there going, `Pass me a beer and ammo’ and hunting some hogs,” the legislator said. “We certainly want to do it right.” Many are concerned that the temptation to shoot other animals by some who might engage in…
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Your Comments Are Needed by March 3, 2009! Wild bighorn sheep are native to North America, and once numbered in the millions. But their numbers have drastically declined to just a few thousand. The biggest threat wild bighorns face is disease from domestic sheep. Most experts agree that when wild and domestic sheep come into…
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Bunnies, cowboys, culture, economics, demographics, the West Can America’s West stay wild? Christian Science Monitor Between 1970 and 2000, nonlabor jobs fueled 86 percent of this growth. Mining, timber, and agriculture (including ranching) contributed only 1 percent. Now, 93 percent of jobs in the West have no direct link to public lands, says Rasker. But…
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Elimination/Reduction of Beef in your diet remains among the most potent personal choices you can make to help preserve our natural world Hamburgers are the Hummers of Food in Global Warming: Scientists – CommonDreams.org Buying local meat and produce will not have nearly the same effect, he cautioned. That’s because only five percent of the…
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Idaho Board of Environmental Quality Won’t Even Vote for Voluntary Rules. Barker: Industry rolls over mercury initiative . Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman Mercury is an element that does not degrade to anything less harmful. It causes developmental problems in children and unborn fetuses and it accumulates in fish and other food sources making them unsafe…