April 30, 2003
Montana:
Civil Disobedience Considered To Battle Federal Grizzly Policy -
J. J. Johnson, Sierra Times
$6 tax per acre proposed
on rural landowners -
Capital Press
Ore. gov. aims to do right
for farmers -
Capital Press
Opinion: Montana has
valid water needs, too - As western Montana river management changes
to reflect balance, Missouri river flows favor downstream states
- The Missoulian
Lolo forest work comes
to halt - Judge orders stoppage after environmentalists sue
- The Missoulian
Forks mayor asks for help in sagging
West End economy -
KONP Radio
Growth Is Bad --
and So's No Growth -
By John Hood, Carolina Journal
April 29, 2003
Session over; more
to come - Locke orders extra session to get under way May 12 -The
Olympian
Eyman promises to force
vote on gas tax -King 5 News
Splendid Missa Gaia unusual
cathedral fare -
Spokesman-Review
Columbia Basin, Eastern
Washington: Banks Lake drawdown called off -
Capital Press
Rural Oregon gathers
in support of bill -
Capital Press
L.A., San Diego Lose Water
in River Deal -
AP
April 28, 2003
No deal on budget
crisis; special session set May 12 -Seattle
Times
San Diego, CA: Proposal
involves public, private land -San
Diego Union Tribune
SEEING SPOTS: The Spotted
Owl Fiasco By
Teresa Platt, Executive Director, Fur Commission USA
Santa Barbara farmers
fight conversion to national park - Capital Press
April 26, 2003
Kessler joins in vote
to increase gas tax, sales tax and more fees -Traffic fix: Green light
in Olympia? AP
Business finds jobless
fix, shifts to labor -The Olympian
DNR reduces access, maintenance
on its recreational lands -King
5 News
Farmers help
solve Skagit dispute By
MARY MARGARET HAUGEN STATE SENATOR for Seattle Post-Intelligencer
'In Our Back Yard'
- Sierra Club works to save roadless area -The
Columbian
New forest rules
will protect salmon while relieving financial burdens
- Bremerton Sun
Judge dismisses Sierra
Club lawsuit -Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Poll Finds Environmental
Concern on the Decline -
Liberty News Service
Reclaim America: Coffman
and Hayward with Insight and Solutions to Stop the Global Agenda
- Toni Thayer
RS 2477 Roads: Deal
Struck by Dept. of Interior and State of Utah by
Toni Thayer
April 25, 2003
Report says mill wastewater
jeopardizing Snake River fish runs - Potlatch takes issue with fisheries
service evaluation -Spokesman-Review
Government Jobs
Drop Jobless Rate for March - Yakima Herald
State urges federal
help with river -The Oregonian
Marysville, WA: Partnership
has plans for biogas project -
Capital Press
Western Washington
jolted by 4.8 magnitude quake, no damage -AP
Government
paperwork, red tape, takes its toll on education-
TRACKSIDE © by John D’Aloia Jr.
Snohomish County,
WA: Farmers, tribes, environmentalists and sports anglers join forces
to protect farming - Capital Press
April 24, 2003
DRMT Hatches Scheme for
Dungeness River Property by
Steve Marble
Tri-county group
organize to keep Boeing jobs in area -
King Co. Bus. Journal
Forest chief:
Debate focuses on wrong issues -The Columbian
Olympia: Gun rights issue
holds up Senate passage of antiterrorism bill
- News Tribune
Democrats scurry
for new taxes - Extra session inevitable as parties butt heads -Spokesman-Review
House passes rollback
of trapping ban -King
5 News
Dairy farms drying up
in Jefferson County- Only three dairy farms remain - 'No money in it'
- too many environmental regulations, says farmer -PT
Leader
Pierce County, WA:
Fluoride initiative drive begins -News
Tribune
Narrower buffers
in the works - Capital Press
Billings, MT: Scented
snowballs used in park predator test -Billings Gazette
April 23, 2003
Sue Forde takes on challenge
of race for Clallam County Commissioner District 1
-
Citizen Review Online
Legislature expected
to pass shorelines revision -Everett
Herald
Washington
State unemployment climbs to 7% -Seattle Times
Fairgrounds to
redefine term 'parking lot' -Bremerton Sun
NRA concerns hold up passage
of state anti-terrorism bill -Seattle P-I
UWs $1.3 million "day
of reflection" -
EFF
Canadian border 'not
a conduit for terrorists' - Mexico is a much bigger problem for illegal
access to U.S., study says -
Ottawa Citizen
April 22, 2003
Will he return to
politics? Local surveyor, conservative political figure disabled beyond
repair? by Lois Krafsky-Perry, Citizen Review Online
Call your legislators
today and remind that that we still want them to hold the line on taxes
and fees - editorial, CRO
Olympia, WA: Governor
signs bill changing the way cities tax business -AP
House Concurs
with Changes to RMAP Bill -WSFB
House Democrats
ready to pull plug on sales tax hike -AP
Legislators: Restoring
voter trust is simple - Model performance audit legislation
by Bob Williams,
EFF
Is common sense
dead? TRACKSIDE
© by John D’Aloia Jr.
