The Salt Lake Tribune features an article about a letter that a couple of Utah legislators wrote associating wilderness designation in the state with aiding terrorists. Letter links wilderness, threats of terror. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance takes the brunt of these bumbling assaults on preserving wild places, wilderness that when properly protected […]
Continue Reading →It looks as if more has developed in the Mark Rey contempt of court case. It is being reported that a judge decided Friday that the Forest Service is indeed in contempt of court for not properly assessing the environmental impacts of the fire retardant ammonium phosphate by its deadline. The Forest Service had dragged […]
Continue Reading →Idaho state legislators just don’t believe the numbers on wolves and big game and they’re more than willing to be loud about it.
Wolf population grows
F&G director briefs lawmakers on species
By Jared S. Hopkins
Times-News
This is the kind of political pressure and anecdotal hearsay that makes the state […]
Continue Reading →Oregon Senator Ron Wyden wants to expedite logging for one of his home state’s chief industries – timber. Ore. Senator’s Bill Would Thin Forests :
Wyden said he was particularly interested in developing collaborative processes to identify objections early on, so they can be addressed without ending up in court.
This while the timber […]
Continue Reading →Oregon may have as few as a pair of wolves and it’s state protections drop after four breeding pairs, but just west of the Snake lies a temporary reprieve for wolves. Capital News, an Ag publication, illustrates a few of Oregon’s state protections “Delisting wolf may not help” (broken/pay) :
One thing […]
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