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  • Dept. of Interior felon gets slap on wrist by judge

    Ralph Maughan

    Interior Department official named in a scathing report gets a $2000 fine- This is incredible. “The judge said he felt Dial [the defendent] . . . had been ‘selected out for prosecution’ on a conflict charge that  ‘high executives in our government violate all the time.’ ” Hence the small penalty. I’ll bet the Bush…

  • Number two at Interior will be David Hayes

    Ralph Maughan

    Pick has a fair conservation record but lobbying ties to energy companies- “Hayes is vice chairman of American Rivers and a senior fellow of the World Wildlife Fund, advising that group’s president on climate issues.” Story: Hayes to be No. 2 at Interior. By H. Josef Herbert. Associated Press.

  • Kempthorne struggles to construct clean image… and bathroom

    Brian Ertz

    Department of Interior Secretarty Dirk Kempthorne swung into Boise, Idaho in a fleet of black Escalades yesterday to attend a luncheon in honor of his “public service”.   While industry leaders met with Idaho’s politicos to celebrate Kempthorne’s ‘achievement’ Western Watersheds Project’s Katie Fite, Ken Cole and indie rock band Built to Spill bassist guitarist Brett…

  • We need Interior decorating (Not Salazar, nor Kemmis)

    Ralph Maughan

    28-year drift toward “disastrous . . . consensus decision-making” on public lands- “We need Interior decorating.” By Brian Horejsi. Colorado Springs Independent. My view is that consensus decision-making, bargaining over what the rules and law are, destroys respect for the law and makes the country lawless, as we have seen with the Bush Administration where…

  • PEER: Interior Department needs new brooms to sweep it clean

    Brian Ertz

    Whistleblowers and Reformers Required to Rejuvenate Ravaged Agencies In response to President-elect Obama’s decision to name rancher Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior, a selection widely celebrated by extractive industry groups and current Bush Interior head Dirk Kempthorne, grass-roots wildlife, public land, and animal rights activists continue to scratch their heads with dismay.  It’s a…

  • Interior decorating: Obama, Salazar and the Future of America's Public Lands

    Ralph Maughan

    Consensus decision-making is incompatable with the rule of law- Obama, Salazar and the Future of America’s Public Lands. Interior Decorating. By Dr. Brian Horejsi. Counterpunch.

  • Black-tailed Prairie Dog

    Brian Ertz

  • Grijalva steps up to bat on another Bush Interior ‘midnight regulation’

    Brian Ertz

    Grijalva steps up to the plate and goes to bat against another Bush Interior “midnight regulation” aimed at looting sacred water for the Peabody Western Coal Company while tribes perform spiritual ceremonies. Dang, if you listen close – that sounds like a John Prine endorsement to me !

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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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