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  • Bridger-Teton National Forest quickly moves to use stimulus money for anti-conservation logging

    Ralph Maughan

    Traditional logging dwindled on the Bridger-Teton, Caribou-Targhee and Shoshone National Forests because it brought in only pennies on the dollar spent. Stimulus may be used to renew logging at a loss- The stimulus bill has money for forests, parks, wildlife that can be used in a beneficial or negative way. It appears the supervisors for…

  • Parks and Wildlife Get Stimulus

    Ralph Maughan

    Stimulus bill contains a lot of money that could be spent on parks, fish, wildlife, forest roads and trails- The stimulus bill contains a rare infusion of major money for projects related to wildlife, fish, forest thinning, repair of decaying infrastructure, and more (folks are still looking). If used correctly, this could create a lot…

  • Debate Rages Over Elk Feeding

    Brian Ertz

    The most recent on Wyoming’s elk feedlot fiasco – Debate Rages Over Elk Feeding – Kirk Johnson, New York Times thanks jdubya

  • Point, Counterpoint : Wolf reintroduction in Rocky Mountain National Park

    Brian Ertz

    Buckle up folks, a standoff ! Rob Edward of WildEarth Guardians opines on Rocky Mountain National Park’s (RMNP) overabundance of elk, hoping to jump start a conversation about wolf restoration in the wider ecosystem including Colorado – as opposed to guns.  Vaughn Baker, superintendent of RMNP says it won’t work.  Both featured in Sunday’s Denver Post:…

  • A Line in the Green Sand

    Brian Ertz

    Although this essay is international in scope, it being written about a river in Britain, it gets at the heart of a tension among environmental issues coming to a head in so many localities all over the West – all over the world.  Paul Kingsnorth hits the point in a way that many activists have…

  • Lawmakers shoot down new bison plan

    Ralph Maughan

    Opposition to bill brings out the real issue — cattle industry’s control over the rest of us- The cattle industry won’t even support property rights (except their own), much less wildlife. As this country runs into hard times how much abuse on the part of a small segment of population will the average Montanan put…

  • WWP win in Washington state underscores politicized wildlife management

    Brian Ertz

    Thurston County Superior Court has ruled in favor of Dr. Steve Herman and Western Watersheds Project deciding that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) violated the State Environmental Protection Act when issuing grazing permits on its state wildlife areas without undergoing environmental analysis.  The state and Washington Cattleman’s Association had claimed that such…

  • Groups sue to stop timber sale on shore of Hebgen Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    Groups cite harm to habitat occupied by grizzly bears- Groups sue to stop timber sale on shore of Hebgen Lake. Billings Gazette. AP

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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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