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.

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Monday, May 01, 2017

EPA begins scrubbing Obama's climate legacy from website amid protests

The Environmental Protection Agency's website will be undergoing a major facelift beginning this weekend by scrapping outdated language on climate change from the previous administration. Despite President Trump's policy declarations to roll back former President Barack Obama's climate regulations, the website is still promoting the rules. "We want to eliminate confusion by removing outdated language first and making room to discuss how we're protecting the environment and human health by partnering with states and working within the law," said J.P. Freire, the agency's public affairs associate administrator. The EPA said the "first page" to be updated will be for the Clean Power Plan, the centerpiece of Obama's climate change agenda...more

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Ranch Radio Song Of The Day #1811

This goes out to Russell Burris who recently celebrated his birthday. This is the traditional fiddle tune The Eighth Of January performed to a danceable beat by Red River Dave and his band. The melody was originally named "Jackson's Victory" after Andrew Jackson's famous rout of the British at New Orleans on January, 8th, 1815.

https://youtu.be/pNz4kfFBMXI