Day: April 7, 2007
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Court victory over Bush forest planning rules causes halt in Shoshone National Forest plan
The March 30 court victory settting aside Bush’s new forest planning rules, which trivialized forest plans, and excluded them from full environmental analysis, has caused a temporary halt in the progress of the Shoshone National Forest Plan in Wyoming. The Shoshone is one of America’s most prized national forests for scenery and wilderness. Planning on…
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Mislabled cougar photos cause confusion in Great Lakes States
You might have seen them on the Internet — photos of cougars stalking deer in North Woods of Wisconsin or looking at Michigan children through the windows. At least that’s what the captions to them say. Sometimes things like a stray sagebrush in the photo reveal the truth that the photos were taken in usual…