Threats
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The photo in this New West article is worth a thousand words about the problems posed by elk farming and elk shooting enclosures. This is the n-teenth article about Jones’ shooter bull operation controversy. Jones Has Two Weeks to Get Wildlife Off Blackfoot [elk] Ranch. By Nathaniel Hoffman. New West.
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There is good news on the front to prevent the Cline Mine from being developed. There will be a lengthy environmental review of the proposed British Columbia mine done by Canada’s federal government rather than the Province. Story in the Billings Gazette. AP Because the mine’s polluted waters will drain into the North Fork of…
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The Nez Perce Tribe issued a news release today expressing concern that in the upcoming grazing season there was a high probably of domestic sheep mixing with bighorn in Hells Canyon where restoration of bighorn herds has gone slowly. The Payette National Forest has promised to solve the problem (because the FS Chief upheld an…
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No one will surprised to learn that growth on the Idaho side of the Tetons is out-of-control. The linked article by Pacific Northwest political observer Randy Stapilus about enactment of a 6-month growth moratorium in Teton County is interesting here because people keep saying we need to subsidize the ranchers. We need to let them…
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Another DOI outrage has been revealed by the new congress. Story in the New York Times. By Edmund L. Andrews. You can bet DOI employees were told to be lax on a lot of other things besides collecting fees from the oil companies on your public land! – – – – – – – Update.…
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We hear about the wonders of “clean coal” technology all the time, but we hear about the actual deployment of dirty coal technology in the everyday world. We live in the everyday world. Story in the Billings Gazette. By Matthew Brown. AP
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Park winter divide persists By Whitney Royster. Casper Star-Tribune environmental reporter Wednesday, March 28, 2007 JACKSON — Yellowstone National Park officials released the fourth, and perhaps not the last, chapter in the debate surrounding snowmobiles in the park Tuesday. The National Park Service proposal would continue to allow use of snowmobiles in the park, but…
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I commented several times on the stupidity of corn-based ethanol as a substitute for gasoline. It’s a very inefficient process and provides fuel at the expense of food. Already ethanol is raising the cost of growing livestock. However, cellulosic ethanol (alcohol made from the other parts of plants, not from the edible portion) has great…