Utah

  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Wolf Rider.

    Ken Cole

    The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the many wolf advocacy groups who held that Congressman Mike Simpson’s and Senator Jon Tester’s budget rider, which delisted wolves in Idaho, Montana, and parts of Oregon, Washington, and Utah, was unconstitutional.  The panel of judges upheld Judge Donald Mollloy’s ruling that the rider was constitutional.…

  • Utah may have its first wolf pack and it is south of I-80

    Ken Cole

    Over the weekend USDA Wildlife Services agents, while out flying around killing coyotes, observed what they think were four wolves or wolf dog hybrids near Springville, Utah. There have been reports of wolves there for the past year and a half. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources plans to attempt to capture them in the…

  • DeChristopher sentence spurs outraged charges of Utah hypocrisy (updated)

    Ralph Maughan

    DeChristopher and Noel, a tale of two crimes. Salt Lake Tribune. This is about the difference in the sentence given DeChristopher versus a notorious Utah plunderer of historical antiquities on public lands. DeChristopher sentence riles protesters. 26 arrested. By Derek P. Jensen. The Salt Lake Tribune – – – – Added July 28 and 29,…

  • Northern Utah, the land of filthy air

    Ralph Maughan

    Worst in the country in the winter- “Oh ye mountains high and the clear blue sky . . .”  These are words from a Mormon hymn that isn’t sung in church much anymore. I don’t know the reason, but it is appropriate because northern Utah has slowly developed the dirtiest air the country in the…

  • Tim DeChristopher Goes on Trial for Disrupting Oil Lease Auction

    Ralph Maughan

    DeChristopher may get 10 years for unconventional method of protecting Utah’s beautiful canyonlands from oi companies- We have had many stories on this, but not for quite a while. Tim DeChristopher could be punished far more than the Wall Street investment bankers who stole billions. He bid against oil speculators at a Department of Interior…

  • They don't make 'em much crazier than this.

    Ken Cole

    This one is from Utah Department of Natural Resources Director Michael Styler told a legislative committee Tuesday that the return of the wolves is comparable to “the resurrection of the T. rex and turning him loose on the landscape.” Natural Resources director compares wolf to ‘T. rex’ The Salt Lake Tribune. – – – –…

  • Utah High court: State can be sued for 2007 bear attack

    Ralph Maughan

    A sorry decision that will threaten all kinds of wildlife- A result of this will be state agencies killing wildlife and closing campgrounds when a theoretically dangerous animal is seen within five miles of them. High court: State can be sued for bear attack. By Donald W. Meyers. The Salt Lake Tribune. We let unemployed…

  • Special interests are Utah politicians’ cash cows

    Ralph Maughan

    Compared to the Utah legislature, members of Congress raise much more from their local constituents- Only 5% of the campaign money spent by candidates for the Utah legislature came from the folks in the candidates’ home legislative district. Special interests are Utah politicians’ cash cows. Salt Lake Tribune. By Lee Davidson This is important because…

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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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