by Natalie Ertz | Apr 4, 2016
The Soda Fire started on private ranch land near Cow Creek in Owyhee County. It was detected, and left to burn for THREE HOURS by persons at the ranch. THEN it blew up onto public land, became a fire tornado of sorts, and cost millions of dollars in fire fighting...
by Katie Fite | Jan 8, 2016
‘In Oregon, an armed occupation of Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters is being led by self-proclaimed “patriots” from Nevada. They are defending a public lands ranching family’s “right” to set fires and break the law. In Nevada, Cliven Bundy owes more than a...
by Katie Fite | Dec 21, 2015
Below is the settlement that sets up the elite cabal that is making decisions affecting crucial sage-grouse habitats, including the first of a raft of projects WLD and WHE appealed. Fences kill sage-grouse. Although it claims BLM still is in charge, the reality is the...
by Katie Fite | Dec 4, 2015
Katie Fite of the environmental group WildLands Defense said the range around Battle Mountain is “devastated and needs significant rest” from the ranchers’ activities. “They truly think they are the lords of yesteryear and the public lands are their own little...
by Katie Fite | Dec 2, 2015
Mule deer have a very long traditional migration route. Deer come from as far north as the Jarbidge Mountains on the Idaho border to spend winters on Spruce Mountain, which gets very little snow. Spruce is south of Wells Nevada, in the rain shadow of the Ruby...
by Katie Fite | Dec 2, 2015
Cave Valley, Nevada Ely BLM Cave Lake “Treatment” -Clearcut Targeting Old Trees Two previous waves of deforestation swept the Great Basin. A third wave looms. Pinyon-juniper forests naturally cloak the mountains and slopes of the Great Basin. Native Americans relied...