Institute for Justice
to Release Report on Government Use of Private Property; Report Spotlights
State-By-State Abuses of Eminent Domain
April 21, 2003
North Carolina: Open-space
bills lack key support -News
Observer
Orwell Redux: Your Medical
Privacy is no longer private -
Health Sciences Institute
Oh, yes — the Constitution!
- Opinion, The
Capital Press
Judge deciding
whether water development company must accept check - Nature Conservancy
bought land, will turn it over to federal government -KCNC
TV, Colorado
Environmentalist
groups complain about lawsuits that begin to reverse massive land set-asides
-KCNS
News
Fish and Wildlife sued
by animal protection group over Channel Islands fox protection -Union
Tribune
Farmers dig into
draft for dust rules as they brace for new round or regulations
- Capital
Press
Gorge panel to
consider rule changes -The
Columbian
April 19, 2003
Utility deal to clean
air reaches $1.2 billion -News
Tribune
Nickel gas-tax increase
may be consensus -Seattle
Times
Timber mill brings
economic recovery to town -King
5 News
Nevada Senate votes
to delay releasing police search affidavits
- Reno Gazette-Journal
Poll Finds Environmental
Concern on the Decline -
ENS
Plan to study effects
of logging gets too complex, is downsized -
Sacramento Bee
Animal Protection Groups
File Suit Over Arizona Mountain Lion Killing 'Study' -PRNewswire
America: A Work In
Progress -
Opinion by Keith Allison, D.Dn.
April 18, 2003
Washington State:
Proposed House Democrat Tax Increases
Speak Loud – Speak
Now! No New Taxes! by
Cindy Honcoop, State Director of Washington Eagle Forum
Irrigation Blamed
for Warming San Joaquin -
Mercury News
Hastings opposes
Banks Lake drawdown -
Tri-City Herald
Lawmakers step
up water policy talks -Tri-City Herald
Teamsters, GOP Join
Forces on Environment - AP
WA State
population rate slows - The Olympian
Once Again, a River Will
Run Through It - EPA proposes tearing down the Milltown Dam in Montana
- WA Post
Catfish get $500K,
but shrimp, $4M - The Hill
April 17, 2003
Supervisors refuse
state plan - Smart growth told 'No go' in Langlade County, Wisconsin
- Antigo Daily
Journal
New Urbanism Doesn't Speak
to Western Towns -Salt
Lake Tribune
Lawmakers
scramble to sway Boeing - Company has made it clear state will have
to compete for 7E7 assembly work -
Seattle PI
Sales tax increase
proposed - Democrats also call for 50-cent rise in cigarette tax
-The Olympian
ALERT - Washington Farm
Bureau RMAP Update: Call your representative to voice your opinion
- 2SHB 1095, the RMAP bill goes to
a vote on April 27th - WSFB
Trial Dates have been
set for phase two and three in Hage v. US. - Hage Trial Set for May
3 through May 21, 2004, in Reno, Nevada -
Stewards of the Range
WSU’s change in plans
a shock to some farmers -
Capital Press
Florida: Road bill should
be shelved - Clarifying efforts not enough to save proposal this session-
Editorial, Florida Capital News
April 16, 2003
Medical Miranda? So-called
'privacy' regulations eliminate patient consent for disclosure of medical
records -
Newsmax
WA State: Forecasted
state revenue: $21,404 per minute -
Bob Williams, EFF
No-shooting zone
shrinks - The County Council tells Snohomish its first plan would require
a petition effort - Everett Herald
Forks, WA: Russians tourism
people visit West End - Russian Far East Social Partnership for Ecotourism
Project partners with Vermont-based Institute for Sustainable Communities
- The Forks Forum
Congressman visits
Port Angeles, discusses issues -
KONP Radio
April 15, 2003
CSE calls for "Scrap
the Code" on April 15th -
CSE
Community members
attend ground breaking ceremony for yacht building venture by
Lois Perry, Citizen Review
They're moving forward...
