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Comparison of two sites, Nov. 4, 2009, in the Mink Creek drainage south of Pocatello, Idaho- Mink Creek is a popular recreation area on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest, just south of Pocatello, Idaho. The first 3-4 miles have no livestock grazing. As the drainage gains slowly in elevation, it is grazed from about June 1…
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Obama’s environmental policies reflect Bush’s. By John H. Weis. Op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune My opinion. Ralph Maughan. Obama is interesting in abating climate change and some high profile issues, but as we have complained many times he doesn’t seem to have any feeling for the public lands of the West, except maybe for…
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Comparison photos are fun!
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Can you even imagine that these things are kept secret? Western Watersheds Project and Wild Earth Guardians are suing to make public that which should open and free to all. Story on Fox12Idaho News. Environmental groups sue BLM for grazing info. Associated Press
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Any Utah Latter Day Saint knows the story how the Pioneers made the Utah desert “blossom as a rose,” but the real story is more complex- Grass was so deep in the early years where Tooele, Utah (Ta WILL ah) now stands that livestock were frequently lost in it. It was named Grass Valley. Anyone…
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The politics of Disaster: Rep. Simpson Seeks Special Grazing For Fire-Riddled Idaho. By Brodie Farquhar. New West Simpson is following a long tradition among Idaho politicians of using fire disaster to do exactly the wrong thing, but something that pleases powerful constituents. He seems to have taken the over the role of Larry Craig —…
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The Mexican wolf has many strikes against is restoration. The was allowed to become extinct in the wild, so every sucessfully “rewilded” wolf is very valuable. It’s territory has been artificially limited to “the box,” a relatively small area bestride the Arizona-New Mexico border. It’s restoration area, some of which is designated wilderness, is mostly…