1.8 Million Americans Speak Out Against Stripping Federal Protections from...
Federal Proposal Would Halt Wolf Recovery, Allow More Wolf Killing WASHINGTON, DC— Almost two million Americans stated their opposition to the Trump administration’s proposal to strip endangered...
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Rewilding the West–reduce Ag land uses
CAPTION: The willows and other shrubs on the left are along a creek protected from livestock by a rural subdivision. The right side of the photo dominated by grasses and an entrenched streambed that...
View ArticleNew Forest Service Rules to Reduce Environmental Review
When I was a kid, one of the favorite games we played in elementary school was “dodge ball.” In the game, a circle is made around a person who attempts to “dodge” a ball thrown by the other kids. You...
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History of Efforts to Protect Montana’s Gallatin Range
Big Creek headwaters, Gallatin Range, Montana Paintbrush, Windy Pass, Gallatin Range, Montana The Gallatin Range south of Bozeman, Montana is one of the most critical wildlife areas in the northern...
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Social tolerance for wolves (and ranchers)
A wolf of the Wedge Pack flees after being tranquilized. The pack is now wiped out. WDFW photo The livestock industry and its apologists are trying out a new spin to justify their unwillingness to...
View ArticleWalden on Wildfire–Misinformation Again
In a message on wildfires I just got from Congressman Greg Walden, he asserts, “A lack of management has left us with overstocked federal forests full of fuel just waiting to burn.” Unfortunately, his...
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Griz killings in Upper Green Allotment Wyoming
Grizzly Bear The recent killing of more grizzly bears by the Wyoming Game and Fish, a listed endangered species, to protect ranchers in the Upper Green River Allotment on the Bridger Teton National...
View ArticleProposed Point Reyes Seashore Plan is a Giveaway to Ranchers
The National Park Service has released a plan for Pt. Reyes National Seashore this shocks and angers me, and here is an alert/story by the group, “Restore Pt. Reyes National Seashore.” . . . Ralph...
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11,000 Miles of New Damage in the Great Basin
Photo Erik Molvar In June, the Bureau of Land Management announced its draft plan to carve 11,000 miles of fuel breaks into the fragile Great Basin landscape. The agency is forging ahead with this plan...
View ArticleYou Tube removes “coyote whacking” videos as offensive, yet the practice...
LARAMIE, Wyo. – Conservationists today questioned the inaction of Wyoming state lawmakers and law enforcement in light of social media’s removal of a video montage of “coyote whacking.” The video shows...
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Response to New Yorker Wildfire Article
The New Yorker recently published an article titled Trailblazing plan to fight California Wildfires https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/08/26/a-trailblazing-plan-to-fight-california-wildfires that...
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Juniper Removal Red Herring
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has launched a massive juniper removal project in Idaho and plans to expand it throughout the Great Basin. For instance, the BLM is also planning to destroy juniper...
View ArticleLiberty Salvage Sale More Timber Industry Welfare
The Lolo National Forest is proposing to “salvage” log a portion of the 28,000-acre Liberty Burn near Seeley Lake, Montana. The Forest Service (FS) approved the logging using a categorical exclusion...
View ArticleForest Service sneaks away sage-grouse protections in FEISs
The five long versions of everything the agency did wrong with the Final Environmental Impact Statements “amending” the existing Obama-era sage-grouse land use plans can be found by state on WWP’s...
View ArticleLogging Lostine Wild and Scenic River
The Wallowa-Whitman National Forest is proposing to log the Lostine Wild and Scenic River corridor. The basic justification is to reduce the potential for large wildfires. Yet according to the Oregon...
View ArticleWWP wins a stay of grazing decision on Agua Fria National Monument
Just above the northern reaches of the Phoenix megalopolis lies the Agua Fria National Monument, named for the river that runs through it and known for its rich archeological history and the refuge it...
View ArticleFinal Decision Of Upper Green Allotment Harms Bears
Recently the Bridger Teton National Forest (BTNF) released its final record of decision on livestock grazing on the 170,641 acres Upper Green River Allotment. The allotment includes the headwaters of...
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Grazing Threatens Escalante River
Photos courtesy of Escalante Watershed Partnership Among the more egregious recent decisions of the Utah Bureau of Land Management is to open 50,000 acres of the Escalante River within the Grand...
View ArticleFire/Logging Myths
MYTH: FUEL BUILD UP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LARGE BLAZES? A conventional narrative is that wildfires in the western U.S. are unprecedented and more extensive than in the past. This increase in fire acreage...
View ArticleCollaborating on the destruction of nature
Collaboration on environmental issues is pushed by big funders and by consulting groups, but so far has borne only bitter fruit for conservationists. Favored by shrewd industrial interests who...
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