Posted in Conservation, Environment, tagged rail freight transportation, trains on February 10, 2008 | 22 Comments »
It seems that I have a compulsion to photograph trains. My rationale for this is that they are actually a very fuel efficient means of freight transport relative to other methods and deserve more attention for that reason. My wife however, says it’s because they are easier to track than wildlife. (Sorry, I just had [...]
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on December 18, 2007 | 13 Comments »
In this morning’s Billings Gazette was an article about Montana’s main supplier of electrical power, and here is an excerpt from it:
“NorthWestern Energy intends to double its wind power capacity over the next seven years but foresees no new coal plant construction due to uncertainty over global warming, according to documents released by the company [...]
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Idaho, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Wyoming, tagged snowmobiles, Yellowstone Park on November 21, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The issue was whether to permit 540 snowmobiles per day into Yellowstone or limit winter access to guided snow coaches.
PARK SERVICE TO ALLOW 504 SNOWMOBILES PER DAY IN YELLOWSTONE
“Snowmobile opponents wanted to see the machines eliminated from the park, saying they cause air and noise pollution, while snowmobile supporters want more, arguing many local businesses [...]
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975, tagged Custer National Forest, Pryor Mountains on November 17, 2007 | 6 Comments »
“it’s important I have written proof that Montanans don’t want members from New York and Connecticut dictating our land-use policy” (this is taken from a press release by Denny Rehberg, Montana’s sole member of the House of representatives, concerning his opposition to the Wilderness Bill, H.R. 1975. In the opening sentence of that release, he [...]
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Idaho, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975, Wyoming, tagged Environment, Grand Tetons National Park, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975, Yellowstone National Park on November 15, 2007 | 20 Comments »
As reported in this story, when 86 lawmakers across the U.S. asked the Park Service to limit motorized winter travel in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks to trips aboard guided snowcoaches as a means of protecting the Parks, guess who the 10 politicians were who got together to oppose that plan, saying “the [...]
Posted in Cabinet Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures, tagged Big Hole Peak, Cabinet Mountains, western Montana on November 7, 2007 | 12 Comments »
To the east, a fresh new world; a new day, a new beginning.
To the south, the mountain slopes all point down toward a precious stream of life-giving water on its dangerous journey through the valley of men.
How does one really know where the earth stops and the sky begins? And exactly why would knowing that [...]
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Idaho, Montana, Nature, Oregon, Outdoors, Washington, Wilderness Bill H.R. 1975, Wyoming, tagged , Conservation, Environment, Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act on October 19, 2007 | 15 Comments »
There is a balance which exists between mankind’s existence on and use of this Earth, and the ability of the natural world to support such existence and use. We don’t yet know what all of the rules are, or the boundaries and limitations. And yet…
A proposed Congressional Act, The “Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act” (HR [...]
Posted in Cherry Peak roadless area, Coeur d'Alene Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on October 8, 2007 | 8 Comments »
This area ( the Cherry Peak roadless area) would be preserved for those who will come after us by the passage of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, H.R. 1975, which is now in the House of Representatives.
Posted in Conservation, Environment, Montana, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on October 7, 2007 | 10 Comments »
These two issues currently in the news
The coal-fired power plant at Colstrip in eastern Montana is currently producing 18 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, along with many other tons of even worse-polluting gasses.
Montana has recently created a new state office, the Energy Infrastructure Promotion and Development Division, to promote new power lines and other [...]
Posted in Autumn, Cabinet Mountains, Conservation, Environment, Montana, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Photos, Pictures on September 26, 2007 | 17 Comments »
I have been posting fall photos of a section of Thompson River here in western Montana. There are three in this post and three more that I will post later. It seems important to me not to just show some scenery that I think is truly beautiful, but to show this river for what it [...]
