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Kevin Richert: This year’s fight with the feds: Otter vs. BLM | Kevin Richert's columns | Idaho Statesman

January 17, 2011

Ken Cole

When I heard about the Interior Department’s decision to reverse the changes that the Bush Administration made to the policy on wild lands protection I was pleased. However, I remain skeptical at how the policy will be implemented by the current bunch running BLM who I don’t really trust. There is no doubt, however, how…
First major Idaho wildfires of the summer

July 1, 2010

Ralph Maughan

There is a lot of drying grass due to the long wet spring- Calmer winds ease firefighting on BLM fires west of Twin Falls, ID. Magic Valley Times News.
Judge Halts BLM’s Attempt to Revoke Valley Sun’s Grazing Permit for Lack of Use

June 16, 2010

Ken Cole

BOISE — The Department of Interior’s Office of Hearings and Appeals has granted Western Watersheds Project (WWP) a stay of a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to cancel Valley Sun, LLC’s (Valley Sun) grazing permit on public lands along the East Fork and main Salmon Rivers in central Idaho. BLM had attempted to cancel…
Lawsuit Settled over grazing in Sonoran Desert National Monument

February 14, 2010

Ralph Maughan

Joint news release by the BLM and Western Watersheds Project- This is a victory for WWPs Arizona Office in Tucson. NEWS RESEASE (PHOENIX, AZ)—The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Western Watersheds Projects announced today settlement of a federal lawsuit involving the Sonoran Desert National Monument southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.…
BLM won't fight grazing ban on Idaho allotment

October 20, 2009

Ken Cole

Domestic sheep will not return to allotment in bighorn sheep habitat. The Partridge Creek allotment in the Salmon River Canyon near Riggins is closed to domestic sheep grazing after Western Watersheds Project, The Wilderness Society, and Hells Canyon Preservation Council filed suit in Federal Court. This is a huge victory for bighorn sheep which have…
Federal judge shutters Idaho grazing allotment

October 14, 2009

Ken Cole

Ruling protects bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. The BLM Partridge Creek Allotment has been closed to sheep grazing to protect bighorn sheep from domestic sheep disease. This is a big victory for bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. These sheep are native sheep and have seen drastic declines over the years due…
Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case

August 25, 2009

Ken Cole

BLM and DuPont held accountable for killing crops which neighbor public lands by applying Oust in southern Idaho after wildfires. Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case Associated Press
Utah senators complain about arrest of Southern Utah pot hunters. SL Tribune spanks senators

June 18, 2009

Ralph Maughan

Senators’ attack on federal agents dangerous in these times of wingnut extremism- Political pandering. Hatch and Bennett out of line. Salt Lake Tribune Editorial. Destruction of archelogical valuable artifacts is a well known practice in Southern Utah. Time for a federal crackdown was way past, and finally a well planned raid was carried, arresting 23…

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