Advocates for the West

  • Idahoans plan next moves against big oil's megaloads

    Ralph Maughan

    With first, 4 megaloads likely to get go ahead, how can the next 200+ be stopped? ” ‘In some respects it would be nice to get the four loads off the table so we could talk about the real issues,’ said [Linwood] Laughy, who lives along the federal scenic byway in Kooskia, Idaho.” Laughy is…

  • From New West: Megaloads Court Battle Looks Like A Close Call

    Ralph Maughan

    Report on last week’s hearing predicts the decision on the megaloads will be close- Having won a hard fought battle to intervene on the decision whether to allow the first megaloads of oil equipment up Highway 12 and over Lolo Pass, the full hearing last week pitted local residents and the Boise based law firm,…

  • Idaho judge halts wide loads on Highway 12

    Ralph Maughan

    Well, at least a delay on the oil company monopolization of U.S. Highway 12 across north central Idaho. The suit was brought by aggrieved local residents such as Peter Grubb, a guide and lodge owner on Highway 12. Advocates for the West represented the plaintiffs. IDOT was clearly violating its own regulations in issuing these…

  • Judge Orders Pygmy Rabbit Endangered Species Consideration

    Ralph Maughan

    This is pretty amazing because federal judge Edward Lodge of Idaho rarely rules in favor of conservation groups. Once again this shows how compromised the Bush/Kempthorne USFWS is. News Release For more information Katie Fite, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 871-5738 Todd Tucci, Advocates for the West, (208) 342-7024 Duane Short, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, (307) 742-7978…

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‎”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

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