Blog Archives for October, 2007

Having grown up in Florida, it doesn't surprise me that off-road vehicle use is one of the primary threats to Big Cypress National Preserve.  Floridians in general have a tendency to interact with their environment by shielding themselves from it - mostly by air conditioning everything.  And let's face it - high heat and humidity can be fairly unpleasant.  But those same factors are also what makes Florida's wild lands so special.  The flora and fauna of Big Cypress and the Everglades are extraordinary, supporting incredible bird and wildlife, amphibians and plants - many of which are thre

The Utah District Court recently denied a challenge to the San Rafael Swell Travel Plan. The Plan, which the conservation community considers one of the few positive examples of motorized recreation planning in Utah, was a little too protective for a radical group of ORVers. This group, led by longtime hardline dirt bike advocate Rainer Huck, tried to block the plan's closure of about a quarter of the ORV routes in the northern half of the Swell.

Check out this great guest editorial in the San Jose Mercury News, from former FS Chief Mike Dombeck regarding $65 million in proposed spending on Forest Service road removal: Deterioration of forest roads threatens our drinking water

New York Times op-ed columnist Thomas Friedman had an interesting column about green jobs today - see: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/opinion/17friedman.html?th&emc=th

Check out this article on removing roads in the Lolo National Forest, in western Montana.(http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/11/news/top/news01.txt) Although Wildlands CPR isn't mentioned in the article, we've been working on this project over the past two years. And good job to Montana Trout for pulling the funding together so the Lolo can rip some more roads, to improve streams and forest habitat. Lord knows there are plenty to rip.

A bit of humor on the blog today. From Flickr user cafiend:

While the recent news that a griz was found (and unfortunately accidently killed) in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area has dropped off the media's radar, the public policy implications are only just beginning. Especially in light that genetic analysis on the bear indicates that it came from northern Idaho. King's Outdoor World Blog explains: