Tolman says this isn’t political . . . like hell it isn’t-
Prosecutor: Monkey-wrencher won’t do long prison time. ‘Curious’ case » ‘That’s good news,’ says DeChristopher, whose clean record would help if he is convicted. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Earlier stories about this on this blog-
- Bogus oil and gas bid folk hero to be prosecuted by Obama Administration
- 2/4/09. Salazar Cancels Oil and Gas Leases on your public land in Utah
- 1/19/09. Last minute court decision blocks sale of the Utah oil and gas leases-
- 1/2/09. Land auction monkeywrencher has a new plan
- 12/23/08. Bogus bidder on BLM oil and gas auction picks up support
- 12/19/08. Original story. Versions of this appeared in many news outlets. Many of these have since disappeared into the archives. The one on Huffington Post has not. Tim DeChristopher Throws Utah Oil And Gas Drilling Leases Auction Into Chaos. Huffington Post.
- 11/9/08. Utah oil and gas lease sale riles Park Service. BLM dropped routine consultation to rush sales–
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years 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.
More on this matter including Tolman’s political backtrack.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_12086061
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12085021
and an editorial..
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_12084776