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 16, 2005

• Governor questions grazing on national monument

  • Oregon governor wants cattle out of national monument

  • Kulongoski urges Siskiyou protections in BLM proposal

• Rancher's attorney challenges report

• BLM settles suit, stops juniper removal

• Report - Sagebrush: A Sea Fragmented into Lakes, Ponds, and Puddles

• "Cost of Freedom" is an award winning documentary that tells the story of an extraordinary wolf and her fight for survival in one of America's last islands of wilderness. (now available on DVD)

• Quid Pro Quo Wilderness - a new threat to public lands

• Colorado hopes to bolster declining numbers of sage grouse

  • Wyoming outdoors: Sage grouse strut on protected prairie

  • Journals make much mention of grouse

• Prairie Dogs: Conservation project aims to show the animals can help farmlands

• Concerns raised about 1997 U.S. mad cow tests

  • U.S. covering up on mad cow: scientist: He's willing to take lie detector test
    • USDA vet: Misquoted on mad cow cover-up
  • CBC to Investigate Alleged Mad Cow Cover-Ups
  • Canada's BSE plague may be U.S.-bred
  • USDA Denies Allegations of More Mad Cow Cases (Editorial note: Surprise, surprise!}
  • No sign of mad cow in 1997 cows
  • Animal test confidentiality questioned
  • Labs required to report mad cow disease
  • Canadian promises lawsuit against R-CALF
  • Bush Administration May Ease 'Downer Cattle' Ban

• Citizen's Plan Better for Forest (NM)

• Land Near Grand Canyon to Be Protected

  • Wal-Mart, NFWF partner for conservation Duo creates landmark partnership to protect wildlife habitat

• Taylor Ranch access granted: Judge allows 100 residents to enter historic property

• Pima County to close on purchase of land southwest of Tucson

• River red gums on the Murray faring badly (AU) (Editorial Note: Logging and overgrazing implicated in continuing decline of Australian national icon, the Murray River.)