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Owyhee Initiative

  • Unlikely Allies Owyhees Initiative unites warring factions

    Ralph Maughan

    A Model for the Future? What was wrong with a national monument? Unlikely Allies. Owyhees Initiative unites warring factions. By Deanna Darr. Boise Weekly. I’ve never been much of an enthusiast for the Owyhee Country because my picture of it is scenic, vertical-walled deep canyons with piles of manure and cheatgrass separating them. With the…

  • Giant omnibus public lands bill to be voted on soon in new Congress

    Ralph Maughan

    Looks like Harry Reid is keeping his promise to bring the bill back up- This is a really big thing, much larger than the two parochial stories below, even though a lot of it deals with “cannonball parks.” Snake River, Wyoming Range bill on table. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily Senate vote Sunday on…

  • Omnibus public lands bill is not truly dead.

    Ralph Maughan

    Early resurrection planned in the next Congress- Although it was supposed to move in the lame duck session, that session fizzles and the bill was pulled under threat of filibuster by Tom Coburn (R-OK). Senator Reid, the major leader, has announced that an unrevised version of the massive public land bill (pieces of public lands…

  • Turnabout: Idaho senators support Snake River protection bill

    Ralph Maughan

    Larry Craig said to drop his opposition to protecting the Snake River in Wyoming- Idaho Senator Mike Crapo, and especially idaho Senator Larry Craig, have dropped their opposition to the bill by Wyoming’s two U. S. senators to protect the Snake River and its headwaters tributaries as parts of the national Wild and Scenic Rivers…

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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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