Idaho Statesman’s view: Politicians blow smoke when talking wildfires
This editorial is about the giant Murphy range fire of 2007 and the attempt by leading Idaho politicians to say it was so hard to control because too much native vegetation had been uneaten by cows.
A recent report by the BLM and other government agencies said that was not so (despite what must have been enormous political pressure on them).
The Wildlife News recently reported on the study’s release.
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Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project.
