By Teri | February 3, 2011
From time to time, we share short messages from other writers. Here’s a heart-felt piece from Amy Granat, California advocate for public use of public lands. Amy’s aim (which for her incorporates freedom and the pursuit of happiness) is to insure access to National Forests and Desert Areas for all recreational activities, both motorized and [...]
By Teri | January 31, 2011
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar just let the other shoe drop… first, his Order to evaluate and inventory BLM lands for wilderness characteristics announced in December and now this: the Department’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2016. Supposedly, the Plan “sets higher standards for transparency and accountability to the public”. Balderdash. That’s spin, pure and simple. Mama [...]
By Teri | January 30, 2011
From Snow Melt to Water Tap with: Ken Tate Ph.D. CRM , UC Davis Rob Atwill DVM, MPVM Ph.D., UC Davis and Tom Scesa, District Engineer, TUD February 15, 2011, 6-8 pm at the Sonora Opera Hall Join us for a discussion on Tuolumne County’s water outlook as it relates to livestock use, range mgmt., and [...]
By Teri | January 29, 2011
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Since we’re on the topic of looking at agriculture through different glasses and balancing the interests of the natural and human environments (you didn’t think we were just talking about sheep, did you?), below is a video of an excellent speech given by Dirty Job’s Mike Rowe in 2008. Rowe’s experience castrating lambs changed his point [...]
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