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  • A new park to save the plains?

    Ralph Maughan

    As the economy of the high plains falters decade after decade, the idea of a big high plains park could really help the economy- A new park to save the plains, KansasCity.com We already have approached this idea here in our discussion of the population decline of northeast Montana with wildlife from the Rockies, such…

  • Canada’s boreal forest top-rated carbon warehouse

    Ralph Maughan

    The Carbon the World Forgot — the boreal forest- “The boreal forest stores more carbon than any land-based ecosystem on the planet, according to a new report that says the Amazon is no match for Canada’s boggy bush.” It turns out that a major reason is all peat under the trees. Too many carbon sequestration…

  • Nevada no 1 in per capita water use; Utah no 2

    Ralph Maughan

    These most arid states are frivolous in their water use- The direct reason for this is their determination to grow and do things that belong in water rich areas — fight the areas’ natural lack of water or fight some other natural factor.*  That’s why they build so many dams, dewater their streams, construct huge…

  • Putting wind and solar on formerly contaminated sites

    Ralph Maughan

    Could the use of  “brownfields” reduce the conflicts over the placement of these land-expansive uses? Contamination transformation. Contaminated sites being used to house wind farms, solar arrays and geothermal power plants. Mother Nature Network. By Jessica A. Knoblauch It appears there is a lot of land in this category and many are near existing transmission…

  • More hunters now relying on mountain bikes

    Ralph Maughan

    An environmental and hunt-friendly method of transport? This article might well be read along with the one I posted, The confessions of an off-road-vehicle outlaw. A horse is very useful hunting, especially for getting your kill out, but many people don’t have the means or the property to keep a horse. Rather than turn to…

  • The confessions of an off-road-vehicle outlaw

    Ralph Maughan

    He had a change of heart when other off-roaders ruined his elk hunt- The confessions of an off-road-vehicle outlaw. By Garrett Veneklasen. Op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune. Writers on the Range.

  • Wyoming Game and Fish sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyo. sets wildlife guidelines for wind developers. By Matt Joyce. Associated Press.

  • The difference grazing cattle makes at the end of the season

    Ralph Maughan

    Comparison of two sites, Nov. 4, 2009, in the Mink Creek drainage south of Pocatello, Idaho- Mink Creek is a popular recreation area on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, just south of Pocatello, Idaho. The first 3-4 miles have no livestock grazing. As the drainage gains slowly in elevation, it is grazed from about June 1…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

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

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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