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  • NYT uses Boise to illustrate the recessionary spiral and its aftermath

    Ralph Maughan

    The importance of this feature article is how irrelevant the governor and the rural dominated legislature are to the economic well being of most Idahoans- Free Fall’s Over, but Where Are We Landing? By Peter S. Goodman. New York Times. This article is a bit unusual for this blog, but a continuing theme here is…

  • Is the RV headed for the history books?

    Ralph Maughan

    Are RVs viable in a time when their builders may go bankrupt, gas prices can skyrocket, and seniors lose their retirement funds? The RV’s last roundup. Salon Magazine. By Mark Schone, with additional research by Ben Travers

  • Recession stress and Yellowstone's good tidings

    Ralph Maughan

    John Muir’s advice rings true in the economic worry of today- Recession stress and Yellowstone’s good tidings. By Mark Menlove. A commentary in the Salt Lake Tribune.

  • Poaching on the rise as the economy sinks

    Ralph Maughan

    This is entirely predictable- .  .  . and you can bet most state legislatures will do nothing about it. Black-market meat – Illegal killing of animals on rise as economy sinks. By Tracie Cone. AP in the Missoulian. Idaho Fish and Game needs more money, although they make me mad and I don’t think they…

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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

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