December 2006
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As ePluribus Media says “There’s got to be more to this story.” We see the head of the largest of the national lands systems resign, and there’s just a tiny story on a slow media day, heading into New Year’s weekend. Clarke was in the dig-it-up, tear-it-up-mould of Gale Norton; and like Norton, left a…
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Is anyone surprised? Story: Norton will join Royal Dutch Shell. The former Interior secretary has taken a job in Colorado as a general counsel in the unit working to recover oil from shale. By Steve McMillan Denver Post Staff Writer Here is Todd Wilkinson’s take on it in New West. Former Bush Interior Secretary Takes…
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A number of the thermal vents in Yellowstone release high levels of carbon dioxide, the very gas that is building up in our atmosphere. Carbon dixoide is a crucial element for photosynthesis, and some have argued that the growing levels of this gas will make the world greener, better. Unfortunately they tend to work for…
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Most listings nowadays, and in the past, have come from conservation groups forcing the species onto the “list,” but in an unusual move the Bush Administration has proposed listing the polar bear, which is suffering the effects of warming in the Arctic. That melts the ice the bears need to hunt from. The polar bear…
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Brodie Farquhar muses about hibernation and and two recent stories about it. Nap Time For Yellowstone Bears, But Others Still Awake. New West He wishes he could talk to Yellowstone grizzly biologists to see if warming is causing the bears to hibernate for shorter periods. I don’t know, but I do know that the availability…
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Secretary has accepted Gov. Jim Risch’s plan for the 9.3 milion acres of national forest roadless area in Idaho. It is now slated to be become part of the Code of Federal Regulations. While such a regulation is not as hard to change as a law passed by Congress (as designated…
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Here is an analysis of what it may take to get the Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Area bill through the new Democratic congress. They are worrying that Custer County might jump ship, but I’d say for every bit given to Custer County (unless it is money) more needs to be given to conservationists.…
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I hadn’t heard about this until I read the Denver Post today. Proposed mine could have dreadful impact. By Charlie Meyers. Denver Post The project would have a huge impact on wild salmon fisheries in Alaska. It also involves two dams, one larger than the Three Gorges Dam in China. As usual in the Bush…