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  • Cattleman: 'I've always respected wolves – until now'

    Brian Ertz

    Every once in awhile it’s good to take a look at a really biased piece about wolves to attempt to better understand.  This one’s from Sweet : Cattleman: ‘I’ve always respected wolves – until now’ – 2news.tv It’s often good to ask, ‘What emotional or mythical mechanisms does the writer and/or cattleman of this piece use…

  • Drill, baby, Drill

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner confronts the “Drill, baby, Drill” mantra with real energy conservation solutions.  George has fired up a new blog which will include his essays of the past as well as those currently under construction.  Check it out : Drill, baby, Drill – Wuerthner on the Environment

  • Thrillcraft Video

    Brian Ertz

    A video detailing the damages of ORV use on America’s public lands following the general theme of George Wuerthner’s book Thrillcraft: The Threat of Motorized Recreation has been posted online:

  • Sarah Palin: Ice queen of the Arctic

    Ralph Maughan

    A view of Palin’s views on the environment from a major U.K. newspaper. Sarah Palin, the Republican party’s vice-president nominee, governs an oil-rich area that has seen some of the most dramatic effects of climate change. So what’s her record on environmental concerns? By Britt Collins. The Guardian. Sarah Palin: Ice queen of the Arctic

  • More on shutting down Nevada mine that released massive amounts of mercury into Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Mercury-emitting mine in Nevada shuts down. “The owner of the mine just reported big losses. The operation sent tons of the toxic metal into Idaho’s air before a Boise activist pushed officials into cracking down.” By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman.

  • Gold pit mine planned at Elk City, Idaho. Alert

    Ralph Maughan

    Elk City is a very remote small town in north central, Idaho. It is 40 miles up the South Fork of the Clearwater River Canyon from Grangeville (no facilities between them). Despite its remote location, the local streams were badly damaged by placer mining years ago. Mining companies don’t placer mine much any more. They…

  • Wyoming brucellosis. Another cow may test positive

    Ralph Maughan

    If a cow from a second herd tests positive, Wyoming will again lose its brucellosis free status, and it looks like one will. It’s important to remember that the recent brucellosis infection near Danial, WY came from one of the state’s elk feedlots that conservation groups are trying to shut down because they are breeding…

  • Back to the drawing board on Hebgen Lake repair (Must read)

    Ralph Maughan

    I notice a lot of people have been reading this story on the gate failures at Hebgen Dam, the news of which was first brought to us on Sept. 1 by “Idahosal.” (Salle) They thought they had the way to fix the broken headgates at the dam, but it failed. Oh Oh1 PPL back to…

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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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