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Kootenai forest DEIS Land management comments due April 5

January 21, 2012

Kootenai National Forest DEIS  The Kootenai National Forest released the DEIS and Draft Revised Land Management Plan on January 6, 2012. This starts the 90 day comment period. All comments on this action will be due on April 5th, 2012.Copies of the DEIS and associated information on this action can be found at: http://www.fs.fed.us/kipz It [...]

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Idaho Panhandle forest DEIS comments due by April 5th

January 21, 2012

Idaho Panhandle National Forest DEIS  The Idaho Panhandle National Forest released the DEIS and Draft Revised Land Management Plan on January 6, 2012. This starts the 90 day comment period. All comments on this action will be due on April 5th, 2012. Copies of the DEIS and associated information on this action can be found [...]

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Sage grouse EIS comments on managment coming up

January 21, 2012

The BLM is preparing the EIS for changes in Sage Grouse management. New proposed rules for Sage Grouse management will affect all land uses where Sage Grouse habitat is or could be present. We urge everyone to comment on the development of the EIS.   The BLM is asking the public to identify issues that [...]

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National Forest Advisory Committee nominations

January 10, 2012

National Forest Land Management Planning Rule Advisory Committee Applications  Applications to serve on a newly-formed advisory committee to guide management of our national forests and grasslands are now available. Members selected to serve on the National Advisory Committee for Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule will advise and give recommendations to [...]

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Idaho & Montana Forest Service Management plan drafts

January 10, 2012

Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai NF Management Plans  The Idaho Panhandle and Kootenai National Forests have just released their new draft forest management plan proposals. Alternative B has been selected for both forests as the preferred alternative. These 2 documents totally over 2000 pages are expected to be read and commented on within the next 90 [...]

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Gallatin 9th Circuit Court Decision

December 13, 2011

Gallatin National Forest 9th Circuit Appeal Decision,   The 9th Circuit of Appeals issued their opinion on December 1, 2011 in regards to our appeal of Judge Molloy’s ruling on the Gallatin National Forest Travel Plan. Prior to this December 1st  ruling  the 9th Circuit requested all parties to meet and attempt to mediate the [...]

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Enviro’s Pay NASA For Global Warming Agenda

June 24, 2011

NASA Scientist Accused of Using Celeb Status Among Environmental Groups to Enrich Himself Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/22/nasa-scientist-accused-using-celeb-status-among-environmental-groups-to-enrich/#ixzz1QCOP57QU The NASA scientist who once claimed the Bush administration tried to “silence” his global warming claims is now accused of receiving more than $1.2 million from the very environmental organizations whose agenda he advocated. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday [...]

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Wolves killed in connection to horse death

June 15, 2011

Gray wolf trapped, euthanized on Darby area ranch  A female gray wolf was caught in a trap and euthanized Tuesday morning on a Darby area ranch where a horse was killed two weeks ago. The owners of the Two Feathers Ranch were granted a kill permit to take up to five wolves after the horse’s [...]

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More public access being denied by FS funding

June 7, 2011

Montana, Idaho forest projects to receive money CBU opinion; The U.S. Forest Service’s Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program is nothing more than a diversion of FS funds of maintaining roads and trails to the decommissioning, and obliteration of roads and trails used historically by the public  for generations. Millions of dollars have been spent to even close routes [...]

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Enviro influence over EPA help push up energy prices

June 7, 2011

EPA objects to proposed oil pipeline from Canada  The Environmental Protection Agency is raising new objections to a proposed pipeline that would carry oil from western Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast. In a letter to the State Department, the EPA said it remains concerned about the risk of oil spills that could affect drinking [...]

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