Formerly "RangeBiome's Headlines", RangeTree County is the cyberspace equivalent of a "clipping service" providing a  periodic sample of news believed to be of interest to RangeBiome's audience.

February 12, 2005

• CANM mulls changes in grazing permits

• BLM announces grazing fee increase on public lands ($1.79 per AUM)

  • BLM and Forest Service Announce 2005 Federal Grazing Fee

• Renzi wants sensitivity, flexibility in beef country (Interpretation: A bill to provide those "rugged individualists" with federal nursemaids.)

• Rules help ranchers reduce wolf kills

•  2 wolves captured after attacking cattle(AZ)

• Assistant Interior secretary defends sage grouse decision

  • BLM director says sage grouse decision a new beginning

• Survey: Science, politics at odds

  • Scientific tampering: Political pressure, commercial concerns often override findings by agency researchers, watchdog survey finds

  • Political Beasts Attack Biology

• Landscape of fear

• BLM makes Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument management plan

• Great Divide plan goes to public

  • BLM to release Great Divide Basin plan

• Forest Service/BLM: Southwest Colorado Planning

• Speakers rip BLM proposal (Great Divide RMP)

• Speakers call for fewer wells, more wildlife protection

• Study: Restoring Idaho fish populations would boost economy

• Northern Aplomado falcons to be released in southern N.M.

• Japan lifts ban on import of beef from USA

  • U.S. border to open March 7 for young cattle but older beef products delayed

    • Senate Aims to Stop Canada Cattle Trade

    • Want To Know How Old That Cow Is?

    • USDA Error May Delay Canada Cattle

  • 2nd goat may have had mad cow

  • Bill would protect identities of ranchers with diseased cattle (WY)

  • Third BSE case found (Germany)

• Global Warming: "Tragedy of the Commons" Revisited

  • "Tragedy of the Commons" web site

  • "Tragedy of the Commons" issultration

  • "Tragedy of the Commons" interactive game

  • Interactive Prisoners' Dilemma

• Bush poised to push anti-environmental judge

  • Myers' position on public lands grazing, 2002 debate (RealVideo, 29 minutes, 48mb download)

    • Audio transcript of 2002 public lands grazing debate (RealAudio, 85 minutes, 7mb download)

• The Bush Budget: Sacrificing Tomorrow for Today

• County waives first Measure 37 claims (Editorial Note: Oregon's new "takings" law begins to erode statewide land use planning)

• Judge Demands Appearance by Gale Norton