The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy. The Flathead Beacon. The Plum Creek matter is a growing issue. Here is another article.

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Ralph Maughan

Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.

7 Responses to More on Plum Creek timber: The New Colonialism. Our Forest Legacy

  1. Roy says:

    You’re starting to catch on Ralph, what Senator Max Baucus, DEMOCRAT from Montana is all about!

  2. Roy,

    You’ve come to this forum with some assumptions. I never said I was an enthusiast for Senator Baucus.

  3. Scott says:

    “Colonialism – outside interests running Montana for their benefit, which often is not Montana’s benefit. ”

    Does the author really believe that TNC & TPL are colonialists doing this for their own benefit? I have confidence in these two organizations to act responsibly with lots of local input.

    The perfect is frequently the enemy of the good. What alternative does the author have for the 300,000 acres?

    And ROY, you seem to bless this transaction in another thread, when you said you agreed Melanie Parker’s article in the Missoulian (essentially lauding the deal).

  4. Roy says:

    Scott,

    I said I like that 320,000 acres in Montana have been conserved for future timber production, hunting, and hiking. I also said that I have issues with how it was funded in the farm bill.

    Now, let’s talk about the ethanol subsidies that Barrack Obama, DEMOCRAT from Illinios has landed for his state……..

  5. Scott says:

    Roy,

    Forgive me if I am dense, but why is it bad that Baucus included a funding mechanism to acquire the Plum Creek lands?
    I agree that the Farm Bill and Ag. policy generally are a mess (and a mass of subsidies).

    Ralph Maughan got it so right in another thread. The quality of a new president is manifest in his (or her) political appointees….especially with public lands management.

  6. TPageCO says:

    It’s funny that Skinner suggests that the land should have been purchased by the state and transferred to the State Land Board or the State Forest. Has he visited any of these lands lately? They are managed worse than most of the federal land, which is saying something.

  7. AJ says:

    Skinner always suggests that states seem to have the best resources to manage these lands. I don’t know what planet he’s on but it isn’t the scorching Earth!!

    and yeah he’s funny….

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