Animals big and small, peaceful and dangerous range along the Front, the eastern margins of the sprawling Bob Marshall Wilderness complex.
The rocky peaks are visible from a hundred miles away, and the lifestyle — including the ag and recreation industries — the area supports cannot be matched elsewhere.
April 17, 2007
Montana: Rocky Mountain Front drilling ban working well
Now we can hunt the Yellowstone grizzly, but why would we want to? (audio)
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho game agencies were preparing bear hunting rules before the official announcement was made last month. Some people never stopped shooting bears as vermin, even when the bears were endangered and totally protected. (It’s called “shoot, shut up and shovel.”) We could wait a year at least to make sure we get this right.
Montana: Red Alert on energy leases
It’s a Red Alert out at the offices of the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP). Once again, Montana is trying to not be another Wyoming.
Florida: Lands targeted for swamp buggy trails could instead be wilderness
Much of the land that swamp buggy riders have targeted to expand their trail network in Big Cypress National Preserve is eligible to be designated as wilderness, a move that would prohibit such vehicles.
Washington: Wild Sky wilderness bill expected to pass the House today
The bill, which failed to make it to the House floor three previous times, is expected to pass easily now that the Democratic Party controls Congress
Interior probe of Interior clears Interior
Sure….
SALT LAKE CITY — The Department of Interior’s chief investigator found no wrongdoing in private discussions Bureau of Land Management officials held with promoters of oil and gas development in Utah.
Wyoming: Meeting on wells in Hoback roadless area
Shouldn’t the newly reinstated Roadless Rule have something to say about this?
Also known as the Hoback Wells, the project consists of three exploratory oil and gas wells proposed in a roadless area of Bridger-Teton National Forest 40 miles southeast of Jackson. The well site is close to Muddy Creek, which flows directly into the upper Hoback River, in an area well known for its diversity and abundance of wildlife.
Pennsylvania: Group calls Allegheny National Forest plan “optimistic”
The non-profit Friends of Allegheny Wilderness labeled its response to the newly unveiled Allegheny National Forest management plan “optimistic.”