My Page: George Wuerthner
ON THE RANGE
See the Forest for the Trees
There’s an old cliché that one can’t see the forest for the trees. It is used to describe people who are so focused on some detail that they fail to see the big picture. Nowhere is this failure to see the forest for the trees more evident than the rush to utilize dead trees for biomass fuel s and/or the presumed need to “thin” forests to reduce so called “dangers” and/or “damage” from wildfire and beetle outbreaks. [more]
GUEST COMMENTARY: WHAT THE BILL SHOULD CONTAIN
Montana’s Statewide Wilderness Bill Long Overdue
Montana has some of the best spectacular unprotected wildlands left in the lower 48 states, but it lags behind other western states in the amount of land protected as designated wilderness.
To catch up with our neighbors, Montana's delegation should abandon the piecemeal approach and recognize that passing a statewide wilderness bill is far overdue.
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On the Range
Temporary Roads Are Like Low Fat Ice Cream
Temporary Roads are being promoted as an alternative to regular logging roads, with some suggesting that temporary roads are somehow environmentally benign. Well they are not. [more]
