The Wildlife News

March 1, 2018

  • Gallatin Range Wilderness Needs Defenders

    George Wuerthner

    The Gallatin Range runs from Bozeman into Yellowstone National Park. The Custer Gallatin National Forest (CGNF) segment contains a 230,000-acre roadless area. Currently, the CGNF is considering which parts of the forest to recommend for wilderness in its Forest Plan. The FS recommends about 85,000 acres in two segments as wilderness. The Gallatin Forest Partnership…

  • Mountain Biker Distortions On Wilderness Act

    George Wuerthner

    Kurt Gensheimer’s Feb. 28th editorial on mountain biking and wilderness in the Sacramento Bee is full of the same misinformation and distortions. http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/california-forum/article202387639.html Mr. Gensheimer suggests that Rep. Tom McClinock’s legislation to open our nation’s wilderness system to mountain bikes and other wheeled contractions “restores” the original intent of the  1964 Wilderness Act and will provide…

  • Nez Perce Clearwater NF logging Demonstrates Industrial Bias

    George Wuerthner

    A Feb. 17th article in the Morning Tribune about the Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest proposal to log forests along the Lolo Motorway and Nez Perce National Historic Trail demonstrates clearly the Forest Service Industrial Forestry Paradigm bias. http://lmtribune.com/northwest/forest-service-seeks-input-on-logging-plan/article_d5f4ca5b-dee7-5150-8d17-fd294738b60d.html I see the Industrial Paradigm all the time in statements from Forest Service representatives. Instead of…

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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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