September 21, 2017 Newly-formed wolf pack may be killing cattle in Washington A wolf that split from the Dirty Shirt pack and one that came from British Columbia have been in northern Stevens County since at…
September 21, 2017 House bill allows private sportsmen to help manage Grand Canyon bison “This federal legislation will allow Arizona Game and Fish Department and Park Service to apply the best wildlife management practices to manage the bison…
September 20, 2017 Privately owned farms, ranches, forests are ‘cornerstones’ of conservation Privately owned farms, ranches, and forests, collectively known as working lands, are the cornerstones on which our nation was built. These lands not only…
September 19, 2017 Forest Service supports minerals exploration northeast of Mount St. Helens The Forest Service mission is to “sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests … to meet the needs of present and…
September 14, 2017 Zinke ‘Wildland Fire Directive’ emphasizes fuels reduction This year-to-date, 47,700 wildfires have burned 8 million acres across the country, with the majority of the devastation in the states of California and…
September 13, 2017 PA miners furloughed after state environmental regulators stall permit The mining company was in the process of modifying its permit after state regulators invalidated some of its stream restoration procedures. A state environmental…
September 9, 2017 Why D.C. management of lands and resources is bad for the West This is not news to people in the West, whose communities are surrounded by federal lands, and whose natural resources are under the control…
September 8, 2017 Science proves it’s time to take grizzly bears off endangered species list They claim that delisting will increase human encounters, thus leading to killing — euthanizing, if you like. Of course, more encounters are already happening…
September 3, 2017 Obstructionist enviro lawsuits blamed for severe Montana wildfires “It is the lawyers who are funding for these extreme environmental groups, who are having a tremendous impact, (a) devastating impact on allowing us…
September 2, 2017 Beyond Wildfires: Why the Forest Service needs serious reforms We need a plan to address the landscape when a fire comes, before the fire burns. This way there is no confusion on where or how…