stimulus bill

  • National Parks get a $750-million shot in the arm today

    Ralph Maughan

    Stimulus package gives the national parks a rare pot of money- Despite how Americans love their national parks, this rarely translates into appropriations. While an big increase in appropriations is still needed, this is a significant event, which, according to the article, will also create many jobs. National parks to get $750 million today. By…

  • Bridger-Teton National Forest quickly moves to use stimulus money for anti-conservation logging

    Ralph Maughan

    Traditional logging dwindled on the Bridger-Teton, Caribou-Targhee and Shoshone National Forests because it brought in only pennies on the dollar spent. Stimulus may be used to renew logging at a loss- The stimulus bill has money for forests, parks, wildlife that can be used in a beneficial or negative way. It appears the supervisors for…

  • Parks and Wildlife Get Stimulus

    Ralph Maughan

    Stimulus bill contains a lot of money that could be spent on parks, fish, wildlife, forest roads and trails- The stimulus bill contains a rare infusion of major money for projects related to wildlife, fish, forest thinning, repair of decaying infrastructure, and more (folks are still looking). If used correctly, this could create a lot…

  • Republican Senator Wants to limit NEPA Review.

    Ken Cole

    From American Lands Alliance: The Senate is currently debating the economic stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (HR 1), that recently passed the House. Senators are offering amendments to make changes to the bill. We are very concerned about an amendment offered by Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) that waives the National…

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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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