Politics
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Although it hasn’t been officially announced, I understand the recent plan to reduce the wolf population by 80% for five years over a large portion of north central Idaho has been withdrawn. I regard this as one of the biggest victories in a long time. Idaho Fish and Game Commission proposed it as a way…
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200 people showed up at the meeting in Blackfoot, Idaho. That is really a lot for Bingham County, Idaho. The county commission required double-fencing of the elk shooting gallery for rich “hunters.” There are lots of wild deer and elk outside the operation. Nevertheless, they approved it. Read story in the Idaho State Journal.
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There is a story about it by Mike Stark in today’s Billings Gazette about it. Read Article. He does recite the standard list of official lies for the action, but futher down comes the welcome news that the presence of Montana Dept. of Livestock in the area is increasingly resented by local residents. The day…
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Governor Schweitzer talked a good story how he was going change this long conflict, but he has been a big disappointment. Here is the latest news release from the Buffalo Field Campaign.
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This is the followup to an earlier story below. Steven Benson of the Idaho Mountain Express has written a long story about the emergency Sunday meeting in Stanley last Sunday that lasted for hours. Read article. Sept. 21. Now the Challis Messinger has its article on the meeting. It’s by Anna Means. Read article. The…
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Penned elk shooting is now really a hot topic in Eastern Idaho. They expect a big turnout. Idaho State Journal article (Pocatello).
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I first posted about Bush’s Dept. of Interior being ethically challenged on Sept. 13, but now an editorial from the New York Times makes me think I need to post an update. Read editorial “Interior’s Internal Messes.” And Time Magazine just weighed in too. Read “Department of Billion-dollar Bungling. How the Interior Department managed to…
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For those who haven’t followed it CIEDRA is “Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act,” which some call the “Wilderness Bill” for the White Cloud Mountains, but it involves a lot more. It is sponsored by Idaho Republican US Representative Mike Simpson who crafted a bill that barely convinced diverse interests to support what might…