January 6, 2009

Norm Bishop on wolves and the northern range elk population-

January 6, 2009

Ralph Maughan

Bishop, below responded to Montana State Sen. Joe Balyeat who has proposed legislation cut off relations between Montana and the federal government on wolves. – – – – – – Sen. Joe Balyeat [Bozeman Chronicle Dec. 30] proposes legislation to sever Montana’s ties with federal agencies on wolf management. He fears that allowing the wolf…
Bush midnight regulations charted by ProPublica

January 6, 2009

Ralph Maughan

Here is the whole dirty list- Midnight Regulations. By Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin, ProPublica . This is depressisng to see, but they have to be dealth with.
Shedding limbs – U.S. Forest Service morale sinks to a new low

January 6, 2009

Ralph Maughan

From Writers on the Range- The essay is by By Laura Paskus.
The Trust for Public Land. 2008 achievements.

January 6, 2009

Ralph Maughan

62,000 acres of land in 32 states- Actually that’s not a very large acreage, but the acres were generally quite exceptional. What the land trusts are doing is mostly quite beneficial, but what we need from Obama is a large government land acquisition program for wildlife habitat and other conservation purposes. Non-profits are going to…
A Monumental Decision George W. Bush becomes the conservation president, at least at sea

January 6, 2009

Ralph Maughan

“The Conservation President?” That’s a joke, but he did do one good last-minute thing- A Monumental Decision. George W. Bush becomes the conservation president, at least at sea. Washington Post editorial. Bush has declared about 333,000 square miles of ocean, including scattered rocks and islets to be national monuments. This is an important innovation, especially…
Kempthorne struggles to construct clean image… and bathroom

January 6, 2009

Brian Ertz

Department of Interior Secretarty Dirk Kempthorne swung into Boise, Idaho in a fleet of black Escalades yesterday to attend a luncheon in honor of his “public service”. While industry leaders met with Idaho’s politicos to celebrate Kempthorne’s ‘achievement’ Western Watersheds Project’s Katie Fite, Ken Cole and indie rock band Built to Spill bassist guitarist Brett…

‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”
Edward Abbey

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“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”
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January 6, 2009

Norm Bishop on wolves and the northern range elk population-

Bush midnight regulations charted by ProPublica

Shedding limbs – U.S. Forest Service morale sinks to a new low

The Trust for Public Land. 2008 achievements.

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