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Ag-gag and mineral-gag, exploring the great outdoors gets scary
More danger now than getting stuck, broken leg or lack of water- Many people in the West like to explore its vast open country by 4 x 4, SUV, ATV, motorbike, and on foot and bicycle. They stay away...
View ArticleInterior puts out its big plan to save sage grouse
Livestock grazing harm to the imperiled bird ignored- The U. S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) just released the final environmental reviews for proposed land use...
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Cliven Bundy types ignore drought and law in Northern Nevada
Scoflaw ranchers turn out livestock on parched public lands- Battle Mountain, Nevada – Following in Cliven Bundy’s lead, ranchers in Battle Mountain, Nevada have defied drought closure orders and...
View ArticleWestern Watersheds protests BLM sagegrouse plans
Boise, ID. Idaho-based Western Watersheds Project and other conservation groups filed administrative protests today against 14 federal sage grouse plans, spanning 10 western states saying they don’t...
View ArticleOpen Letter to NRDC about promoting JBarL livestock operations in Montana’s...
Zack Strong Montana Office NRDC Bozeman, Montana Dear Zack, I just read the article in NRDC’s On Earth about the JBarL ranch in Montana’s Centennial Valley. As the Montana representative, I suspect you...
View ArticleObama establishes three new national monuments
Huge Nevada monument riles Republican extremists- President Obama has added over a million acres to the national parks system by designating three new national monuments on U.S. public lands. They are...
View ArticleNew Idaho Wilderness Areas also offer a new way to retire grazing permits
As much as 700,000 acres in and adjacent to the new designated wildernesses could possibly be retired from livestock grazing- Many people are celebrating the establishment of the three new wilderness...
View ArticleResilient Federal Forest Act will diminish resilience of forests
Oregon Congressman’s Greg Walden’s (other western legislators also are sponsors) support of the so-called Resilient Federal Forests Act is based on faulty assumptions. The Resilient Federal Forests...
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BLM Given Notice about Endangered Species Act Violations in Idaho
WWP Intends to Sue if Grazing Continues to Harm Bull Trout in the Little Lost River Watershed- Boise, Idaho — Today, Western Watersheds Project (WWP) gave the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) a 60-day...
View ArticleThe Greater Sage-grouse Denied ESA Protection
Outlook for Iconic Bird is Bleak- By Greta Anderson, Dr. Michael Connor and Travis Bruner (208) 720-5595 Hailey, Idaho – In a double-whammy that will doom the sagebrush steppe and the iconic...
View ArticleSAGE GROUSE POLITICS: THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
The decision by the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) not to list the Greater Sage Grouse under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was an adroit dance of politics. The plan to “save’ the sage grouse has...
View ArticleSee the film that Dr. Jane Goodall wants millions of Americans to see
Award-winning documentary exposing Wildlife Services’ war on wildlife coming to four different communities in Idaho Moscow- An award-winning wildlife documentary that Jane Goodall wants millions of...
View ArticleThe Backstory on the Hammonds and Malheur Conflict
Dwight Hammond and his son Steve, the ranchers who sparked the recent Harney County protests, were characterized as “responsible ranchers” by Congressman Greg Walden in a speech before Congress. Walden...
View ArticleBundy gets one rancher to renounce paying grazing fees
Effort to turn ranchers into scofflaws nets just one so far- Ammon Bundy has been trying to recruit livestock operators who have grazing permits on U.S. public lands to stop paying the rental (grazing...
View ArticleHow about a new agency to administer our Wilderness?
The national wilderness preservation system would be strengthened- Taking a long trip into the backcountry during winter doesn’t appeal to some people. That’s understandable. But I enjoy it, and it’s...
View ArticleBundy Gang Won For Now
One result of the Bundy Gang take-over has been the abundant media attention to their assertions of government “overreach” and “aggressive enforcement“ of environmental regulations that, according to...
View ArticleWas Cliven Bundy just a lazy rancher?
U. S. Attorney in court says Bundy was not a man of principled views: “He was too lazy to bring his cattle in during the winter.” Cliven Bundy has always described his failure to pay grazing fees, or...
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Bighorn Sheep Die-off in Montana Mountains, Nevada. Is it Any Wonder?
On Sunday and Monday, February 14-15, 2016, USDA Wildlife Services took to the skies and shot the remaining 24 bighorn sheep in the Montana Mountains of northwest Nevada at the request of Nevada...
View Article116 Conservation Groups Tell Congress: Keep Bikes out of Wilderness
Some mountain bikers are attempting to amend and weaken the Wilderness Act MISSOULA, MONTANA – This week 116 conservation organizations from across America have asked Congress to oppose attempts to...
View ArticleCourt overturns government refusal to protect wolverine
Climate change and genetic isolation threaten famously tough predator- MISSOULA, Mont.— Describing the wolverine as a “snow-dependent species standing squarely in the path of global climate change,” a...
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