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10th Circuit Court upholds Roadless Rule

Mike — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 03:44:46 +0000

This is a huge victory for anyone who values open spaces and wild animals. The Wilderness Sportsman blog was started because of my passion for the roadless rule, and I’m overjoyed that the plan has been upheld by the 10th Circuit court.

Attorneys defending Roadless Rule feel good about their chances

Mike — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:13:11 +0000

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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Appeals court hears arguments on Roadless Rule

Mike — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:05:12 +0000

This 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

Mike — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:58:37 +0000

One of the greatest wilderness supporters of our time.

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Montana: Tester logging bill sets dangerous precedent

Mike — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:15:16 +0000

Stewart 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.

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Idaho: Wolf lawsuit attracts large swath of support

Mike — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:07:01 +0000

The 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:

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Montana: Tester offers wilderness bill changes

Mike — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:51:37 +0000

Good 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.

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South Dakota: Governor Rounds opposes wilderness designation in Buffalo Gap Grasslands

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:46:50 +0000

A republican opposes wilderness designation? Shocking…..

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Montana: Rheberg and Tester letters over wilderness proposal

Mike — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:44:21 +0000

Interesting 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.

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Idaho: Groups sue to end wilderness helicopter landings by “wolf biologists”

Mike — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:05:14 +0000

I 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.

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