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Are ranchers stupid? You might think so if you watch their behavior towards predators. For decades ranchers have declared war on coyotes. Despite their best efforts, coyotes not only survive, but thrive. Even with taxpayer subsidies to America’s welfare ranchers in the form of Animal Damage Control agents, and the slaughter of tens of [...]
Continue Reading →Sally Jewell, the nominee for the Secretary of Interior, was asked several questions during her confirmation hearing but the committee members also submitted about 200 written questions to her as well.
You can read her answers here.
Continue Reading →In yesterday’s post about the Owyhee “Group 1″ grazing decision we discussed the NRCS Ecological Site Descriptions for Juniper Mountain that inaccurately describe the vegetation and magically discount the native juniper forests that exist there. In the Environmental Assessment the BLM states: “Ecological site descriptions for Castlehead-Lambert allotment do not identify the presence [...]
Continue Reading →The Owyhee BLM has finally issued a Proposed Decision on the so-called “Group 1″ allotments but, unfortunately, the BLM really doesn’t go far enough to reverse damage caused by decades of abusive livestock grazing and they didn’t collect enough information to rationalize their decision even though the Environmental Assessment (EA) consists of a whopping [...]
Continue Reading →Sequester looks almost certain. What now happens to public lands?
The New York Times article linked below discusses the effects of the now almost certain sequester on the national parks . Most people who follow this issue know that they are chronically underfunded when it comes to resource protection. The Parks aside, what about [...]
Continue Reading →The CEO of REI Sally Jewell has been chosen by President Obama to be the Secretary of Interior.
Sally Jewell Picked To Be Interior Secretary By Obama.
Huffington Post.
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Update 2-8-2013 by RM. Initial reaction looks quite favorable from all sides . . . very important because a nominee [...]
Once again, it’s $1.35/AUM — just a token fee-
Like last year, the USFS and the BLM have announced that the 2013 grazing will a mere $1.35 per animal unit month (AUM).
In a news release, the agencies wrote: “An AUM or HM – treated as equivalent measures for fee purposes – is the [...]
Last week Rep. Ken Ivory, R of West Jordan, Utah, came north to Idaho, up out of the smog (worst in the country), to tell Idaho’s lawmakers that they should make a play to take over the U.S. public lands like Utah has proposed to do.
A group of 238 environmental and social justice groups, with a combined membership of many millions, have sent a letter to President Obama asking him to replace departing Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar with Arizona Congressman Raúl Grijalva. The letter, originally sent to President Obama on December 10, 2012, was re-sent after Secretary of [...]
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