I’m not going to count my chickens before they hatch, but this could mean we finally get a ruling soon, and possibly a favorable one. Will we finally get a repeal of Wyoming judge Clarence Brimmer’s biased ruling which put the Roadless Rule in limbo? Stay tuned…..
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Attorneys defending Roadless Rule feel good about their chances
Monday, March 15th, 2010Appeals court hears arguments on Roadless Rule
Thursday, March 11th, 2010This is a big one, folks. The Obama administration defended the rule in court against the State of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association.
The court did not say when they would issue a ruling, so get ready to be surprised. Oh, and keep your fingers crossed.
RIP Dr. Edgar Wayburn
Monday, March 8th, 2010One of the greatest wilderness supporters of our time.
Montana: Tester logging bill sets dangerous precedent
Sunday, February 14th, 2010Stewart Brandborg has been a public lands advocate for a very long time. When he says Tester’s bill may “set up 535 fiefdoms” of forest service management, he isn’t kidding.
I like the fact that Tester’s bill adds new wilderness. But the functions of the bill allow for the destruction and removal of other wilderness easily.
Idaho: Wolf lawsuit attracts large swath of support
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010The Wolf Recovery Foundation’s lawsuit to stop helicopter landings in the lower 48’s largest wilderness(The Frank Church) is gaining support. You can read about it over at Ralph Maughan’s Wildlife blog:
Montana: Tester offers wilderness bill changes
Friday, February 5th, 2010Good deal. I’m sure the first thing to go will be the mandated logging, or is that just wishful thinking? Either way, if they want to get this passed, they better hurry. The November elections are approaching and uncertainty reigns due to the weak economy.
The improved jobless numbers today were a sigh of relief.
South Dakota: Governor Rounds opposes wilderness designation in Buffalo Gap Grasslands
Thursday, January 28th, 2010A republican opposes wilderness designation? Shocking…..
Montana: Rheberg and Tester letters over wilderness proposal
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Interesting back and forth between two guys who have a great deal of power over one of the wildest states in the nation. Most interesting however are Matthew Khoeler’s comments in the reply section of thepage which present the fact that the committee in the Senate will not go for any kind of wilderness trigger or mandated logging.
Idaho: Groups sue to end wilderness helicopter landings by “wolf biologists”
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010I put “wolf biologists” in quotes because what these guys are really up to is extending their ability to kill wolves when they feel like it. Idaho is especially harsh to wolves, and the state game agencies are controlled largely by people who hate predators. In this case, they don’t like that the wolves can go untracked deep in the wilderness, and this is a way for them to control what they can’t control. That’s all this is about. Too bad the helicopter landings likely violate the wilderness act.
A big thanks to the Wolf Recovery Foundation and the Western Watersheds Project for their work on this.
Montana: Tester wilderness/logging bill no sure thing
Monday, January 11th, 2010“Do we want small groups of local people sitting down in a room and making decisions that affect our public lands for a long time and leaving everybody else out?” asked George Nikas, director of Missoula-based Wilderness Watch and a member of the coalition. “What does that mean for all the other forests around Montana?”
