THE WESTERNER

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

NEWS ROUNDUP

An editorial concerning Rising Violence Against Public Land Cops. BLM up 24%, FS up 19%, FWS up 9%, NPS down by 6 incidents. Based on a report by PEER... The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking to purchase water to protect the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow... The FS spends $700,000 on a study to determine if their previous expenditure of $102 million to purchase lots around Lake Tahoe has actually helped or hindered the lake and wildlife...and, higher flows in the Klamath and Trinity Rivers should help the chinook salmon.

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

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