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  • Wildfires rage in British Columbia, Alaska

    Ralph Maughan

    Pacific northwest dry and burning as rest of West has a cool and moist summer respite- We planned to go to B.C. and Alaska this summer. Glad we didn’t. Instead we stayed in Pocatello, Idaho where a very wet late spring and cooler than normal summer has greatly reduced normal fires and given clean skies.…

  • Roadless Area in Tongass National Forest Opened to Logging by the Obama Administration

    Ken Cole

    8.8 miles of new road are involved in what was once a roadless area. “Just building the road will cost four times as much revenue as the Forest Service is going to get from the timber sale,” said Waldo of Earthjustice. Ketchikan mill is awarded Orion North timber Deal marks first timber sale in roadless…

  • Palin's departure not likely to change Alaska's anti-wolf programs

    Ralph Maughan

    Unrepresentative Board of Game and science-free biologists said to be the problem- Alaska biologists may be to blame for bad predator control policies. By Cathy Taibbi.  National Examiner. I missed this earlier. This lengthy article is actually part 2 of Exploring Alaska’s wolf-control controversy. Government favors trophy hunting dollars over ecology.

  • Northern Exposure. Sarah Palin's toxic paradise.

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s a big beautiful state, but Palin is hardly protecting its citizens- Northern Exposure. New Republic by by Sheila Kaplan and Marilyn Berlin Snell

  • Ruling might put wood bison back in Nenana Basin despite natural gas hunt

    Ken Cole

    Meanwhile captive bison killing each other due to competition for food. Sarah Palin wants a 10j rule classifying reintroduced bison as experimental non-essential so that development of their habitat can go forward unimpeded. Ruling might put wood bison back in Nenana Basin despite natural gas hunt Newsminer

  • Good news: Drilling off Alaska can't proceed without further environmental review

    Ralph Maughan

    Appeals panel rules that the Interior Department didn’t adequately analyze a Bush administration plan to auction off leases in the Arctic seas- Drilling off Alaska can’t proceed without further environmental review. By James Oliphant and Kim Murphy. LA Times. An off-shore oil spill into the Arctic Ocean would be a terrible disaster.

  • Alaska's Mt. Redoubt spews ash 65,000 feet, placing Kenai Peninsula residents on alert

    Ralph Maughan

    The series of eruptions is continuing, with ashfall now likely in more populated and recreational important areas- 3/26  Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt spews ash 65,000 feet, placing Kenai Peninsula residents on alert. LA Times. 3/28  Redoubt erupts a number of times on Friday, March 27. LA Times.

  • Alaska's Mount Redoubt finally erupts

    Ralph Maughan

    Plume reached at least 50,000 feet high- Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts four 5 times. Washington Post. By Mark Thiessen. The Associated Press Update 3/24. Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt volcano erupts a sixth time, sending ash plume 60,000 feet high. LA Times. – – – – – – – Although Governor Bobby Jindal may think volcano…

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