At least 39 of the Northern Rockies’ 1,500 gray wolves have been killed since they lost federal protection in March. Wolves are now under the authority of state wildlife agencies in Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.
May 9, 2008
Montana: Judge rejects delay in wolf lawsuit
Wilderness is multiple use
Have you ever heard somebody say they prefer “multiple use” over Wilderness? I have what seems like a thousand times, and every time I hear it, I say to myself, wrong!
Colorado: Wilderness park bill advances in Senate
A Rocky Mountain National Park wilderness protection bill was reported out of a U.S. Senate committee Wednesday after lawmakers reached a compromise over liability protection for an irrigation ditch running through the park.
West Virginia: Wilderness bill good for nation
Wild, wonderful West Virginia will become wilder, in a way, if the U.S. Senate approves a bill forwarded to it by the House of Representatives. The measure is a win-win not just for our state, but also for the entire eastern United States.
Washington: In the forests, it’s pay to play
The Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest has plans to close some little-used campgrounds, raise fees at dozens of sites, collect fees at dozens more, remove bathrooms and structures and other expensive-to-maintain facilities — to save $140,000 a year.
John McCain caught in national forest land scandal
Selling off national forest land for massive development? A hate of grizzly bears? Well, I guess we know where McCain stands on wild public lands.
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade remote grassland and ponderosa pine forest here for acres of valuable federally owned property that is ready for development, a land swap that now stands to directly benefit one of his top presidential campaign fundraisers.