Blog Archives for Thomas R Petersen

By Thomas R Petersen - March 10, 2010    Canadian conservationists called for limiting off-road vehicle use in grizzly bear habitat, in an article referencing the province of Alberta's recently released report on grizzly bear numbers. The province's report called the the area south of Highway 16 (connecting Edmonton to Jasper) a "population sink," for grizzlies, which could support a sustainable population if human caused mortality — the report highlights motorized access — is reduced.

By Thomas R Petersen - February 26, 2010    Canada's grizzly bears are in the news again, and this time not directly because of the controversial bear hunt, but because of "...massive hunting mortality along B.C.'s highways."

By Thomas R Petersen - February 19, 2010    Seven of Canada's Rocky Mt. National Parks are getting a total of $945,000 to fix culverts that block fish from entering important mountain streams, which will improve aquatic connectivity.

By Thomas R Petersen - November 25, 2009    Sherry Munther of Missoula is the winner of our drawing for the Collector's Edition of our book, A Road Runs Through It: Reviving Wild Places. Sherry contributed towards the drawing at the Montana Festival of the Book in Missoula in October; so we're very pleased that the Edition is going to a book lover! Thank you to everyone who contributed; it was a successful fundraiser for Wildlands CPR that will help us continue our work to restore watersheds across the west and the country.  Congratulations Sherry!

By Thomas R Petersen - October 8, 2009   

By Thomas R Petersen - March 24, 2009   What strikes me about Wildlands CPR's 2008 Annual Report is what ED Bethanie Walder calls "real-world solutions." From the off-road vehicle program's Best Management Practices (BMPs) — downloaded several thousand times from the website giving land managers the tools they need for solid on-the-ground management— to the opening of the Restoration funding spigot—about $40 million went to the Legacy Roads and Trails Inititaitve in 2008 resulting in more than 60,000 acres of watershed improved, nationally—Wildlan

By Thomas R Petersen - November 24, 2008    Peter Matthiessen, one of the writers in Wildlands CPR's anthology, A Road Runs Through It, has won the 2008 National Book Award for fiction.

By Thomas R Petersen - November 13, 2008   

By Thomas R Petersen - February 14, 2008    Some good news for beaches and beach go-ers! On Wednesday, February 6th, the California Coastal Commission voted 8-2 to reject the planned 241 Toll Road, (which would have been located about halfway between LA and San Diego), and protected the internationally-known surfing spot, Trestles, and San Onofre State Beach. Thousands turned out for this historic meeting in nearby Del Mar, CA, making it clear to the commissioners that the destruction of state parks and coastal resources is unacceptable.

By Thomas R Petersen - October 16, 2007   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.