by Katie Fite | Sep 6, 2016
SEPTEMBER 5, 2016 COUNTERPUNCH.ORG by KATIE FITE The Jarbidge Road incident took place in the Dark Ages when there was minimal electronic and social media in the West. Elko County, Sagebrush Rebels Grant Gerber, John Carpenter, Demar Dahl and others tied the Forest...
by Katie Fite | Sep 4, 2016
The Idaho Owyhee Monument Proposal of 2000 demonstrates how so many of the values of the landscape, and Objects of Importance identified in the Proposal, are being destroyed by public lands welfare ranching. Cheatgrass, medusahead and other Weeds are sweeping the...
by Katie Fite | Apr 28, 2016
APRIL 27, 2016 by KATIE FITE BLM is escalating herbicide use on public lands in the wake of the September 2015 Sage-grouse Plan Amendments and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Not Warranted Finding for ESA listing. A primary agency excuse for forsaking sage-grouse...
by Katie Fite | Apr 19, 2016
These photos show the current degraded condition of watershed areas in Owyhee redband and sage-grouse habitats. Grazing had caused headcutting and prevented willows from occupying banks. The drainage system is dying. The Soda Rehab Plan and nearly all current Owyhee...
by Katie Fite | Mar 22, 2016
MARCH 22, 2016 by KATIE FITE Idaho BLM has issued volleys of press releases publicizing its Soda Fire rehab efforts. This 2015 wildfire consumed 280,000 acres, and was a climate-driven blaze. News sites reported that even the dirt was burning. BLM’s web page...
