Environmental News, Opinion, and Art

February 2005
Environmental News

Plutonium Wind Threatens Tetons
By Mary Woolen-Mitchell  
2/1
The Idaho National Laboratory, a Department of Energy nuclear site
upwind of Yellowstone, poses a new threat to the ecosystem
with the production of Plutonium-238.


The Bear vs. Bush's Administration
By Louisa Willcox
   2/1
Grizzly bears face a dubious future and fewer
federal protections under Dubya's watch.


A Healthy- Sized Harvest
By Matt Koehler    2/1
Montana's first Healthy Forest Act
timber sale threatens green old growth
on Bitterroot National Forest.



Bush Yucks It Up In Montana
By Josh Mahan   2/4
George Bush comes to Great Falls, Mont.,
and Lowbagger  is there to cover  the gaffes
and what the protesters have to say.


Grand Canyon Deal Dubbed Breakdown
By Riverwire  2/7
The National Park Service lets boaters down
with new regulations.



Report from the Killing Fields of Yellowstone
By Buffalo Field Campaign  2/7
Like forest fire season or ski season, it's become routine.
It's buffalo killing season again in Yellowstone again.


Readers write from Maine
to Montana. 2/13


Five National Forest Threats in 2005
By The United Forest Defense Campaign 2/14
Five threats coming to a National Forest near you.



Editorial

What is Lowbagger.org,
What is a Lowbagger?

By Josh Mahan  2/1
Don't think you're a Lowbagger?
Guess again.

Satan is My Co-Pilot
By Mike Roselle  2/1
A roadtrip through the Red States uncovers
fear and loathing in redneck America.



The State of Oregon vs. Mike Roselle
By Mike Ros
elle   2/8

For environmentalists, the erosion of civil liberties is old hat.
Roselle goes out on a limb to preserve the constitutional right to protest.



Is Environmentalism  Dead, Or Are You Just Stupid?
By Mike Roselle   2/15
Of course he had to weigh in on this one. Roselle isn't pleased with
the raving of the big-city, used-to-be environmentalists.



Columns

Conservation and the Political Imperative
By Howie Wolke 
2/1
Wolke sees no silver lining in regards
 to the Bush administration.


Shorts and Ecology
By Tim Sandlin  2/1
The Wyoming novelist lays out a convincing argument that
compares different types of underwear to different
types of conservationists.


No Friend of Mine
By Marilyn Olsen
As the Bush administration loosens environmental regulations,
it also directly impacts women and families.




Death of Environmentalism Merely Wishful Thinking
By Paul Watson  2/8
"The entire paper (Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus' essay
'The Death of Environmentalism')
is premised upon interviews with the most conservative,
 most entrenched and most bureaucratic leaders and restricted to the United States."
 -- Paul Watson, Founder of Sea Shepherd


Readings

The $11 Martini
By Uncle Ramon
Ramon traces the inflation of the martini after odering a drink
 in one of  D.C.'s aristocratic strongholds.


His Likable Ways, and  Shock and Awe
By Greg Keeler
Until they officially pick a poet laureate in Montana,
Greg Keeler will continue to hold de facto status.
Here are two recent poems.


Mean Streets

By Phil Knight
Vivid imagery marks Knight's eco-poetry as some of the best. 

Love is a Glove
By Derek Cook
Anchorage's own explores an inner path.


How to Lowbag a Peak
By John Fothergill

A peak in the Mission Mountains beckons a group of alpinists toward the ozone.


At the Barbershop
By Rodney Guamish
Talk of global struggle at the neighborhood barbershop inspires a tale of true humanity.

Short, Aggressive Manifesto on Education
By Shane Sanchez
A university instructor examines his educational ethics.

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