More fallout on the costs to conservation Montana Senator Jon Tester’s new Logging Bill (couched in “W”ilderness designation) may have to Montana’s wildlife. Collateral damage: Experts wonder what Tester’s bill […]
Review: Carving Up the Commons
Ralph previously noted how the Western Lands Project monitors public land privatization, which let people know about a great book, Carving Up the Commons (pdf), freely available for download. The book gives […]
Heading out for West Nile Virus country?
Is cattle trough country West Nile virus country? Well I’m going to spend the rest of the day over in the Sublette Range where there are a lot of cattle […]
Senators Grill Obama's Nominee for National Park Service Director
Jarvis generally gives answers anti-conservation senators didn’t want to hear- I think we will probably have a good Park Service Director. I suspect there may be Republican blocking tactics in […]
More on the problems with the recovery of the Mexican wolf
Benjamin Tuggle, the Southwest regional director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gets a letter from Jon Marvel- An article and a link to Marvel’s full letter is in […]
Scenic BLM roadless area next to Mt. Borah draws Western Watersheds lawsuit
Western Watersheds Project sues BLM to protect the Burnt Creek roadless area from livestock abuse- Ever since I returned to Idaho in 1971, one place I wanted to see was […]
Utah, Nevada nearing deal on Snake Valley aquifer
So are Utah and Nevada going to team up to dewater Nevada’s Snake Valley, or is there just a bit less environmental destruction now planned? Utah, Nevada nearing deal on […]
Saving Energy by Managing Irrigation
In much of the West, pumping water to keep alfalfa growing in the desert through the hot season is an extremely wasteful endeavor. Kate Galbraith writes about an energy conservation […]