First large U.S. deployment of biofuels is an economic and environmental disaster–
A decade ago it seemed like a great idea. Ethanol would be an additive or replacement for gasoline and diesel. It comes from the sun, water, and good old Mother Earth (soil). It would replace fossil fuels like petroleum that add to greenhouse […]
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Continue Reading →Survey reveals deep support for our national parks; So does the efforts to place blame for shutdown-
When the “non-essential” government programs were ended for a month during the recent government shutdown, one that was missed the most was the National Parks system — the national parks, monuments, recreation areas, heritage sites, battlefields.
The laying […]
Continue Reading →One of the most beautiful pollinators bites the dust-
One of the fun things I remember from childhood is capturing the black, yellow and white monarch butterfly caterpillars. They were not hard to find. I would put them in a Mason jar and feed them milkweed which was commonplace. It was where I got the […]
Continue Reading →These are rescheduled hearings due to the government shutdown-
Federal hearings on wolf delisting are underway at four locations this week. They are “make up” hearings because those scheduled for October had to be cancelled when congressional Republicans shut down the federal government.
The first hearing was in Denver yesterday Nov. 19, 2013. It was […]
Continue Reading →Yellowstone Bison
*SPECIAL ALERT!
November 18, 2013
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will be considering a bill this week that will have a devastating impact on western public lands, native wildlife and especially wild buffalo.
The “Grazing Improvement Act,” S. 258, is a nightmare for wild buffalo. As many of […]
Continue Reading →Untabulated comments overwhelmingly opposed hunt-
More were just tossed away-
One of the most consistent characteristics of right wing movements is a distaste for democracy. From the beginning with Edmund Burke (1729-1797) who invented the word “conservatism,” is the argument that some small elite knows better than the public. Whether based on land ownership […]
Continue Reading →Join WWP’s wildfire lecture Monday! Western Watersheds Project is proud to announce a presentation by Author, Ecologist and Photographer
George Wuerthner on
“Rethinking Wildfire and Dead Trees” Boise State University
Old Business Bldg
Room 105 7:00 P.M. Monday,
November 18th
Wuerthner […]
Continue Reading →Allan Savory is an advocate for the livestock management system known as, Holistic Management (HM). He is a former member of the Rhodesian Parliament (now Zimbabwe) and has made his living as a consultant with the Savory Institute. He is best known for his recent appearance as a TED speaker where he made […]
Continue Reading →Anti-coal port candidates now appear in charge in Whatcom County-
In recent years there has been a big effort to clear the way to build a huge coal terminal (seaport) near Bellingham, Washington to ship Wyoming and Montana coal to China. This has caused a big controversy in Whatcom County where Bellingham is, next to […]
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