May 2006, Newsletter #10 Welcome to THE RED LODGE CLEARINGHOUSE, the full-service information source for collaborative groups throughout the Interior west committed to resolving resource-use conflicts. We'll all miss Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, a strong advocate of science-based solutions. A conversation with Congressman Sherwood Boehlert BY CLAUDIA DREIFUS, NEW YORK TIMES, 05/09/06 On the walls of the Capitol Hill office of Representative Sherwood Boehlert are framed copies of laws he has helped shepherd through the legislative process—the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990, the NASA Authorization Act of 2005, the Nanotechnology Act of 2003. SEE FULL STORY >> Endangered Species Day The U.S. Senate declared May 11, 2006 to be Endangered Species Day in hopes of encouraging the people of the United States to become educated about, and aware of, threats to species, success stories in species recovery, and the opportunity to promote species conservation worldwide. READ RESOLUTION >> 100 success stories for Endangered Species Day 2006 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY Recovery success stories spanning every U.S. state and territory. READ MORE >> Owl decision is delayed until June 2 BY TONY DAVIS, ARIZONA DAILY STAR, 05/16/06 The pygmy owl will stay "delisted" at least until June 2, a federal judge decided Monday. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton declined environmentalists' requests to put a temporary hold on the federal government's mid-April decision to remove the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl from the endangered-species list. SEE FULL STORY >> Groups say BLM can do better BY JENNIFER TALHELM, CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE (AP), 05/16/06 Two oil and gas lease sales in Colorado and Utah this month are examples of how the Bush administration's focus on oil and gas is opening hundreds of thousands of acres to drilling at the expense of fish and wildlife habitat, said Brian O'Donnell, director of Trout Unlimited's public lands initiative. SEE FULL STORY >> Wildlife in peril? BY JEFF GEARINO, CASPER STAR-TRIBUNE, 04/30/06 Every new gas or oil well drilled in Wyoming costs time and money for the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. That's chiefly because a lot of the state's wildlife, many of the sensitive species such as sage grouse, and acres of important wildlife habitat are located in areas already undergoing or slated for intense energy development. SEE FULL STORY >> Criticism over pace of federal oil and gas leasing heating up SALT LAKE TRIBUNE (AP), 04/28/06 Federal land managers have backed off from allowing oil and gas leases next to a town's backup water supply, but critics say the fact the option was even considered shows there's a haphazard rush to open Colorado's federal lands to development. SEE FULL STORY >> Sportsmen fight for Wyoming habitats BY TOM KENWORTHY, USA TODAY, 04/19/06 Gordon Johnston's biography doesn't exactly shout "environmentalist." The 74-year-old resident of Daniel, Wyo., spent 21 years in the Marine Corps. He has been an avid hunter most of his life. Asked his party affiliation, the former Sublette County commissioner replies, "Hard-core, hard-ass Republican." SEE FULL STORY >> Students are concerned by U.S. plan to sell their trees BY FELICITY BARRINGER, NEW YORK TIMES, 05/05/06 Mark Rey's tough sell gets tougher. The proposal to fund "Secure Rural Schools" meets those to be most affected—the young. SEE FULL STORY >> Former USDA chiefs call for increase in 'green' payments BY ALLISON A. FREEMAN, E&E DAILY, 05/09/06 Two former Agriculture Department secretaries joined farmland conservation advocates yesterday in calling for an overhaul of the farm bill that would favor environmental programs, with more "green" payments and fewer crop subsidies. SEE FULL STORY >> COLORADO FARMERS, RANCHERS PUT ASIDE 65,000 ACRES >> Judge blocks Bush admin rule limiting appeals of timber sales BY DAN BERMAN, GREENWIRE, 04/26/06 A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction this week against a provision of President Bush's Healthy Forests Initiative that limits the public's right to appeal timber sale projects and other Forest Service decisions. SEE FULL STORY >> Magic valley uprising BY RAY RING, HIGH COUNTRY NEWS, 05/01/06 Collaboration the easy way: all local citizens—of similar economic status—typical Idahoans all agreed "not in our backyards." SEE FULL STORY >> Apache trout on the brink of recovery ARIZONA REPUBLIC, 05/13/06 The Apache trout is truly a native-fish comeback story for Arizona. Arizona's state fish could become the first native fish in the United States to come off the endangered species list. About 100 years ago, Apache trout could be found in approximately 600 miles of streams in the White Mountains. By the late 1960s, these native trout were reduced to about 30 miles of stream. SEE FULL STORY >> HOME PAGE  |   CONTACT US