Privatization
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Fake outrage over memo on national monuments being used to gin up grab of our public lands- I’ve been meaning to write something about this because it is as plain as day that they are up to this. However, RLMiller did it first on the Daily Kos, so here it is. Return of the Sagebrush…
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Buffalo Field Campaign and Gallatin Wildlife Association speak Stephany Seay, media coordinator for the Buffalo Field Campaign, writes a letter in response to the Casper Star Tribune’s poorly researched op-ed of December 30th titled “Turner ranch plan is the best way to save bison“. Giving bison to Turner isn’t legal Stephany Seay – Buffalo Field…
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State of Montana wants to give them to Ted Turner As is typical with this issue, the State of Montana has set up a false dichotomy with the bison in the quarantine program. They say that the bison need to be given to billionaire Ted Turner or slaughtered because they have no other options. This…
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An article about the ill-conceived bison quarantine program that will likely be turning the majority of the progeny of these bison into privately owned livestock. The Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks’ bison quarantine project started several years ago in an attempt to create a brucellosis free heard of Yellowstone bison from captured calves which had…
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Ralph previously noted how the Western Lands Project monitors public land privatization, which let people know about a great book, Carving Up the Commons (pdf), freely available for download. The book gives great history and analysis of. Here’s a recent book review : Required reading: How Congress crafts public land bills – Missoula Independent Perhaps the most…
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New technology, same uninhibited ambition You had better watch this, now and from now on. The land grabbers are on the loose again and they can be stopped only as they were before, by the effective marshaling of public opinion. Your property is in danger of being alienated, your interests and those of your children…
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Against the so-called ‘need’ for new long-distance, high-voltage transmission lines Transmission lies Grist Environmental News and Commentary Carol A. Overland posits the idea that a new electrical grid is “an enabler of dysfunctional energy planning and profit-driven projects that are against the public interest.”
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Prospects for “wilderness bill” have now improved- Walt Minnick, the Democrat who defeated incumbent nutwinger Bill Sali for Idaho First Congressional District, joined with Idaho Second District Representative, Republican Mike Simpson to reintroduce the controversial Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CIEDRA) on the first day of Congress. With Democrats in control the prospects…