Wildlife Habitat
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There is good news on efforts to protect the Wyoming Range from the drillers. Wyoming Range bill to get February hearing. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily. The Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold the hearing on the Wyoming Range Legacy Act of 2007 at 2:30 p.m.…
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“The plan could mean the loss of more than 2,700 jobs – nearly 10 percent of the agency’s work force – as well as reductions in dozens of non-fire related programs, from road and trail maintenance to state assistance, land acquisition and recreation, lawmakers said.” Forest Service could lose 2,700 jobs. By Matthew Daly. Associated…
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Alberta protesters furious over wolf kill. By Jim Farrell. Edmonton Journal. The government wants to kill wolves to protect caribou, but the caribou have been disrupted by all the natural gas development and exploration in the Rocky Mountain foothills.
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This is surly true a lot of other places too with the deep snows, . . . and we should remember the vast wildfires that burned not just summer range, but winter range as well last year. Wildlife showing strains of winter. Deep snows are pushing big-game species into harm’s way. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho…
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A stupid program designed to help a tiny number of people in a vain attempt to “help to safeguard the County’s economic and cultural viability” (the purpose, according to the County Commissiors). If these people wanted to safeguard their economic and cultural viability, they should have opposed the massive natural gas industrialization of Sublette County.…
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In a state overrun with disease spreading feedlots for wintertime elk feeding, we would think Wyoming doesn’t need more, but they seem to be slowly establishing yet a new one. This is in the Buffalo Valley, a very sensitive spot from standpoint of wildlife and Grand Teton National Park. The Buffalo Valley is a scenic,…
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This mine would be in a scenic and steep tributary to the Salmon River, certainly a threat to water quality. Forest Service OKs Harden Creek uranium exploration. By Todd Adams. Challis Messenger. Approximate location of exploration.
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Mega-wind project south of T.F. progresses. Bulk of electricity likely to go out of state [to Nevada]. By Matt Christensen Times-News writer. I’m sick and tired of Idaho being raped and Idaho poisoned for the sake of making money in Nevada.