- Invasive Species Update -
by Jim Beers
It Began with Clinton:
Executive Order 13112 on Invasive Species
- from Eco-Logic
Official suspends
wilderness reviews - Decision limits amount of land eligible for protection
-The
Olympian
Bill aimed at reining
in housing costs goes to Locke -The Oregonian
Wash. commissions
seek more government oversight - Capital Press
Brainwashing
pre-school peaceniks - by Michelle Malkin, WND
April 14, 2003
Portions of a "watershed
management plan" revealed to public
- KONP
Endangered Species
Act: Flawed Law - Few species saved; millions spent, thousands of jobs
lost -
by T. R. Mader, ABS
Interior Says 'No'
to New Wilderness Areas in Utah -
Las Vegas Sun
Washington
program looking for farmland -
- Farmlink seeks to match up owners of property
who would like to sell or lease land to aspiring farmers Capital
Press
April 13, 2003
Aspirin adds cancer
to its success list -
SMH
Forests to receive
$15 million for fire restoration- The Missoulian
The failed education
'reforms' by Tom DeWeese, for News with Views
Tax dollars used
to fund nonprofit groups for a variety of very questionable projects
-TRACKSIDE © by John D’Aloia
Frustration pours
out over housing infill - Some Portland Residents Aren't Happy With
Smart Growth - The Oregonian
BOOK SUMMARY: A POVERTY
OF REASON: Sustainable Development and Economic Growth -
The Independent Institute
April 12, 2003
WA State Apple Commission
Shutting Operations -
Yakima-Herald
House Judiciary
Committee hears about growing liability for cities and counties
- The
Olympian
WA State Senate
marks $2.7 billion for construction -The
Olympian
Dams' control getting
trickier - Council tries to balance water level upstream & down
- Seattle P-I
Gates are opened for
bountiful salmon harvest -
Seattle P-I
State likely won't
face drought this year - The Olympian
April 11, 2003
Salmon
and the Elwha River Dam by Marv Chastain
New Mexico: Rio
Grande `endangered' -Albuquerque
Tribune
FWP gets an earful over
wolf management plan - The Missoulian
Oregon: Endangered
status sought for pygmy rabbit -The Oregonian
House Endorses
Drilling in Alaska Refuge -AP
Battle Over Hunting
Rights Plays Out In State Capitals -
Gannett
Business owners
& recreation groups file suit to lift personal watercraft ban
- Blue
Ribbon Coalition Report
April 10, 2003
Washington
Farm Bureau RMAP Update -
News Release from WFB
Tonasket City Council
adopts "Life & Liberty" Resolution
Bill to open farmland
to soccer dies in House -
Seattle P-I
Keep Canadian grizzly
bears north of border, lawmakers say
- Seattle PI
Dunn won't run for U.S.
Senate -The
Olympian
Klamath, Snake
retain spots on annual endangered rivers list -The
Columbian
Jefferson County,
WA: No 'closed range' for West End -
PT Leader
Why should a County Commissioner
or any other elected official visit and read my website? by
Julie Kay Smithson
Fishermen work to
recall California's Governor Davis -
news release
April 9, 2003
Court won't overturn
Clinton logging ban - Appeals judges refuse to reconsider roadless decision
-Spokesman-Review
Senate panel
gives tax breaks to businesses - Bills would help fitness clubs, call
centers, computer companies -Spokesman-Review
House narrowly
approves 4-cent gas tax hike -King
5 News
All-American
Road Status for Highway 12 - Is it a blessing or a curse? by
Toni Thayer
Middle Ages were warmer
than today, say scientists -UK
Telegraph report
April 8, 2003
Klamath irrigators
to get their fill of water - SDJ
Michigan's rattlesnake
may be endangered species-South
Bend Tribune
Clallam: Elected county
planner will get $53,079 salary
- PDN
House ups gas tax ante
-The Olympian
Taxpayers fight
back -EFF
'Vote by Mail' - a formula
for fraud by Bill Sizemore, for News with Views
Gorge panel adopts 'triage'
strategy
- The Chronicle
House Panel Backs
Bush Plan To Drill In ANWR -
Reuters
April 7, 2003
Clallam: PA, Sequim
`open houses' to address watershed issues
- PDN
What's an emergency?
Restoring people power -Seattle
Times Commentary
Lawmakers
grapple over state water policies -
Seattle PI
Salmon at risk with
adviser, critics say - News Tribune
April 6, 2003
Businesses plead
for Olympia's best shot -Seattle Times
Commentary:
Washington State business climate in state not conducive to growth
-The Olympian
How Healthy is Hood Canal?
