February 3, 2009

  • Dept. of Interior felon gets slap on wrist by judge

    Ralph Maughan

    Interior Department official named in a scathing report gets a $2000 fine- This is incredible. “The judge said he felt Dial [the defendent] . . . had been ‘selected out for prosecution’ on a conflict charge that  ‘high executives in our government violate all the time.’ ” Hence the small penalty. I’ll bet the Bush…

  • WWP win in Washington state underscores politicized wildlife management

    Brian Ertz

    Thurston County Superior Court has ruled in favor of Dr. Steve Herman and Western Watersheds Project deciding that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) violated the State Environmental Protection Act when issuing grazing permits on its state wildlife areas without undergoing environmental analysis.  The state and Washington Cattleman’s Association had claimed that such…

  • Transmission lies

    Ken Cole

    Against the so-called ‘need’ for new long-distance, high-voltage transmission lines Transmission lies Grist Environmental News and Commentary Carol A. Overland posits the idea that a new electrical grid is “an enabler of dysfunctional energy planning and profit-driven projects that are against the public interest.”

  • Groups sue to stop timber sale on shore of Hebgen Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    Groups cite harm to habitat occupied by grizzly bears- Groups sue to stop timber sale on shore of Hebgen Lake. Billings Gazette. AP

  • Ashley Judd Slams Sarah Palin For Promoting Aerial Killing Of Wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Judd helps kick off Defenders Action Fund’s new web site, EyeonPalin.org- Ashley Judd Slams Sarah Palin For Promoting Aerial Killing Of Wolves. Huffington Post. Marcus Baram. EyeonPalin.org

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‎”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

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

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

Raveena Tandon

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