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 PM above Lead Draw, a 5-minute drive from my house and a one hour hike.
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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 where the Republicans rule, but only with a one vote majority (based on a third party extremist).
Continue Reading →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’ shooter bull operation controversy. Jones Has Two Weeks to Get Wildlife Off Blackfoot [elk] Ranch. By Nathaniel Hoffman. New West.
Continue Reading →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 Canada’s federal government rather than the Province.
Story in the Billings Gazette. AP
Because the mine’s polluted waters will drain into the North Fork […]
Continue Reading →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 of Game to see as many wolves killed as it wanted, so the Board of Game and the governor came up with the “incentive” scheme […]
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