a report from Common Sense Mason
Environmentalism
vs Conservation - a Look at Two Roads
- Abundant Wildlife Society of America
April 5, 2003
Gov. Gary Locke Signs
Public Works Bill to Create New Jobs Across the State
-News Release
Washington Farm
Bureau RMAP Update - Senate Natural Resources Committee Passes RMAP
Bill
Senate budget
for Washington state -
AP
Senate pulls
"Faith-Based Initiative" for now, but it will be back - S.476
include special tax breaks to powerful land trusts when buying up property
- Alert from
American Land Rights Association
Montana: Growth policy
revisions on way to becoming law
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Density Limits Only
Add To Sprawl - Large Lots Eat Up Area Countryside -
WA Post
State Supreme
Court upholds Referendum 53 -Bremerton Sun
New Site
of Interest: Water for the West.org
BPA caught in a crunch
- Canada's BC Hydro benefits -
Seattle Times
April 4, 2003
Farmers and
ranchers ride to protect water rights -
Capital Press
Vulnerable dams
and ports shortchanged, experts charge
- Seattle P-I
Farmers resist fish
estuary plan, say salt in water table will ruin them - Meanwhile, tribes
argue for salmon-saving measures -
Seattle PI
In The Northwest:
Despite his shortsightedness, Eyman has a point -
Seattle PI
CA:
Lake Earl Flooding Leads to Mysterious Lake Breach-
Sierra Times
Kitsap County: Building
permit time cut in half -
Bremerton Sun
Land added to National
Wildlife Refuges in eight states, and new habitat conserved by Wetlands
Act - USFWS
Las Vegas, NV
- EDITORIAL: Controlling
the growth-control crowd - LV Review Journal
Straight from the
Heart - A farmer speaks out about small farms and the farm bill
by Richard R.
Oswald
The judge banned
a book he never read by
Vin Suprynowicz
April 3, 2003
Commentary: Taxpayer
group reacts to Senate budget -Jason Mercier, EFF
Lawmakers seeks
moratorium on more federal land -AP
Idaho: Tax increase
bills sent to full House - Measures would raise sales tax for year,
hike taxes on wine, beer and cigarettes -Spokesman-Review
The UN's Power Patch:
Greening the Globe -
by Tom DeWeese, for News with Views
Epidemic Of Conservation
Easements
- from Liberty Matters
Canada weighs renewed
drilling -The
Olympian
Most shoreline abusers
are not punished - Agencies struggle to police unauthorized construction
that endangers waterlife -
Seattle PI
Bush wants to alter salmon
protection -The
Olympian
Methow Valley: Group
releases watershed study -
Methow Valley News
Pierce County, WA:
Tax hike would fund conservation district, help buy up development rights
-News Tribune
Birds And Warriors -
Environmental regs restrict training activities of troops
-LNS
Snohomish County:
Request for salmon forum to add farmers and owners -Seattle
Times
Study finds pollutants
pouring into Lake Washington -King
5 News
Worries over mystery
virus chill Seattle's ties with Asian cities -The
Oregonian
April 2, 2003
Tobacco and "sin"
taxes continue to rise: a small battle in the ongoing assault on freedom
-TRACKSIDE ©
by John D’Aloia Jr.
Invasive Species
- A Means to an End by
Jim Beers
Conservationists,
Industry Join to Advance Roadless Rule -ENS
Teach Our Children -
I-285 Requires schools to teach our Declaration of Independence and
our Constitutions by Monte Benham
Washington's
Unemployment Rose Slightly in February
Senate GOP jumps gun,
offer no-new-taxes budget
- AP
House takes first steps
in cutting state budget - Budget `lean, slim' after hiring, travel cut,
insurance expansion plan dropped -Spokesman-Review
State House Leader McMorris
talks 'budget'
Bull trout recovery
plan assessed by retired Fish & Wildlife employee - Opinion used
by 'experts' rather than scientific evidence from
a report by Ken Williams
Commentary: Dereliction
of Duty by
Keith Allison, D.Dn.
Public comments count
with EPA -
Commentary, Capital Press
Vancouver, WA: Pollard
pledges to create jobs in fifth mayoral bid -
The Columbian
Mandatory Apple
Dues Deemed Unconstitutional -
Yakima Herald-Republic
Lacking $12,000, DNR
closes 3 campgrounds - News Tribune
April 1, 2003
Smallpox vaccination
halted after recent deaths -Seattle Times
Florida: Land
deal may expand state forest in Panhandle - Nature Conservancy to buy
16,652 acres to connect wildlife corridor -
Florida Capital News
County pushes
housing with walking in mind - Snohomish County is encouraging developers
build "pedestrian villages" along I-5 at 128th and 164th streets
- Everett Herald
Capital Views:
Sentiments on half-cent sales tax turn again -Columbian
Gravel-mining plan
under review - Enviro group criticizes the pit-to-pier project, vows
to block it - Bremerton Sun
Thirty Years Ago
by Jim Beers for
eco-logic
Troubling Lack of
Science Behind Global Warming Claims -
eco-logic
Washington
Bill Watch - Days of Danger: April 2 thru April 10th -Michael
Hardiman
The Average American
Military Warrior -
Author Unknown
March 2003
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