June 2006, Newsletter #11
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THE RED LODGE CLEARINGHOUSE,
the full-service information source for collaborative groups
throughout the Interior west committed to resolving resource-use
conflicts.
"Restoration" is the flavor of the month, be it forest or watershed or both. Restoration work not only rehabilitates, it preserves jobs, it preserves skills.
Montana Governor addresses forum on restoration of land, heritage
BY MIKE STARK, BILLINGS GAZETTE, 06/09/06
Restoring natural and historic places is not just a fuzzy, feel-good idea. It can lead to the return of wild places and animals, preservation of important pieces of heritage and the undoing of damage inflicted years ago.
And closer to the pocketbook, it creates jobs and stimulates economies, Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday.
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Conservationists honor Gordy Sanders, resource forester, for his "tireless" work
BY PERRY BACKUS, THE MISSOULIAN, 05/22/06
For a decade, Missoula conservationists have honored resource professionals in western Montana with an award named for the man many consider the heart and soul of the area's conservation movement — Arnold Bolle.
This year Arnie would have heartily agreed with the selection of Gordy Sanders as recipient of the Arnold Bolle award.
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READ ABOUT THE BOLLE CENTER FOR PEOPLE AND FORESTS >>
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Interior’s new secretary – general or foot soldier?
BY ROCKY BARKER, HIGH COUNTRY NEWS, 06/12/06
Former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus, who became secretary of the Interior during the Carter administration, said he took that post so that he could have more control over his own state than he did as governor. He had a good point: Managing 500 million acres of land, with 80,000 employees and a $16.4 billion budget, the Interior secretary is probably the West’s most influential political figure.
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SENATE CONFIRMS KEMPTHORNE >>
Suit filed to block Biscuit Fire logging
GREENWIRE, 06/15/06
Environmentalists asked a federal judge yesterday to temporarily block logging in the Biscuit Fire-burned area of Oregon's Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest that a timber company bought the rights to last week.
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READ MORE ON SALVAGE LOGGING >>
Bush to designate northwest Hawaiian Islands a national monument
BY ALLISON A. FREEMAN, GREENWIRE, 06/15/06
President Bush plans to create the world's largest marine reserve in the world today by designating a 1,400 mile chain of the northwest Hawaiian Islands as a national monument, according to sources familiar with the plan.
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Public-private partnership protects one of Idaho's crown jewels
BY CHARLES GAUVIN AND ROGER HOESTEREY, IDAHO STATESMAN, 05/25/06
In Northern Idaho, a novel partnership among conservationists, the timber industry, the state and federal government and the nation's largest retailer is protecting, in perpetuity, one of the state's great rivers. Indeed, the project is so unique that it could serve as a model for timberland conservation.
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Species on endangered list challenged
BY LAURA PARKER, USA TODAY, 05/30/06
Ever since a 3-inch fish protected by the Endangered Species Act stopped construction of a dam in Tennessee in 1978, the law has been known as one of the toughest environmental laws on the books.
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Timber-salmon plan gets federal go-ahead
SEATTLE TIMES, 06/06/06
In one of the most sweeping deals of its kind in the nation, federal officials Monday agreed to shield timber companies and forest landowners from provisions of the Endangered Species Act for 50 years if they follow new state rules to protect salmon when logging.
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