One of the great things about living in a public state, especially a serious public land state like Idaho, is the backcountry quickly available. This is uplands today at 4:30 […]
Former wolf biologist gets elected to Montana House and learns about real ferocity
I changed the headline. Here is Todd Wilkinson’s excellent “Freshman Montana Legislator Learns Ignorance Not Blissful.” New West. It’s about Mike Phillips’ first year in the Montana House of Representatives […]
Jones Has Two Weeks to Get Wildlife Off Blackfoot Ranch
The photo in this New West article is worth a thousand words about the problems posed by elk farming and elk shooting enclosures. This is the n-teenth article about Jones’ […]
Environmental review may halt giant coal pit mine near Glacier NP for 3 years
There is good news on the front to prevent the Cline Mine from being developed. There will be a lengthy environmental review of the proposed British Columbia mine done by […]
Judge halts Alaska's wolf bounty
A bounty was against Alaska’s state law, and despite calling it an “incentive,” it was still a bounty. Lack of snow made it hard for the wizards at the Board […]
Montana Wildfire arsonist receives 10 years
This 19-year-old set the Gash Creek Fire that smoked up Bitterroot Valley, Montana air for about 2 months last summer, and 18! other fires (most of which were quickly put […]
Federal judge tosses out new [Bush] rules governing national forests
The Bush Administration rewrote the rules and regulations that implement the laws that tell how national forest plans are to be done. The new regulations exempted the formation of new […]
Nez Perce Tribe very concerned about Hells Canyon bighorn/domestic sheep mixing in upcoming grazing season
The Nez Perce Tribe issued a news release today expressing concern that in the upcoming grazing season there was a high probably of domestic sheep mixing with bighorn in Hells […]