The Wildlife News

A Project of Sage Steppe Wild

2008 election

  • Sarah Palin: The view from Alaska

    Ralph Maughan

    Palin is not a typical Alaskan- Salon Magazine has a report on Palin as one kind of Alaskan — the kind that came north during the oil boom and changed the state’s culture for the worse (in the opinion of the Alaskan author of the piece). She is far from being “Jane, six pack;” and…

  • Editorial: Offshore Oil Drilling Fixes Nothing

    Ralph Maughan

    CBS News. Editorial: Offshore Oil Drilling Fixes Nothing. CBS News goes through the economic and environmental arguments for drilling protected areas as any sort of a solution to energy woes. In my view, this proposal which emerged suddenly (meaning it was politically carefully planned) shows that McCain and the Republicans have no idea how to…

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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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