No one will surprised to learn that growth on the Idaho side of the Tetons is out-of-control. The linked article by Pacific Northwest political observer Randy Stapilus about enactment of […]
Divide Wide Over Mexican Wolf Program
This is bad news for the struggling Mexican wolf program, but the blame is on these rural counties who for years have believed that obeying the law is optional. I […]
Additional wolf delisting hearing slated for Cody on April 19.
The time and place for the Cody wolf delisting hearing has been set. Open house, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (brief presentations about the proposed rule will be given […]
Ex-Dept of Interior Auditor Says He Was Told to Be Lax on Oil Fees
Another DOI outrage has been revealed by the new congress. Story in the New York Times. By Edmund L. Andrews. You can bet DOI employees were told to be lax […]
Wuerthner: Hunting In National Parks Not Appropriate
This is a guest opinion column in New West. It is proposed to reduce the obvious overpopulation of elk in Rocky Mountain National Park by hunting. There are other possbilities. […]
Unparalleled views impress tourists at the opening of the Skywalk over the Grand Canyon
This glass bottomed walk over the Grand Canyon is on the little-visited Indian Reservation part of the Canyon far downstream of where most tourists see the canyon. There are complaints […]
"Montana, Don’t Be Another Wyoming," says Bill Schneider
Columnist Bill Schneider at New West writes: Earlier this week, the Montana House of Representatives, on a 58-41 vote, passed an appropriation to send at least $150,000 in the hard-earned […]
Groups say coal plant near Gillett, Wyoming, needn’t be so polluting
We hear about the wonders of “clean coal” technology all the time, but we hear about the actual deployment of dirty coal technology in the everyday world. We live in […]