The agriculture drought is over, and that’s huge news,” said Jess Aber, a staff member of the Governor’s Drought Advisory Committee and a water resource planner at the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. “Crops should be excellent, and it’s a great market.”
June 14, 2007
Montana: Dent in the drought
Washington: Worry growing as glaciers shrink
NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Global warming is altering the identity of national parks in the West, especially the Pacific Northwest, where the iconic string of glacier-capped mountains inexorably shrinks from the horizon, park officials warn.
Wyoming: Grizzly bear attack in Grand Teton National Park
They say at this time, no action will be taken against the bear involved in the attack.
Dry Yellowstone braces for fire season
We use fire as part of the natural process in the park,” Nash said, “but only when there is no threat to people or property and only if it is a lightning strike. If it is people-caused, we put it out no matter where it is.”
Wisconsin: Loggers make rush for tornado timber
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources figures put the amount of timberland affected by the tornado at 14,441 acres, including 8,000 acres in the Nicolet National Forest.
White house calls for cut to spotted owl habitat as Bush sinks to new low in polls
It couldn’t have anything to do with things like this, could it?
Nice 29% job approval rating.
GRANTS PASS - The Bush administration Tuesday proposed cutting 1.5 million acres from Northwest forests considered critical to the survival of the northern spotted owl, reopening the 1990s battle between timber production and wildlife habitat on public lands.
Alaska: Vote to protect the Tongass National Forest
The U.S. House of Representatives will be voting Thursday on an amendment to end the unprofitable, wasteful and unsound practice of forest clear cutting and road building in the Tongass National Forest. More than $48 million tax dollars was spent on this practice in 2005. The revenue from this type of forest management was about $600,000 in 2005.