The Wildlife News

November 20, 2008

  • Degraded land just north of Yellowstone Park to be restored to native prairie

    Ralph Maughan

    Land at the site of Cinnabar to be restored- Story in the Billings Gazette. Yellowstone Park land to be restored to native vegetation. By Brett French. I found this quite interesting. I had seen the name “Cinnabar” on a lot of old maps. I didn’t know what it had been or what had happened. The…

  • Longtime Head of House Energy Panel Is Ousted

    Ralph Maughan

    Clean air champion Henry Waxman will be installed- John Dingell of Michigan has chaired the powerful Energy and Commerce committee for many years (when the Democrats have controlled the House). This powerful committee has jurisdiction of the Clean Air Act as well as many other matters. He has been the “Big 3” auto’s point man…

  • Omnibus public lands bill is not truly dead.

    Ralph Maughan

    Early resurrection planned in the next Congress- Although it was supposed to move in the lame duck session, that session fizzles and the bill was pulled under threat of filibuster by Tom Coburn (R-OK). Senator Reid, the major leader, has announced that an unrevised version of the massive public land bill (pieces of public lands…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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