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Last year’s fire season shows us that no matter how much we limit existing uses of public lands, wildfires could easily be the nail in the coffin for sage grouse listing.
LeFavour, the state's first openly gay lawmaker who ran unsuccessfully for Congress against Republican Mike Simpson last November, said she has fallen on tough times. Friends urged her to at least try to get benefits, she said .
If they can find a way to tie full funding for PILT payments, make it mandatory, and Secure Rural Schools with Land and Water Conservation Fund, you might have something that could be soldMore quotes »
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Simpson urges BLM to address fire threat to sage grouse
Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson chastised the Bureau of Land Management for cutting its budget for fire prevention at the same time it is seeking to keep the sage grouse off the endangered species list. “It seems that the agency is looking mostly at l from Idaho Statesman Read more »
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Texas Dream Cruise aspires to be biggest car show in the U.S.
Join the gang at FC Dallas Stadium on June 29. Rick Fletcher and Rob Mashigian, co-founders of the Texas Dream Cruise; Mike Simpson, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Collin County; and Cliff Sosamon, president of the North Texas Military Association; in from Pegasus News Read more »
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Possible national monument designations in Idaho resurface
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In the waning days of the Bush administration, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne prepared draft proclamations for President George W. Bush to issue a declaration naming two of Idaho's most scenic areas as national monuments. He saw h from Eye on Boise Read more »
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Republicans furious at President Obama for canceling White House tours instead of cutting jobs
Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, said he suspects the White House is engaging in an age-old political trick called the Washington Monument strategy -- threatening to shut down popular services, such as the monument, unless budget cuts are reversed. "It's the from Albequerque Express Read more »
