Threats
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. . . and the message is a negative one. Read his column in New West. He points out that the entire newly imposed structure of fees to fund recreation on our public lands has been established by “midnight” riders to appropriations bills, “temporary programs” that somehow became permanent, or provisions buried deep within complex…
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Yes that’s headline in the Casper Star Tribune in a story that Wyoming has regained its “brucellosis free” status from the federal agency Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The Star-Tribune said that Jerry Diemer, associate director of veterinary services for APHIS “congratulated the Livestock Board, the governor’s brucellosis task force, the Wyoming Game…
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Perhaps the worst of the crop of “wilderness with side payment” bills is dead, although this one is a more straight forward development and privatization bill with a thin veneer of wilderness. I won’t give the details because they have been hashed out earlier in this blog. US House blocks Washington County [Utah] lands bill.…
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Residents: Curb oil drilling. Comments gathered at workshop raise concerns over wildlife, air quality. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch.
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Here is an interesting post on the Western Watersheds Project blog. Grace at Carrizo Plain?
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Both CIEDRA and the Owyhee Initiative are probably stuck and will die in this Congress due to the failure of the current “lame duck” session to take them up in the short period of time available. Both bills have been very controversial with many conservation groups calling them “too weak” and with too many “giveaways.”…
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SFW Wyoming wants to supplement the alfalfa pellets fed elk and bison on the National Elk Refuge at Jackson, WY, with hay. The National Elk Refuge has all the alfalfa pellets it can possibly use. Hay was abandoned in favor of pellets many years ago. Hay is more likely to spread disease because, unlike the…
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The excerpt below is from the report, dramatic data on the toll cattle are having on our climate and our future. . . When emissions from land use and land use change are included, the livestock sector accounts for 9 per cent of CO2 deriving from human-related activities, but produces a much larger share of…