Mike Hudak interviews Don Oman, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service, about his experience working with the agency as a part of Hudak’s series of interviews compiled for Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching
Don Oman, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service explains how political pressure initiated [...]
Continue Reading →Montana judge’s ruling saves Lochsa River and local Idaho and Montana residents-
Imperial Oil, Canadian spawn of ExxonMobil has announced they are going to try to break down the size of their tar sands-bound megaloads so that they won’t have to use narrow, winding, scenic U.S. Highway 12 through North Central Idaho and then [...]
Continue Reading →DeChristopher and Noel, a tale of two crimes. Salt Lake Tribune. This is about the difference in the sentence given DeChristopher versus a notorious Utah plunderer of historical antiquities on public lands.
DeChristopher sentence riles protesters. 26 arrested. By Derek P. Jensen. The Salt [...]
Continue Reading →Peaceful disruptor of BLM oil auction to be sentenced today by our ExxonMobil government-
Bill Mckibben opines on today’s sentencing of Tim DeChristopher by a government that couldn’t find a single corrupt banker after they just about destroyed the economy back in 2008.
Tim DeChristopher and the feds. By Bill Mckibben. The Salt [...]
Continue Reading →Judge stops transport of megaloads through Western Montana-
Great news! Especially after all the elected U. S. officials from governors to the White House seem to have sold out. Montana judge rules against transport of giant oilfield equipment. Victory for campaigners as decision [...]
Continue Reading →Slight indication of a changing tide in Idaho
A couple of days ago I was pleasantly surprised when my neighbor approached me asking whether I’d be willing to sign a ballot initiative. ”What’s is about ?” I asked. ”Did you know that Idaho is one of only three states without a felony charge for [...]
Continue Reading →At least they got a reception. Sounds like fun.
Earth Firsters, megaload protesters occupy governor’s office – Missoulian
Schweitzer told the group he would not cede to their demands before they started playing the piano and dancing on the big table in the governor’s reception room in apparent frustration with the direction of the [...]
Continue Reading →Former gubernatorial candidate and outspoken anti-wolf activist Rex Rammel, charged with poaching an elk, added an alleged felony to his legal repertoire when he stood outside of the Bonneville County courthouse handing flyers out to potential jurors in his elk poaching case.
Following is a video taken when Rex Rammel called a press conference to explain [...]
Continue Reading →Recently, Western Watersheds Project won a court victory halting corporate livestock ranching on 450,000 acres on the Jarbidge Field Office, BLM in southern Idaho. It was a sweet victory for sage grouse, wildlife, and other environmental values in southern Idaho – but it may or may not be short-lived.
Later this month, the Idaho [...]
Continue Reading →Like an oak. The stubborn Brandborgs and the fight for wilderness
by Jessica Mayer. The Missoula Independent.
I have heard tales of Stewart Brandborg since I was a young man. I’ve never met him. He still lives in the Bitterroot Valley and fights on. It isn’t just [...]
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