March 2008

Will Bubba shoot a Wolf?

by Wayne Mumford March 31, 2008

Now that the Wolf has been delisted the humans are also doing the howling, from both sides of the fence. The way the delisting and ensuing threats for a lawsuit, injunctions and so forth shakes out is that if anyone shoots a Wolf within the next 30 days the environmental groups will certainly file suit [...]

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Real danger, real hero…

by Wayne Mumford March 30, 2008

No sniper bullets, PT boat stories or draft deferrals just a real hero and crusader for his fellow countrymen. Most of us remember Dith Pran from the 1984 movie, “The Killing Fields”.  Serving as guide, assistant journalist, and photographer for the western press he was instrumental in bringing to light the Cambodian genocide at the [...]

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Milltown Dam Breached

by Wayne Mumford March 28, 2008

For the first time in over a hundred years the Blackfoot and upper Clark Fork Rivers are running free. Hopefully it will set the stage for other dam projects in the west that have passed their usefulness and need to come down. Videos of the breach can be seen HERE. The story in the Missoulian [...]

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Wolves Delisted Today

by Wayne Mumford March 28, 2008

The whole Wolf reintroduction thing is a curious experiment. I’m still trying to figure out why? I mean, why reintroduce something after you eradicated it once already? Is it Guilt,  perversion, money? Personally I have no problem with having a few Wolves around as long as I don’t have to compete with them for something [...]

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The Rodenator

by Wayne Mumford March 25, 2008

Move over Arnold, behold the Rodenator. Ok, this looks like it has some entertainment value besides its real purpose. I was reading a news blip today about a couple of guys in Alberta that were out “bunker busting” with their Rodenator and they accidentally set the surrounding prairie on fire. A few outbuildings burned and [...]

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Spring

by Wayne Mumford March 24, 2008

When we left for southwest Montana Thursday it was a typical “spring in the rockies” kind of day, every configuration of weather from all points of the compass. Friday was more of the same. Fortunately, the fishing at least held some promise. Nothing but an occasional Midge was skittering across the surface of the upper [...]

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Milltown Dam coming to an end

by Wayne Mumford March 18, 2008

After plugging up Norman Maclean’s Blackfoot River as well as the Clark fork for over a hundred years, next week will see them flowing free again. The site is one of the countries largest superfund sites that originates 120 miles upriver in Butte and Anaconda where copper was mined from 1880 to 2005. Workers have [...]

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Man’s best friend…

by Wayne Mumford March 18, 2008

Men and their dogs. Friends, workmates, a buddy when no one else is. Dogs don’t ask for much- food, shelter and a buddy in return. In a lifetime you might get a dog or two that stands above the rest. This dog, Skidboot was one of those.

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