June 11, 2017 Idaho ranch research suggests grazing improves sage grouse habitat “Through using grazing as a tool, we can improve sage grouse habitat — not just coexist, but improve it,” Prescott said. John O’Connell Capital…
June 9, 2017 Federal environmental hazard, EPA, gets scaled way back in Trump budget The White House’s budget calls for a 31 percent cut to EPA’s 2018 budget. It gives the Department of State a 29 percent cut,…
June 6, 2017 One of West’s best wildlife managers picked to head US Fish & Wildlife “I am thrilled to have an opportunity to work with Secretary Zinke and the great team at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,” Sheehan…
June 5, 2017 U.S – Paris Climate Accord: A Losing Proposition. US Paid $1B to Green Climate Fund, Top Polluters Paid $0 The United States contributed $1 billion to the global Green Climate Fund,…
May 17, 2017 This green group finally gets that restoring a forest requires cutting down trees The restoration thinning project outside the city of Cle Elum mirrors numerous projects in forests across the U.S. West, mostly on federal public lands,…
May 10, 2017 Berkeley study refutes claim that forests are naturally dense and should be left untouched “We went through the data and showed that, in every case, this method estimated that the density of trees was two to three times…
May 9, 2017 Trump EPA strategy shifts enforcement powers from D.C. bureaucrats to states In giving EPA police powers to enforce environmental laws (30 years ago), Congress never envisioned midnight raids with SWAT teams and attack dogs, confiscating…
May 4, 2017 EPA creates illegal Superfund site to hide liability in Gold King Mine spill Shortly after the EPA triggered the release, to obscure and limit its own liability, the EPA created the Bonita Peak Mining District—around the Gold…
April 26, 2017 How do you spell ‘Sustainability?’ R-A-N-C-H-I-N-G Cattle also play a positive role in sustaining our prairie grassland ecosystems. By utilizing forages to produce high-quality protein on lands not suited for…
April 24, 2017 Resource ‘conservation’ is achieved through resource consumption “If we slow down our progress, including the generation of new ideas, by using less energy or less of any other resources, we deserve…
