Please note
that all links to the news stories below were accurate
and working at the time of posting and archiving,
however, the Guardian has no control on the length of
time that a respective news source will continue to
maintain any story in its own archives, so be advised
that you may encounter non-working links - Bill
McKee - Editor
Friday,
30-May-2003
The log boom (protective spillway collar) that normally
prevents debris from going over Painted Rocks dam broke
yesterday. The DNRC is aware of the situation and
they have posted the SPILLWAY DANGER signs shown above.
The Forest Service has also been advised.
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+49F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+88F. No precipitation has been
recorded at our location in the last 24-hour
period ending at 6AM. Daily local min-max
temp & precip charts may be seen on
our PR Temp & Precip
Data page
A
losing battle We’re
spending billions to fight ‘catastrophic’
forest fires. But the big blowups will continue,
whether we like it or not. For the forests, this
may be good news
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+41F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+79F. No precipitation has been
recorded at our location in the last 24-hour
period ending at 6AM. Daily local min-max
temp & precip charts may be seen on
our PR Temp & Precip
Data page
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+46F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+70F. Just a trace amount of
precipitation has been recorded at our location
in the last 24-hour period ending at 6AM.
Daily local min-max temp & precip
charts may be seen on our
PR Temp & Precip Data page
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+43F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+87F. No precipitation has been recorded
at our location in the last 24-hour period
ending at 6AM. Daily local min-max temp
& precip charts may be seen on our
PR Temp & Precip Data page
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+46F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+81F. No precipitation has been recorded
at our location in the last 24-hour period
ending at 6AM. Daily local min-max temp
& precip charts may be seen on our
PR Temp & Precip Data page
Thursday,
22-May-2003
Destroying
national parks
Former national park
managers rightly oppose Bush's ill treatment of
the parks system
Shoshone
sites won't have water Water at 44 of
55 Shoshone National Forest campgrounds and
picnic areas will be shut off this summer
because of the potential or actual presence of
contaminates caused mostly by aging systems,
officials say
Forest
Service gets 1,700 acres in Swan Valley [Plum Creek (the other
name for the Forest 'Service' in Montana) land to be
'protected from development' ... so it can be logged in
perpetuity!
What an improvement! - Ed.]
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+34F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+64F. No precipitation has been recorded
at our location in the last 24-hour period
ending at 6AM. Daily local min-max temp
& precip charts may be seen on our
PR Temp & Precip Data page
Wednesday,
21-May-2003
Whitman
resigns from EPA With
Whitman's departure as EPA administrator, Bush
loses one of the most prominent women in his
Cabinet -- a moderate former New Jersey governor
selected by the president to help soften his
image as a political conservative, particularly
on environmental issues
Out
of limelight,
environment resonates as an issue Bush
and the GOP could lose key swing votes on issues
such as oil, global warming. Some Republicans
stake out 'greener' positions
[continued extremely bad administration of the
twin E's, the economy and the environment
will make Bush Jr a 1-termer just like his dad -
Ed.]
The
local overnight low temperature last night was
+41F and yesterday's afternoon high temp was
+66F. No precipitation has been recorded
at our location in the last 24-hour period
ending at 6AM. Daily local min-max temp
& precip charts may be seen on our
PR Temp & Precip Data page
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many of which are illustrative of the high level of incompetence (and
worse) existing within most of the government entities currently charged
with administering our nation's parks, forests, other public lands,
waterways, and airsheds. As you read these news stories from many
different sources, you will note that almost all environmental
protection/preservation efforts and programs to save our nation's public
treasures originate from private environmental organizations, often
times via court order, and NOT through the respective governmental
agencies with primary administration responsibilities. Most of these
governmental entities (e.g., the Forest Service) have become top heavy
with many levels of career bureaucrats who, instead of protecting and
preserving the nation's priceless resources, are 'busy' catering to
consumptive/extractive industry interests in the course of administering
politically designed social welfare employment programs and wealth
redistributionist grant programs. While the current system is almost
hopelessly corrupt at many levels, it is being increasingly understood
as such by the general public. Increased general public awareness of the
problem is necessary to trigger environmentally informed political
actions that will eventually save the nation's public treasures.
Effective solutions to the current situation will most likely involve
the deconstruction of several bureaucratic agencies as they exist today
with a functional redesign that will shift major policy development and
administrative direction authority into the hands of environmental
groups/organizations (as contrasted with agency hand-picked and selected
'citizen groups' dominated by consumptionists) and out of the hands of
self-interested bureaucrats and extractive industry interests.
- Bill McKee - Editor.
