Aug 20 2011
Timothy Egan posted an interesting “Opinionator” piece to the New York Times today titled “Nature Without the Nanny State.” It discusses the rising incidence of city-bred visitors ignoring common sense precautions when visiting national parks, sometimes with fatal consequences. Here’s the meat of the piece . . . More than ever, an urban nation plagued [...]
Jun 02 2011
From an AP article posted to the Flathead Beacon . . . Under pressure from Congress, the Obama administration is backing away from a plan to make millions of acres of undeveloped land in the West eligible for federal wilderness protection. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in a memo Wednesday that his agency will not [...]
Mar 19 2009
From the Thursday, March 19, 2009 online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . For the second time this year, the Senate has passed a long-delayed bill to set aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness, from a California mountain range to a forest in Virginia. The 77-20 vote [...]
