“Fracking” is the latest assault on our land, water, wildlife and health-
Hydrofracking injects water and toxic chemicals deep into the rock to create pockets of volatile hydrocarbons (natural gas of a variety). Unfortunately, the toxic mess underground often doesn’t stay there. It comes out into surface waters, often carrying the original chemicals plus new […]
Continue Reading →Earthjustice’s lawyers chastise Schweitzer for comments on wolf management.
By ROB CHANEY of the Missoulian
Also, a discussion about wolf delisting
Here is an article that reasonably sums up where wolves are in the political landscape. Contrary to what I’ve read in other articles, it appears that Carter Niemeyer supports delisting only conditionally. He will likely be marginalized for it.
Niemeyer said that while he agrees wolves should be off […]
Continue Reading →Legislation rescinds the 2002 Wolf Management Plan and calls for $500 per head bounty on wolves.
The draft bill appears to have been written by Runft & Steele Law Offices, PLLC in Boise, Idaho and was distributed to a group of politically connected people.
The bill is radical and shows that anti-wolf forces will seek […]
Continue Reading →This is from Paul Richard’s blog at Alternet.
Other articles by Richards can be found at http://blogs.alternet.org/paulrichards/.
Richards is a journalist with more than 43 years’ experience in Western politics and resource issues. He has served as editor or co-editor of three newspapers, […]
Continue Reading →Exotic species threatens agriculture, the environment and wildlife
There has been a growing problem in central Oregon from wild pigs and now they are showing up in Idaho. This is a real threat to the ecology of Idaho and should be taken very seriously by the Idaho Fish and Game.
Unwelcome Invaders: Wild Pigs […]
Continue Reading →Secretary of Interior Salazar thinks so-
I don’t think it will, not as the so-called conservatives in office today look at the world. However, back in the world of facts where Lake Mead isn’t far from the level of “dead pool,” there will be enormous consequences for all the Colorado River Basin states: Wyoming, Colorado, […]
Continue Reading →Note that this replaces the 23rd edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog.
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Continue Reading →They must be nearby. Ken Cole saw one cross Highway 12 about 40 miles SW just the other day-
Biologists hunt for fisher hair in Fish Creek. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. “The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness appears to be such good fisher habitat that it may hold the last original Montana and Idaho species – […]
Continue Reading →Molloy asked whether the 10(j) rule is even applicable
Parties to the lawsuit challenging the changes made to the 10(j) rule for the experimental, non-essential populations of wolves in Central Idaho and the Greater Yellowstone filed their arguments yesterday. At issue now are not the changes made to the 10(j) rule in 2008 which ease […]
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