Early resurrection planned in the next Congress-
Although it was supposed to move in the lame duck session, that session fizzles and the bill was pulled under threat of filibuster by Tom Coburn (R-OK).
Senator Reid, the major leader, has announced that an unrevised version of the massive public land bill (pieces of public lands legislation all over the United States inside) will be brought up early in the next Congress.
This is good news. This is also horrible news because of the the content of the various individual items. One of the worst is the Owyhee canyonlands a.k.a. Owyhee Initiative in SW Idaho.
Rocky Barker traces its origins in his blog today and Begreen has a fine response.
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.
And then there’s this from the UK today:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/20/george-bush-conservation-climate-change
Also note some of the other articles listed in the sidebar, if you scroll down a little ways…
Great link, Salle.
I especially enjoyed the sidebar article by Meg Kane about Bush being unable to find anyone to publish his memoirs.