November 2008
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Bison will be able to occupy the Horse Butte area for the first time- Finally, the bison will be able to leave the Park and occupy this now cow-free area area for the first time this winter. Conservation groups and the couple who bought Horse Butte have prepared the way, and it looks like the…
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Change.gov– We have been talking a lot about the new government, and today the government transition web site appeared. Maybe your ideas and objections can be sent there. APPLY FOR A JOB IN THE NEW ADMINISTRATION ! – – – – – – Updated (11-7). Transition Site Echoes Campaign Pledge of Open Government. Personal Democracy…
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This may be a good idea- In New West, Bill Schneider wrote: “We Americans have high expectations for President-elect Obama and the bluer-than-ever Congress, and a good way for them to convince us we did the right thing is immediately codify the Roadless Rule.” Rest of the story. Time to Codify the roadless rule. New…
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Since we’ve been talking about Schweitzer and his setbacks in the legislature- Schweitzer: Don’t Read Too Much Into GOP Legislative Victories. By Robert Struckman. New West. Democrats swept the elective state offices, but the Republicans have now claimed both chambers of the Montana legislature. Democrats won governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor and…
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This is a big issue in Pocatello and the southern part of the Greater Yellowstone- Environmental groups want E. Idaho mine injunction. AP. Idaho Statesman. It’s a classic jobs versus obvious, long lasting environmental damage spread over a wide area issue. The major environmental issue is not the pit but the spreading leakage of selenium…
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Lummis Beats Trauner for Wyoming Congressional Seat– By Charles Pelkey and Reese Jenniges, WyoFile.com Democrats had their best shot in 30 years at winning Wyoming’s lone U.S. House seat, but Dick Cheney showed up and helped Cynthia Lummis hold the seat for the GOP (the seat was once Cheney’s) as unpopular Republican Barbara Cubin retired.…
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Silly Sali goes down- Walt Minnick has served on the Board of the The Wilderness Society. Minnick was elected to Congress yesterday with a big Republican crossover who were embarrassed and fed up with “The Idiot.” Minnick was at one time a CEO of wood-products company Trus Joist International. That might worry people, but at…
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Idaho’s Latest Wolf Bi-weekly- IDAHO WOLF MANAGEMENT BI-WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT To: Idaho Fish and Game Staff and Cooperators From: IDFG Wolf Program Coordinator, Steve Nadeau Subject: Status of Gray Wolf Management, Weeks of October 18- Nov 3, 2008. Delisting: FWS – Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Status (WY, MT, ID): The U.S. Federal District Court in…