Outrageous giveaway to public land ranchers in Utah proposed. By Dawn House. The Salt Lake Tribune
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Continue Reading →Outdoors enthusiasts pushing for creation of West Hermosa Creek Wilderness. By Dave Buchanan. The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
A link to the Hermosa Creek roadless area at roadlessland.org
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Continue Reading →Air tanker drops in wildfires are often just for show. By Julie Cart and Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
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Continue Reading →Anti-wolf drive only had quarter of names needed to get on ballot. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman.
Barker sees Gillette’s new anti-wolf intitiative’s chances as dismal.
Update: Wolf petition is bogus. LTE. Idaho Mountain Express.
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Continue Reading →The forest fire season has finally gotten underway in Montana, and the “Cascade” fire is a potential threat to the tourist town of Red Lodge.
Firefighters fear strong winds could send fire toward Red Lodge. By Molly Priddy Billings Gazette Staff
Update July 30, 2008. Wind shift somewhat diminishes threat to Red Lodge. […]
Continue Reading →When a lot of folk think about public lands and the value of these places to serve our efforts to curb global climate change they think development. They think of wind farms or solar arrays. If you think about it you can’t really blame them, that’s all they’ve had to think about – […]
Continue Reading →Utah BLM isn’t responding to the needs of sportsmen. By Dan Potts, Chris Thomas and Joel Webster. Salt Lake Tribune.
That’s because the BLM has been directed to focus on energy more than ever (it’s not they did much for wildlife or recreation in the past).
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Continue Reading →Several months ago, we discussed the land purchase opportunities posed by the current real estate slump. Now here is a new article about the matter.
Real estate slump is a boon to conservation deals. AP.
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Continue Reading →Washington state’s governor Christine Gregoire (Democrat) open up critical wildlife lands purchased by the state to cattle grazing as a political deal — an effort to strengthen her reelection chances in a part of the state where she is a weak.
This much needed article in the Continue Reading →
There has been some discussion about the rise in recent gas prices and its effect on public support to drill on public lands. Polls are being tossed around and their results are as diverse as the questions – mostly we’ve seen Oil Industry sponsored polls suggesting widespread support for more drilling.
Ralph has suggested that […]
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