Blog Archives for May, 2009

By Sarah Peters - May 26, 2009    Last week the Minnesota Governor signed a state parks bill into law that also increased the fines for resource damage casued by ORVs.  The law makes reckless destruction of wetlands a gross misdemeanor, rather than just a misdemeanor.  This means that individuals convicted of wetland violations or illegal riding in rivers, lakes, state parks or state natural areas could face a penalty of up to a year in jail and a maximum fine of $3,000.  They would also be banned from riding an ORV for a year.  If caught a second time, their machine could be immediately confiscated and forfeiture pro

By Josh Hurd - May 26, 2009   Adaptation to climate change no longer implies giving up on the fight to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Rather, it is an acknowledgement that global warming is already affecting the world. A recent Yale Environment 360 article on the matter discusses this issue:

By Adam Rissien - May 22, 2009   Wildlands CPR filed an appeal this week on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Revised Forest Plan, citing several flaws in the final decision and supporting analysis. Joining us in our appeal was the Winter Wildlands Alliance, Friends of the Bitterroot and Montanans for Quiet Recreation.  

By - May 19, 2009    by Greg Peters, Field Coordinator

By adamswitalski - May 18, 2009    Greg Peters, our Field Coordinator, and I began to set up Wildlands CPR’s wildlife monitoring field sites on the Clearwater National Forest this weekend.  After a week of rain and snow, the skies cleared and we had a sunny first day in the field.   Our first site was a recontoured road.  It was pretty steep and rocky at the entrance and made for some difficulty carrying the track plate and roof

By Laurel Hagen - May 13, 2009    Slideshow

By Laurel Hagen - May 13, 2009    Slideshow

By Bethanie Walder - May 11, 2009    The Forest Service recently posted a comprehensive list of all stimulus projects funded to date.  

By Bethanie Walder - May 11, 2009    The Forest Service recently posted a comprehensive list of all stimulus projects funded to date.  

By cathy - May 8, 2009    If you've been following our Related News, you will know that this Saturday, between 500 and 1,000 ATVs, Jeeps, and other off-road vehicles plan to illegally drive up the riverbed of the Paria Canyon in a BLM wilderness study area near Kanab, Utah. They're doing it to protest BLM plans to actually enforce keeping ORVs out of this wilderness area near Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.