Salazar fills most Interior slots with fellow Coloradoans-
His predecessor, Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor, filled DOI with Idaho people, most of them long time foes of conservation, with scores to settle with Idaho conservationists.
Secretary Salazar’s people certainly have a different policy perspective, but almost all are coming from just one state — not […]
Continue Reading →The former Idaho governor’s name turns up in a blog, and his wife and spokesman don’t deny it.
Is Kempthorne planning a run for president?
BY ROCKY BARKER and BRIAN MURPHY
Idaho Statesman
Now that Dirk Kempthorne is now the Former Secretary of Interior there is speculation that he may run for […]
Continue Reading →Lawsuits and congressional action are likely to void the gutting of section 7 of ESA-
This has already been reported in the comments on one of the threads here; but for everyone this is what has happened.
California filed suit to overturn the Bush/Kempthorne diminishment of section 7 consultation.
Congress is right now moving to […]
Continue Reading →For most Americans, this is what Kempthorne might be remembered for-
Kevin Richert: Pricey privy: What was Kempthorne thinking? Idaho Statesman.
The average American, especially those not from the West, doesn’t know much about the scandal-ridden Department of Interior. This is the sort of think that sticks in peoples’ minds.
Continue Reading →Ranch, gas interests had hoped Kempthorne would influence the results of “status review” on the disappearing bird-
I know that by last May Western Watersheds Project and Advocates for the West had pretty much figured out that the matter would go to the next Administration. Of course the Bushies had hoped to ram […]
Continue Reading →This is a surprise, for sure. What does it mean?
Kempthorne announces federal bison initiative. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
It seems to me that on the basis of what JB and others have commented here, that this plan (assuming it to be real) could withstand a petition for putting the […]
Continue Reading →Wyoming is the biggest thorn in the delisters side-
As folks pretty much all know, the Bush Administration, mostly likely at the initiative of Secretary Kempthone and cronies, is trying for one last quick stab at delisting the wolf before a new President replaces them.
If folks work hard, they will probably be defeated again; […]
Continue Reading →Given a situation like this in the most problematic state — Wyoming — what does this say about delisting?
This article covers some of the same ground as my ealier report on the current situation with the Yellowstone Park wolves. In fact we don’t even know that the decline is limited to the Park boundaries. […]
Continue Reading →Obama has already said he will void it (but that is not always easy to do)-
Feds Rush To Ease Endangered Species Rules. 15 reviewers, 200,000 comments, 32 hours to go through all of them. by Dina Cappiello. Common Dreams.
Continue Reading →Beware, the long nightmare is not over yet-
The New York Times describes and warns of anti-public land and anti-conservation actions underway or contemplated by the worst Administration in American history (my view) in their last 2 1/2 months in office.
Last-Minute Mischief. Editorial by the New York Times.
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