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  • Greatest Good Is To Preserve Forest Carbon

    George Wuerthner

    An ecologically ravaged forest ecosystem on the Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Thinning the forest to allegedly preclude wildfires releases a tremendous amount of stored carbon. Photo by George Wuerthner Gifford Pinchot, first chief of the U.S. Forest Service said: “Conservation is the foresighted utilization, preservation and/or renewal of forests, waters, lands and minerals for the…

  • Emotion instead of reason drives Utah Legislature

    Ralph Maughan

    When it comes to wild carnivores these lawmakers look to their gut instead of their brain- A couple months ago I went to the Utah Capitol to oppose House Bill 228 (the brainchild of state Rep. Casey Snyder), otherwise known as the Livestock Predators Removal Amendments. The bill was one of two designed to do…

  • The public shows ranchers the door at Point Reyes National Seashore

    Ralph Maughan

    The National Park Service recently released the public comments on how Point Reyes National Seashore should be managed and they show that the vast majority of the public wants beef and dairy operations booted off Park Service lands. Contrary to prevailing assumptions that local food culture overrides conservation concerns in the local area, some 91.4%…

  • Conservation groups call for more species protection, less logging

    George Wuerthner

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   April 21, 2020   Contacts: Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater, (208) 835-5426 Adam Rissien, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 370-3147   Conservation groups call for more species protection, less logging and roadbuilding   Request to get deadline extended due to COVID-19 falls on deaf ears   Moscow- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping…

  • The Carnage of Wolf Trapping in Idaho. New Public Records Request Shows High Non-Target Capture and Mortality.

    Ken Cole

    47% of Animals Caught by Idaho Wolf Trappers Are Non-Target Species. A new public records request to Idaho Department of Fish and Game reveals that Idaho wolf trappers are capturing nearly as many non-target species as they are capturing wolves. 47% of the species captured between the 2012/2013 to 2018/2019 trapping seasons, including rare fishers, wolverine,…

  • Nez Perce-Clearwater Forest Plan Has No Accountability  

    George Wuerthner

    Note: I am posting this on behalf of the Friends of the Clearwater.   The Forest Service is currently accepting public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the forest plan revision on the Nez Perce and Clearwater National Forests. The comment deadline is April 20. The National Forest Management Act (1976) mandates all…

  • NEPA overhaul seeks to cut the public out of public lands decisions

    Ralph Maughan

    The Trump administration is stampeding ahead with a rewrite of the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This landmark law requires federal agencies to study—and let the public weigh in on—the environmental impacts of federal actions. Ironically, given NEPA’s central purpose of including the public in environmental decision-making, the Trump administration is already…

  • Trump’s environmental review rollback puts ranchers in charge of public lands

    *This piece is authored by Talasi Brooks, Staff Attorney at Western Watersheds Project President Trump’s proposed new rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations will not only accelerate destructive infrastructure projects, they will also cut environmental concerns out of decision-making for livestock grazing on millions of acres of public lands.  Where environmental reviews do occur,…

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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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