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  • As suspected the "bigfoot remains" are a fake

    Ralph Maughan

    “Bigfoot” fails DNA test. Science News Daily. Bits of DNA that were provided to researchers turned out to be a little bit of human DNA and 96% opossum. This story about the bigfoot remains, supposedly discovered in Georgia, was posted to our long-running thread, “Bear or Bigfoot.“

  • The Etiquette of Gravel Roads

    Ralph Maughan

    The Etiquette of Gravel Roads. By Bryce Andrews. New West. One thing very important that Andrews doesn’t mention is raising your right hand’s index finger if someone pulls over a bit or slows down as you pass. This is more for dirt roads than gravel roads, but it tells me “jerk” if they don’t acknowledge…

  • Politicized IDFG: Official gets demoted for "a number of factors"

    Brian Ertz

    The message to employees is clear at Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) – when it comes to development projects on public lands that threaten wildlife – keep your mouth shut. David Parrish, Magic Valley regional supervisor for IDFG former Magic Valley regional supervisor for IDFG, has a problem – a political problem.  Parrish…

  • Kempthorne unveils species banking system

    Brian Ertz

    Secretary of the Interior Kempthorne unveiled the Fish and Wildlife Service’s new “credit” and “banking” system for threatened and endangered species protections. The idea is that federal agencies will be allowed to take actions that inflict damage to protected species populations on federal land if they have accrued enough “credits” from conservation programs on private…

  • Public lands as carbon sinks

    Brian Ertz

    When a lot of folk think about public lands and the value of these places to serve our efforts to curb global climate change they think development. They think of wind farms or solar arrays. If you think about it you can’t really blame them, that’s all they’ve had to think about – with the…

  • The kind of development not needed with $4 going-on-$7/gallon of gas

    Ralph Maughan

    Black Bear Resort. Big things are in store for Bear Lake. A planned development near the Utah-Idaho border would offer skiing, sailing and more. By Mike Gorrell. The Salt Lake Tribune. This would create a huge new development in cold winter country 2 tanks of gas NE of Salt Lake City, Utah. Even if the…

  • Pygmy Rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis)

    Brian Ertz

    Wikipedia : Pygmy Rabbit

  • Back from the backcountry

    Ralph Maughan

    I’m back from the backcountry. I saw a lot of interesting things near the Idaho/Nevada border, especially on the edge of the Owyhee, part of where the giant Murphy fire burned 13 months ago. Lupine in bloom, NW of Devil Creek in the Owyhee country. June 16, 2008. Copyright © Ralph Maughan. This photo was…

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Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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Raveena Tandon

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