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.

April 9, 2005

• Grazin' Hell: Bush put former industry lobbyists in charge of public lands. Now a deal with a Wyoming rancher has the stewards running for cover. (Editorial note: After 7 years, RICO charges filed by Thermopolis rancher Frank Robbins against several BLM employees are still seeping through the court system!)

• Ranchers Applaud Congressional Task Force on NEPA Reform

• Two-nation probe into ruminant gas

• Is a sustainable future possible? "... the market value of clean water running out of the Sierra Nevada in California is approximately twice the value of the Sierra's timber, grazing, and tourist industries combined."

  • Researcher: Storm dust could affect snowpack

• Group considers protections for sage grouse

  • Sage grouse netting aids study of bird mortality

• Montana chases bison back into Yellowstone

• Plan seeks balance to conserving, developing (California Desert)

• BWC wilderness bill set to go to Congress: 'Fierce opposition' anticipated
  • CIEDRA still faces tough challenges

• U.S. mad cow coverup alleged: American records not credible, former packing plant vet says

  • U.S. denies hiding mad-cow cases

  • France has two more human mad cow cases

  • Over 80 Countries Still Ban British Beef

  • Mad cow declared a disaster

  • Quebec farmer sues local feed company over mad cow

  • Fibril shape is the basis of prion strains and cross-species prion infection

  • Japan finds 17th case of madcow

• Only one wolf pair left in Norway

• Nominations sought for advisory committee (OR)

• Times of change for the Forest Service

• Justice Department seeks reversal of rulings for tribes

• First spammer convicted gets 9 years