A victory for restoration yesterday when District Court Judge Ricardo Martinez ruled that the state of Washington must fix hundreds of culverts that hinder the passage of salmon. The case rests on an 1850s-era treaty that gave the area tribes the right to subsistence use of the salmon. From the Seattle PI:
It seems as if BLM personnel could have studied Wildland CPR's Enforcement Report to get control of “near-riot conditions” at an ORV gathering in Utah's Little Sahara Recreation Area. After submitting a Freedom of Information Act request to determine what really happened that weekend, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility report that:
If one thing is true of off-road vehicle special interest groups, it is that they sure know how to use rhetoric to spin issues. While this is a credit to their ingenuity, it does nothing but spread disinformation and confuse people. Take the water quality issues of Upper Tellico River, for example.
Phil Knight has years of experience in the Gallatin National Forest and here he provides us with a journal and visual account of his excellent monitoring work.
To read and see his adventures simply follow the link http://gallatintrails.blogstream.com/
