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  • Pine-beetle epidemic changes debate over logging Montana's forests

    Ralph Maughan

    Will it increase support for salvage logging? Of course it will! Will it increase support for Tester’s Wilderness plus logging bill? Yes! Will there actually be an increase in salvage logging? Hard to say. Some points needs to be made. First, this beetle epidemic is not just a Montana thing. It extends from the Yukon…

  • Omnibus Public Lands bill wins final passage in U.S. Senate

    Ralph Maughan

    House passage is expected next week- The bill finally passed today. The final vote for passage was 73-21. While most of the media seem to still think this is just a bill wilderness bill, folks are slowly finding the other stuff. For example, contained in the bill is the “Wolf Livestock Loss Mitigation Act,” authored…

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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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