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PUBLIC LANDS: Sportsmen split on roadless release bill (07/26/2011) Phil Taylor,E&E reporter Hunters and anglers offered mixed reactions today to a Republican-backed bill to remove roadless protections from tens of millions of acres of public lands. Bill proponents say the proposal, H.R. 1581,would require the Bureau of . . . →Read More:Not All Sportsman Like Roads As time goes on,we will see that not all the forest burned hot. Check out this photo of Double Cienega which is close to where the fire started. Much of the land is not burned. (Photo from http://www.azsj.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20233&page=2&pp=10). On July 12,2011,the Center for Biological Diversity struck a historic legal settlement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,requiring the agency to make initial or final decisions on whether to add hundreds of imperiled plants and animals to the endangered species by 2018. The Endangered Species Act is America’s strongest environmental law and . . . →Read More:LANDMARK AGREEMENT MOVES 757 SPECIES TOWARD FEDERAL PROTECTION WESTERN WILDFIRES SPARK FOREST MANAGEMENT DEBATE,AGAIN This month,Arizona instituted a new House Committee on Forest Health that convened July 5 and one of the first testimonies came from one who has his heart set on opening Arizona forests to the timber industry. Republican Congressman Paul Gosar testified that the state’s commercial timber industry needs . . . →Read More:Great Old Broads Speak Out on Western Fires Secretary Bruce Babbitt Speech at the National Press Club Washington,DC June 8,2011
It is now more than ten years since I left public office. I am returning to the public stage today because I believe that this Congress,in its assaults on our environment,has embarked on the most radical course in . . . →Read More:Babbitt Calls on Obama to Protect Lands and Water | ||||
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