But business executives and consumer advocates said the administration was particularly concerned about rules and guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
January 30, 2007
Bush signs landmark executive order increasing power over EPA
Wyoming: House committee approves agressive wolf management plan
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A House committee reversed itself Monday and approved a bill that would enable the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to use aerial hunting methods and grant permits for private landowners to kill wolves threatening their property.
Experts slam upcoming global warming report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures.
But that may be the sugarcoated version.
Wilderness-Sportsman Music Club
Grandaddy with “Hewlett’s Daughter” from “the Sophtware Slump”:
In the Rockies, pines die and bears feel it
Excellent lengthy piece in the NYT.
The plight of trees may not catch the attention of most people. But the seeds of the whitebark pine, the pine nuts, feed Clark’s nutcracker birds; red squirrels, which store the nuts underground; and grizzly bears.
USFS seeks bigger role in plans
The U.S. Forest Service announced Friday it will appoint a national team to decide how best to get the word out on the agency’s planning process for its recreation facilities.
The decision comes following a public outcry, media attention and congressional criticism. In November, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., objected to any campground closures without public involvement.
Colorado: Program aims to keep snowmobilers, backcountry skiers separate
“Get out where it’s quiet, just tromp through the snow see the sights,” said Williamson.
It’s also the perfect day for dozens of others, like Scott Stoveken, who like to get into the backcountry - on snowmobiles.
Montana: Lengthy cougar study nearing end
GREAT FALLS - A 10-year-study of mountain lions by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is winding down, and researchers are almost gleeful with what they believe will be the results.
Using houndsmen to help radio collar the lions, deer hunters to report lion encounters and DNA samples to identify individual lions, researchers may soon be able to determine how hunting affects lion populations and to accurately predict the number of lions in a specific area.