February 2010
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This is a good national television treatment of the issue- Salle put this link on the “have run across any good stories” page, but it should be a full post. Hunting Wolves, Saving Wolves. PBS Salle. I know you tried to call me about this, but I was out in the hills most of the…
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The devil could be in the details- Some think the mining ban could have been to cut off growing provincial demands for a park in the area to complement Waterton NP in Alberta and Glacier in the United States. Details on Canadian Flathead mining ban short – for now. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. Earlier on…
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85% of new energy can be met by more efficient use of existing generating plants- For some time here, we have arguing against giant, new centralized power plants whether of “alternative” or traditional energy. This means that few nukes, giant wind farms, coal plants, or space-consuming solar farms are needed. I would have missed this.…
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Another boulder is set to tumble down and smash things- Massive rolling boulder rocks town of Rockville, UT. Buildings, vehicles damaged; another rock unstable. By Mark Havnes. The Salt Lake Tribune. In the comments to this article in the SL Trib, one person wondered if folks looked uphill before they built? I have often wondered…
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These sea-run rainbow trout are now moving well up the Salmon and Clearwater Rivers- The season has been good so far. Now the fish are moving well upstream. I see the average time to catch one is about 5 hours, depending on your fishing location. Roger Phillips’ Fish Rap: Steelhead fishing is heating up a…
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Updated September 23, 2012. This has been a very popular post. I first posted it about 5 years ago, and now I have enlarged and updated it. Ralph Maughan Ah the Tetons, Wind Rivers, Sawtooths and White Clouds, Wallowas, Bitterroots, Beartooth, and Unitas! I love all the mountains. I decided to do a major photo…
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Great progress on the mining mess of the New World Mining district above Cooke City- Although the article below writes of the headwaters of the Yellowstone. It is actually Soda Butte Creek and the Clark’s Fork of the Yellowstone. They have been poking around and doing some mining here since the 19th Century. In the…
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After years of controversy, B.C. to ban mining, energy development in critical headwaters of famed river near Glacier National Park- I have been worried about this for years, and posted many articles. Every month is seemed a new, massive environmentally destructive scheme was proposed for the North Fork. Now British Columbia Lt. Gov. Steven Point…