Off-road activist [Huck] says he’s tossed in the towel. He declares, after ruling, he’ll no longer fight wilderness designations. By Patty Henetz. (link expired) The Salt Lake Tribune. Note the SLT link died, but a found an active link at an off-road activist site.
“It’s like battling the Borg: Resistance is futile,” […]
Continue Reading →In the view of Joan McCarter the problems of drought, lack of water for “traditional” uses and the fires have been aided and abetted by years of short-sighted political leadership in the West.
She doesn need to say it, but Idaho has got to be a prime example.
Fire, Water and Political Leadership in […]
Continue Reading →Groups have been trying to reform this for a couple generations. Bush has said he will veto it.
House panel OKs bill imposing mining royalties. By Noelle Straub. Billings Gazette Washington Bureau
Instead of the old nearly free mining clam/patent system, mining operations would have to pay a royalty on “hard rock minerals” like […]
Continue Reading →More Nevada gold mines spew more toxic mercury than they reported. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman.
Three years ago hardly anyone thought of this, but the fact is southern Idaho waters and part of Utah too is being poisoned by the emissions from the rapidly growing number of open pit gold mines in Nevada.
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Continue Reading →Alltel Corporation wants to build a giant cell tower at the Rocky Mountain Campground, a private campground in Gardiner.
Story. Yellowstone administrators object to Gardiner cell tower. Associated Press
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