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Al Gore has just finishing testifying before Congress on global warming. He got mixed, but generally warm reception with a few strong dissenters among Republicans. Story in The Hill.com. Gore’s testimony greeted warmly by some members, coolly by others. By Kelly McCormack Gore’s actual testimony (YouTube).
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Yesterday in Congress the first hearings in many years were held over bison management in and near Yellowstone Park. The hearing showed that pressure is building to -change the many years of bison harassment and slaughter by the state of Montana and stance of the federal government agency APHIS which uses the club of losing…
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The Bush administration ran a systematic campaign to play down the dangers of climate change, demanding hundreds of politically motivated changes to scientific reports and muzzling a pre-eminent expert on global warming, Congress was told yesterday. Read the rest in The Guardian. March 20. “Bush Appointees ‘watered down’ Greenhouse Science.” By Suzanne Goldenberg and James…
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The Blue Ribbon Coalition is not one of my favorite groups because of their uncompromising stance in favor of recreational motor vehicles. They also try to get me fired every so often. I do get their alerts to their members, however. Here is one very relevant to those who care about the Bridger-Teton National Forest,…
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My, but the bison hearing set in Washington for tomorrow is already having positive results in Montana. What a different a change in the control of a congressional committee can make! Is a bison solution finally in sight after 13 years of slaughter and confinement to the Park? Story- Deal on bison travel close. Park…
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Sportsmen, conservationists, and the average Idahoan seemed outraged at nearly unregulated proliferation of “elk farms” and “shooter bull” operations in Idaho. Many bills were introduced into the Legislature in January, but they all died. Given the weak bill left, perhaps it is best that it was finally shot down by a bi-partisan coalition of Republicans…
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Just weeks after a snowmobiler was almost killed by an avalanche in Jewel Basin in Montana’s Swan Range, closed to snowmobiles, the Forest Service wants stiff penalties for those riding illegally in Wilderness and other closed areas. The increasing number of rescues and fatalities of these illegal riders is both dangerous to rescuers and expensive.…
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Ted Williams has written a very interesting article on ethanol. “America’s corn-based ethanol program carries high costs in fish, wildlife and tax dollars.” Check out Under the Influence of Ethanol on Ted Williams’ Conservation Connection.