by Editor | Jan 13, 2014 | Environmental Lawsuits, Govt Agencies, Growth Management Act (GMA), War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
Commentary by Charlie CrabtreeThe Fourth Corner Posted 1/12/2014(original published on 7/9/2013) All humans need food and water to survive… The State Growth Management Board’s micromanaging will decide who has “rights” to water in Whatcom County… NOT common sense or...
by Editor | Dec 30, 2013 | Climate Change, War on the West, Wildlands Project
By Eric MortensonCapital Press Published: December 23. 2013 New report from an OSU scientist says reducing cattle and other ruminant herds is the most effective way to reduce methane gas emissions and ease climate change. A new climate change study issued by an Oregon...
by Editor | Dec 30, 2013 | War on the West, Water Issues, Wildlands Project
December 29, 2013 Capital Press Environmentalists who sued a Siskiyou County, Calif., water district over the operation of a roughly 90-year-old dam have reached a legal settlement with the district. The deal will result in only a slight decrease of irrigation water...
by Editor | Dec 29, 2013 | Govt Agencies, War on the West, Wildlands Project
Posted 12/28/2013 The Hill House Republicans are charging the Obama administration with using “political science” to justify adding new plants and animals to the endangered species list. Agencies like the Bureau of Land Management and Fish and Wildlife Service are...
by Editor | Dec 29, 2013 | Wild Olympics, Wildlands Project
Opinion by Ron Arnoldfor Washington Examiner Poste 12/28/2013 President Obama’s administration has added to its war on coal and its wind-farm eagle-chopping policy and is trying to yank seafood out of America’s diet. For more than a decade, the National...
by Editor | Dec 29, 2013 | War on the West, Wildlands Project
Posted 12/28/2013 Western Governor’s website DEC. 12, 2013: The Western Governors’ Association today (Dec. 12) unveiled its Crucial Habitat Assessment Tool (CHAT), a cooperative effort of 16 Western states to provide the public and industry an overview of...