I’ve posted several views on this controversial issue,and this one is from Bruce Farling of Montana Trout Unlimited.

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Washington, DC — The U.S. Forest Service has bought $600,000 worth of “Electronic Control Devices” without any training program, rules for use or even a written explanation as to why the devices are needed, according to agency records posted today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The devices, known as Tasers, are sitting in storage and cannot be issued because the agency has yet to develop a training course.

Land of the grizzly, wolverine, golden eagle and lynx. This is where the prarie meets the mountains. Notice the windblown trees. Just a couple miles into the mountains to the left, the trees grow taller and you see more water. This is the last area of it’s kind in the lower 48. There’s also a very smoky sky due to wildfires.

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As promised in an April interview with NewWest.Net, U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) will introduce a bill on Monday to repeal the Federal Lands Recreational Enhancement Act (FLREA), called the Recreational Access Tax (RAT) by its many detractors. Joining him as co-sponsor will be U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), making the repeal a true bipartisan effort.

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But the deforestation issue is also Exhibit A for the disputes that have made climate negotiations lengthy and divisive despite widening agreement that global warming is real and largely man-made. While scientific dispute over what causes global warming has ended, the debate over how to address it has just begun.

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“I was kind of hidden, sitting with my back up against the side of the tub, and I heard a little rustling sound in the needles right beside me,” she said.

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In recent months, two mining companies, each racing to be first in line to dig silver and copper from beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, have been locked in battle, each accusing the other of professional sabotage.

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The decision, announced last week by Chippewa National Forest Supervisor Robert Harper, adds 272 miles of new opportunities on higher standard roads and reduces the amount of low standard roads previously open to off-road vehicles by 316 miles.