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Caswell, the new BLM chief, thinks Democratic Party gains in the West are not due to a backlash from all the oil and gas drilling in prime wildlife and scenic areas. Drilling backlash is overblown according to Jim Caswell, new BLM head. By John Heilprin. Casper Star Tribune. I don’t see evidence one way or…
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The Lewis and Clark National Forest issued a new travel plan governing the lower two-thirds of the Rocky Mountain Front for the next 20 years. It came after a full environmental impact statement and receipt of 46,000 comments. It looks like good news for wildlife. Story originally from the Missoulian and reprinted in the Billings…
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Forest Service to decide on uranium exploration this month. Challis Messinger. By Todd Adams. “Forest Service officials probably will approve a drilling project to explore for uranium in the Harden Creek area between Sunbeam and Stanley, . . . “
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There is an important story in the WWP blog. Idaho’s one kinda moderate member of Congress (Rep. Mike Simpson, 2nd district) is stepping in to fill Craig’s stance on grazing and wildfires.
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. . . . when you look down at your feet in the meadows. We went on a range inspection tour Oct. 2, 2007. We inspected the Pass Creek Grazing Allotment. The photo below shows a headwaters tributary of Wet Creek, an important Bull Trout stream. The little stream (Pine Creek) gradually gained water —…
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Arctic Melt Unnerves the Experts. By Andrew C. Revkin. New York Times. The rate of melt was faster than almost all the model simulations had predicted. What about the near future?
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Hunters advised on bluetongue death toll. By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette Outdoor Editor
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All-terrain vehicles restricted to only some terrain. Government limits off-road recreation. By Patrick O’Driscoll. USA Today. The days of legal, recreational cross country travel on public lands of the United States (that is, off road or off trail) are just about over. Of course, there is little money to enforce it right now due to…