by Kenn Orphan as published on CounterPunch.org “Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.” – Carl Sagan “To argue that the current extinction event could be averted if people just cared more and were willing to make more sacrifices is not wrong, exactly; still, it misses the […]
By Laura Singleton The Independent “To clarify – the Forest Service needed to come up with a wild horse management plan for the Heber horses,” WHITE MOUNTAINS — Eleven years ago 19,700 acres of the Black Mesa Ranger District in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests were designated the Heber […]
By Josh Gohlke as published in The San Francisco Chronicle Yes, America, he was the interior secretary… Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is leaving President Trump’s Cabinet under enough ethics investigations to constitute not so much a cloud as a full-fledged winter storm. Zinke’s response: Let it snow. One of […]
Source: AWHC “It’s not all bad news…” Last Friday night, Congress failed to come to an agreement on a Continuing Resolution to keep the government running, sparking a partial government shutdown. If the last ditch efforts to negotiate a deal this weekend fail, and the shutdown goes into […]
by R.T. Fitch Well, (never start a sentence with well as you might fall in), here it is; that magical day that we wait all year for. A day of laughing, sharing, giving and glee. A day with family and friends where we reaffirm our love and unity. […]
by R.T. Fitch, author of “Straight from the Horse’s Heart“ “Written and published in 2009 when we were promised ‘CHANGE’ and the story is the same today as it was then…no change. Bitter pill to swallow on Christmas eve but it is our one dose of reality before […]
Excerpt from the book “Straight from the Horse’s Heart” by R.T. Fitch “An annual repeat but one of my favorites as there is a whole lot of my own blood, sweat and tears in this tale. Again, although written almost a decade ago the words speak to what […]
by Francie Diep as published on the Pacific Standard “One webpage, now removed, touted the current policies’ successes—and praised the bird’s mating dances…” As the federal government was gathering public input on changes to its plans for conserving an endangered Western bird, it removed webpages describing its current […]
By Caroline Kelly, CNN “The issue is Interior, the issue is conservation, the issue is science, and the issue is our jurisdiction in protecting the many interests we have there, including Indian Country…” The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that he has moved […]
as published on EcoWatch by Lorraine Chow “The Forest Service is treating these national treasures like trash by selling them for one dollar a piece…” About 200 horses are available for adoption and sale until Feb. 18. The fee for purchase “with limitations” has been reduced to $1 […]
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