The Wildlife News

July 6, 2009

  • Bipartisan congressional group urges big jump in funding to buy public lands

    Ralph Maughan

    This is the first time in quite a while to hear a serious proposal to increase funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund- Report urges investing billions in natural treasures. Federal government » Interior secretary says in times of difficulty we look to our landscapes for greatness. By Thomas Burr. The Salt Lake Tribune.…

  • Western Lands Project monitors public land privatization

    Ralph Maughan

    Privatization does not always happen directly. Western Lands Project looks at the sneaky ways- Wilderness Dedux. From the Goat Blog in High Country News. In recent years we have seen the emergence of “quid pro quo” Wilderness, where Wilderness is designated only if some developors are authorized to do something bad in exchange. This was…

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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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