September 21, 2009
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Famous country and western singer Merle Haggard is no friend of his local cattle ranchers- “The thing that bothers me the most is the recklessness and greed of the local ranchers, who run too many cattle back here, choking with waste the creek that runs through my property. There’s certain times of day that the…
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Obama’s “warmed-over-Dubya plan” for salmon is good enough to irritate Rep. Doc Hastings, however- We posted on this earlier. Reaction continues to come. Under Obama’s new salmon plan, breeching the dams on the Snake River in that state of Washington would be a last resort, rather than the plan salmon recovery advocates had hoped for…
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David Smith urges IGBC to change its bear spray campaign slogan to “Carry bear spray and know when to use it.” Smith urges what might seem to be subtle but very important change in the way the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee educates hunters about bear spray. However, for 2009 the IGBC is using the same…