February 5, 2007
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They’ve gone and done it again — dropped public land grazing fees as low as the law allows. For a buck, thirty-five a month ranchers can let a cow stomp all over the the public land trample the banks and shit in the streams. Oh, yes, and their calves get to do it for free.…
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Conflicting bids over state land leases, and whether prior lease holders should get preferential treatment at the expense of public education revenues has spilled over into the Wyoming Legislature. House Bill 318 would generally point away from conservation groups willing to pay two-to-three times as much for state land leases than the livestock producers who…
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I know it’s hard to believe, but here it is in USA Today. President pushes boost in funding for national parks. $100 million a year would help restore services. By Richard Wolf
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Idaho’s new governor has another brand new idea fresh out of the 1940s — build more dams in Idaho to impound water. It might sound great if you haven’t followed the issue for a generation. Yes, there are dam sites left in Idaho, but there is not enough flow in the rivers to fill them.…
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The BLM has pulled 8 of ten lease offerings on a key wildlife migration route in Sublette County, WY after protests by local citizens and many groups. The BLM is trying to claim the areas they planned to offer were really a mistake. Yeh right! Story. BLM pulls Sublette lease parcels after glitch. By Whitney…