Threats
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Wyoming folks love the Wyoming Range and fear fracking- An unprecedented number of comments came in on the Plains Exploration & Production Co.’s (PXP) plan for up to 136 gas wells south of Bondurant near Noble Basin. Most of the Wyoming and adjacent Salt River Range has been withdrawn from oil and gas leasing/drilling by…
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One megaload reaches Lolo; one stuck on Highway 12- We haven’t covered this for a while, but as many predicted the movement is not going smoothly. 1 megaload reaches Lolo; 1 stuck on Highway 12. By Jamie Kelly. Missoulian.
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Another subsidy to private Ag interests at the public expense. Other states require testing of 100% of each private elk herd but the Idaho Legislature is requiring much less from Idaho’s elk growers and slipping money away from funds intended for the enhancement of wildlife. Idaho Senate Bill 1085 would require testing of “not more than…
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A good question, given all the unprosecuted, indeed celebrated, criminals at high levels- Tim DeChristopher was convicted at his trial after not being allowed to explain the motives for his prank. Do Motives Matter? The DeChristopher Verdict. The New York Times. By Kirk Johnson. Inside traders, coal and oil company disaster creators, military contractors break…
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On February 28, 2011 Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for Idaho agreed with Western Watersheds Project and reimposed an injunction stopping livestock grazing on 17 grazing allotments covering over 450,000 acres of public land in the Jarbidge Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management in southern Idaho. The…
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The most abundant of all Western pine falls at astounding rate- Every Western pine from the Yukon to New Mexico is suffering high mortality from unusually severe attack by native insects, diseases and direct mortality from drought and heat. Lodgepole pine, which often grows in vast almost monocultural stands, is dying too. Almost anyone who…
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Exotic species threatens agriculture, the environment and wildlife There has been a growing problem in central Oregon from wild pigs and now they are showing up in Idaho. This is a real threat to the ecology of Idaho and should be taken very seriously by the Idaho Fish and Game. Unwelcome Invaders: Wild Pigs Pose…