The Wildlife News

December 11, 2009

  • Geothermal Project in California Is abruptly abandoned

    Ralph Maughan

    It caused earthquakes! Geothermal Project in California Is Shut Down. By James Glanz. New York Times. The person who emailed this story to me wrote, “Boy – If you’ve ever read a geothermal EA to destroy the nearest hot springs  – BLM never says anything about the earthquakes …” – – – – – I…

  • Re-imagining Mexican gray wolf recovery

    Ralph Maughan

    A fine essay from the blog “Wild Muse”- When other web sites link to this one, I can see it in the statistics page (accessible to the blog’s editors). I noticed Wild Muse (not to be confused with our frequent commenter “Wilderness Muse”) had linked to a story. I followed it back and found this…

  • Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel

    Ralph Maughan

    This is much better (on paper) than other biofuels or hydrogen gas- This is an amazing development. Hopefully it won’t be difficult to move it from the lab to sources of carbon dioxide gas such as coal, oil and natural gas fired power plants. Bacteria Engineered to Turn Carbon Dioxide Into Liquid Fuel. ScienceDaily

  • Open forum

    Ralph Maughan

    This is for open discussion.

  • One more British Columbia threat to Glacier National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Gold deposit discovered on ridge visible from Glacier in the North Fork Flathead River- First it was coal mining, then coal bed methane, now gold; and all the pollution runs into the United States. Canadian company claims rich gold find north of Glacier National Park, raising concerns. By Michael Jamison. Missoulian

Subscribe to get new posts right in your Inbox

‎”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

Latest Posts

×