Leaks and spills of Canadian oil are happening now at a critical time- Back in 1989, all the political gears and levers were greased with money and Astroturf public opinion […]
Sally Jewell Submits Written Answers to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Sally Jewell, the nominee for the Secretary of Interior, was asked several questions during her confirmation hearing but the committee members also submitted about 200 written questions to her as […]
Wolverine clearly endangered
I attended the Fish and Wildlife Service’s wolverine listing hearings in Helena. Opponents, including a number of Montana state legislators as well as MDFWP, argued that wolverine populations were “stable” […]
Obama declares 5 new national monuments
One of the five is a large parcel of natural land in New Mexico- Almost every President since Theodore Roosevelt has declared national monuments. The three greatest have been T.R. […]
Anti-wolf, anti-wilderness going after “pro-wolf” Washington state commissioners in hearing today
Efforts by Washington state anti-wolf forces intercepted- Below is an alert from anti-wolf folks in Washington State. This is an interesting example of the kind of email campaign that is […]
Montana Fish, Wildlife, Parks says number of wolves in Montana down slightly
Pop. estimate says 625 wolves, down 4%- Montana wildlife officials plan to reduce the size of the state’s recovered wolf population was successful in 2012. The “count” is public, and […]
Logging pollution and Clean Water Act
The Supreme Court recently ruled in an 7-1 vote (Justice Stephen Breyer recused himself) that the EPA regulations about water pollution as mandated by the Clean Water Act did not […]
Idaho Legislature Moves Forward with Resolutions to Study and Demand that Federal Lands be Transferred to the State of Idaho
On the mornings of Monday and Tuesday I attended the hearing in the House State Affairs Committee on HCR 21 and HCR 22. Testimony on the resolutions was interrupted when […]