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  • Misinformation from Gallatin Land Trust

    George Wuerthner

          The Gallatin Valley from the air showing that Ag fields dominate the valley (George Wuerthner). The recent commentary promoting agriculture by Brenden Weiner of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust was full of misinformation. https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/county/gallatin-county-open-lands-program-changes-with-shift-from-bond/article_a93eff24-eaec-5005-8b70-a442972d5627.html Weiner suggested that “working farmlands grow our food, provide scenic open space, give wildlife a place of refuge,…

  • N. Idaho timberland eyed for luxury homes

    Ralph Maughan

    Proposal is one of many showing developers have learned nothing- Although this won’t fly in the current economy, developers around the country are still proposing more of the same for the future when the economy improves. Where I live (Pocatello, Idaho) the local developers are making a big effort to gut the new county land…

  • Teton County, Idaho "Old Guard" goes down in election

    Ralph Maughan

    Old Guard refused to deal with sprawl in a beautiful place- A clear mandate. By Ben Cannon. Planet Jackson Hole. Don’t confuse Teton County, Idaho with Teton County, WY (opposite sides of the Tetons)

  • Cows or Condos? Neither!

    Ralph Maughan

    Cows or Condos? Neither! By George Wuerthner. New West. It must have been 15 years ago when I was visiting Wuerthner at his place in Livingston that he outlined to me the argument he makes in the New West guest opinion above. I’ve been thinking about it ever since, especially when I am out on…

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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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