As indicated in an earlier post, this site will be posting political stories as the election approaches.
April 17, 2008
Great Obama speech today
Virginia: Senator Webb calls for new wilderness
Senator Webb today submitted the following statement into the Senate Record at the Committee on Environment & Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests hearing on the Virginia Ridge and Valley Act:
Montana: Threatened lynx vulnerable to trapping
Biologists have shown that lynx are very vulnerable to trapping and easily overexploited. Faced with state laws that allow furbearer trapping, the Forest Service can only protect lynx by protecting their habitat - a situation comparable to one agency protecting bald eagle nests while another agency allows all eagles to be shot on sight.
Some Yellowstone park roads reopen
Despite equipment breakdowns due to the heaviest snowfall in a decade, some park roads are set to reopen to car and RV traffic as scheduled at 8 a.m. Friday.
Congress should protect our national treasures
Many of the owners are ready and willing to sell to the feds. But Congress allocated just $44 million for NPS land purchases this year. It’s too little, and it soon may be too late.
Wisconsin: Pine Marten research shows animal benefits from heavy snowfall
RHINELANDER — Like the polar bear, Wisconsin’s only mammal on the state’s endangered species list could also become a victim of global warming.
Wisconsin: Some forest roads to be closed due to elk calving
To help Wisconsin’s fledgling elk herd during the spring calving period, the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), has issued an emergency road closure for several forest roads in the Clam Lake area from May 1 to June 30.