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  • Baucus Beetle Amendment To Farm Bill Bad For Forest Ecosystems

    George Wuerthner

    Despite the ecological reality that beetle-kill is part of healthy functioning forest ecosystem, Montana Senator Max Baucus successfully added an amendment to the Farm Bill that would provide additional funds to log beetle killed trees as well as “stream line” the process of getting out timber sales. Baucus stated this would be “good news” to…

  • U.S.-Canadian ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ Protects North Fork of the Flathead

    Ralph Maughan

    Protection of this fabled international stream has emerged over the last few years without any formal designations- There have been many threats over the years the North Fork and its vast drainage, most seeming to emerge up in British Columbia, the headwaters. B.C. conservation groups have hoped for enlarged provincial parks, and Americans have had…

  • Tester To Chair Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus

    Ken Cole

    Western Democrats want to gut the Endangered Species Act Jon Tester, the Democratic Senator for Montana, is facing a tough re-election battle in 2012 which may hinge on the wolf issue. He is desperate to find a solution which allows the State of Montana to manage wolves and wants to get something passed in the…

  • Wolf pack killed by government on Senator Baucus ranch

    Ralph Maughan

    Vicious beasts kill 2 goats and 3 or 4 guard dogs over a year’s time- I saw this story Dec. 8, but it said the Mitchell Mountain Pack had over the space of several years killed two goats and a guard dog here and there at the “Sieben Ranch.” I just figured that was a…

  • More on Plum Creek timber: The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy

    Ralph Maughan

    The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy. The Flathead Beacon. The Plum Creek matter is a growing issue. Here is another article. George Wuerthner recommended a link to this article.

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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