wilderness
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When I heard about the Interior Department’s decision to reverse the changes that the Bush Administration made to the policy on wild lands protection I was pleased. However, I remain skeptical at how the policy will be implemented by the current bunch running BLM who I don’t really trust. There is no doubt, however, how…
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Ranchers complain about losing control while accepting government handouts. The Buffalo Gap National Grassland of South Dakota doesn’t have buffalo any more but it certainly has a handful of ranchers with a strong sense of entitlement. They are worrying that wilderness designation will “steal” control that they seem to believe they should have over these…
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Idaho Delegation supports the bill but Governor opposes it The Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act (CEIDRA), the bill which would create a Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness, had its hearing yesterday in the U.S. Senate. There are some good and bad things about the bill but the land swaps to Custer County, except for very…
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This shows the hypocrisy of allowing helicopter darting of wolves in the Wilderness The USFS won’t allow Idaho Public Television to film in the Wilderness of Idaho because they claim that they are a commercial operation but the station is funded and operated by the State of Idaho. It kind of puts the helicopter darting…
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This should so much not be news! Park City, Utah (up in the mountains). Cougar shot after killing Utah family’s dog. AP. This event is so common. People build in cougar habitat and stock their yards with tasty morsels. There is a similar story in the Bitterroot Valley (actually foothills) of Montana. It seems a…
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Over at New West you can follow the Montana Wilderness controversy closely- Yesterday Ken Cole posted Senator Tester Betrays Montana Wilderness, a sharply critical opinion piece written by Brian Peck. Bill Schneider has been following Montana’s 30 year Wilderness controversy for some time in his columns at New West. His many updates give folks a…
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Brian Peck Excoriates Senator Tester’s “Wilderness” Bill And The “Environmental” Groups Who Support It. He explains that the “bill would set aside just over 600,000 acres of Wilderness, withdraw current protection from nearly 250,000 acres, and require that 100,000 acres be made available for logging and roading in an already fractured landscape.” Senator Tester Betrays…
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They forgot about the mercury pollution from nearby gold pits- A scenic hike. By Mike Cothern – Times-News correspondent