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  • Heedless rush by Bush on oil shale (opinion by Senator Ken Salazar)

    Ralph Maughan

    We’ve seen this heedless rush to oil shale before, just ahead of the inevitable bust. By Senator Ken Salazar. Salt Lake Tribune (reprinted from the Washington Post). Salazar is a U.S. Senator from Colorado, the state where much of the oil shale lies.

  • Can Las Vegas water grab of Spring Valley still be defeated?

    Ralph Maughan

    Perhaps it’s not a done deal. We will soon see. Forces set to resist bid for rural water. Snake Valley — and its ranches, tribes and park — has chance of defeating Water Authority request. By Phoebe Sweet. Las Vegas Sun.

  • Logging industry is misleading us on forest fires and global warming

    Ralph Maughan

    The following “guest essay” in New West is by Dr. Chad Hanson,  a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of California at Davis. My view is that the logging industry has always used forest fires to try to stampede people into supporting policies that are bad for the forests, the environment, and most people except…

  • Bush's hand-picked Sporting Conservation Council fails to follow script

    Ralph Maughan

    It was supposed to produce results Gale Norton and the President liked. Packed with groups like the National Rifle Association and Safari Club International, Sporting Conservation Council has just issued a report condeming the effects of the Administration on wildlife habitat in wetlands and energy development. Hunt report hits leasing. Jackson Hole News and Guide.…

  • Judge halts USDA's cattle-grazing plans on Conservation Reserve Program lands

    Ralph Maughan

    The Conservation Reserve Project has removed many millions of marginal and sub-marginal lands from agricultural production over the last 20 years or so. It has had an enormous beneficial effect on water quality and wildlife habitat in some places. Southeast Idaho, where I live is one of the most important places to benefit. On the…

  • More on Plum Creek timber: The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy

    Ralph Maughan

    The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy. The Flathead Beacon. The Plum Creek matter is a growing issue. Here is another article. George Wuerthner recommended a link to this article.

  • Microburst downs thousands of conifers near Stanley, Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Microburst downs thousands of trees at Redfish Lake. ‘A miracle that no one was killed’ during mountain wind event. By Greg Stahl.  Idaho Mountain Express. This happened on July 3. There were thousands of people in the area.

  • Waging war on weeds

    Brian Ertz

    The Casper Star Tribune highlights an important threat to wildlife habitat – weeds: Waging war on weeds The article gives a pretty good indication of the extent to which different weeds threaten wildlife habitat and are an economic scourge – but I will take issue with one statement made in the article : Native plants…

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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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