Agriculture Pick’s Hearing Is Smooth. By Andrew Martin. New York Times.
Here was a hopeful story from Jan. 14. Hope and the new USDA chief. Coming together to work toward a sustainable food and farm future. David Murphy (Guest Contributor). Grist Magazine.
Here is today’s story. “Not-so-tough row to hoe. Vilsack glides through Senate Ag Committee confirmation hearing.” Posted by Tom Philpott. Grist Magazine.
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
