Idaho Senator Larry Craig and second district Idaho Representative Mike Simpson are feuding over CIEDRA and the Owyhee Initiative. Craig came up with a last minute insistence on money to […]
Pre-mining predictions of mines' effects on water quality almost always too rosy
The results of this study probably won’t surprise anyone, but that doesn’t mean that the same thing won’t happen the next mine. The “rosy scenario” has many more lives than […]
Escaped Idaho elk tests positive for red deer genes
One of Rex Rammell’s escaped elk has tested positive for red deer genes for the second time, and so one of the major fears that prompted the emergency elk hunt […]
Wolf management takes addition and subtraction — ed from Missoulian
The Missoulian has an editorial lauding the current wolf management regime. However, I fundamentally disagree that wolf management requires active management, killing wolves if there are too numerous and proping […]
"Wild Bill" says "the America the Beautiful Pass sends a strong message"
. . . and the message is a negative one. Read his column in New West. He points out that the entire newly imposed structure of fees to fund recreation […]