By Erik Molvar Rocky Mountain elk are one of the stars of the show at Yellowstone National Park, a world-famous destination for wildlife viewing. Elk are a defining species for […]
Court Throws Out Feds’ Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of Killers of Endangered Wildlife
Flawed ‘McKittrick’ Policy Ruled Unlawful Tucson, AZ — Late yesterday, a federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s flawed ‘McKittrick Policy’ under which the government only prosecuted killers of […]
Lostine Logging Proposal Bogus
Recently I drove up the Lostine River corridor and hiked the trail in the Eaglecap Wilderness giving me a good opportunity to review a Forest Service proposal to log the […]
Deschutes River should be managed for public interest
Whenever I am driving around Central Oregon in summer, I see the Deschutes River being sprayed in the air by thousands of sprinklers used by farmers and ranchers primarily to […]
House Natural Resources and Ag Sec. promote more logging to reduce wildfires
The House Subcommittee on Natural Resources chaired by Tom McClintock (R) of California is advocating more active management of our national forests based on the presumption that logging/thinning will reduce […]
Trump to reduce payments to rural counties
Many rural counties with sizeable amounts of federal lands within their jurisdictional boundaries depend on federal payments to support basic services like fire, police, schools, and the like. The […]
Harmful elk winter feeding Wyoming draws lawsuit
Conservation groups challenge disease-breeding feedground on public lands JACKSON, Wyoming –– Four conservation groups filed a lawsuit today to challenge the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of the Alkali Creek […]
Trump and Buggy Whips
This week Donald Trump withdrew the United States support and leadership in the Paris Climate Accords, demonstrating that he prefers buggy whips to automobiles. There is overwhelming agreement by scientists […]