Montanans for safe wildlife passage

POLITICS 06/06/2018 02:48 pm ET The interior secretary knows David Spady, a longtime conservative media consultant, from Montana and has met with him regularly since taking office. By Chris D'Angelo Montana native David Spady is a longtime conservative operative in California, a foe of government regulation, the environmental movement and climate science, and a ubiquitous presence on social media chronicling his ostentatious gun and hunting escapades. He’s also a man with extraordinary access to the Trump family, top administration officials and Republican lawmakers, and was recently tapped to advise the head of the Interior Department on wildlife and habitat conservation. In the last year and a half, Spady has swapped hunting stories with Eric Trump at Trump World Tower in New York City, and posted a photo in November 2016 with then-candidate Donald Trump, dressed in a Trump brand tie and a camouflage “Make America Great Again” hat. He’s … [Read more...] about Ryan Zinke Ignores Wildlife Experts To Tap Montana Ally, Fellow Hunter For Conservation Advice

PUBLISHED: 17:00 03 August 2018 | UPDATED: 10:49 06 August 2018 Aaron Walawalkar Wildlife campaigner protest plans for a haulage road for gravel transporting trucks set to through Fairlop Waters Local Nature Reserve. Photo: Ron Jeffries Archant Outraged wildlife campaigners are protesting plans to create a haul road within the boundary of Fairlop Waters Local Nature Reserve (LNR) fearing that a barrage of lorries will frighten away rare birds and harm trees. The LNR is home to rare long-eared owls, among other species, which campaigners say are under threat if the road is to go ahead along the proposed route. Photo: Steve BaconThe council’s planning committee gave conditional approval to construction firm Brett Tarmac Limited’s application to extend Fairlop Quarry, in Hainault Road, on June 5 this year. The Recorder has seen a map which appears to show the route of a 13m wide road for mineral-transporting lorries snaking along the south west … [Read more...] about ‘This is deplorable’: Wildlife campaigners condemn plans for haulage road through Fairlop Waters nature reserve

Deer cross a road striped of its asphalt at the former Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant near Golden, Colo., in 2005. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)A "No Trespassing" sign is seen hanging on a fence surrounding part of the former Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver. (AP Photo/Dan Elliott, File)Visitors approach a former ranch house and barn during a guided hike on the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge near Denver in 2017. (AP Photo/Dan Elliott) DENVER — A unique wildlife refuge on the site of a former nuclear weapons plant in Colorado was scheduled to open its gates on Saturday, after a confusing day when officials first said they would not open the refuge and then said they would. The opening of Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge, where the U.S. government made plutonium triggers for nuclear bombs, has been in the works for months, surviving court challenges and protests. But the plans were upended Friday when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he would keep the refuge … [Read more...] about Ex-nuclear site in Colorado to open as wildlife refuge

This photo shows a road lined with trash in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2018 (Dakota Snider via AP)Peter Campbell talks with visitors at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Everglades National Park, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. Campbell is being paid by the Florida National Parks Association to work in the center during the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Visitors look at the scenery outside of the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Everglades National Park, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Orion and Theo Simpson are sworn in as junior rangers by Dany Garcia, right, inside the Ernest F. Coe visitor Center in Everglades National Park, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Homestead, Fla. Garcia is being paid by the Florida National Parks Association to work in the center during the partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)A visitor reads information outside of the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in … [Read more...] about US national parks struggle to stay safe during shutdown

A FEMALE American tourist has been rescued after being kidnapped by armed bandits who ambushed a safari park van in Uganda. Reports in the US claim Kimberly Sue Endicott, 35, has been found 'safe and well' - four days after she was snatched by four gunmen at Queen Elizabeth National Park. Cops said the gunmen abducted Kimberly and guide Jean Paul Mirenge who was driving. Soldiers are still hunting the gang, who used her mobile phone to demand a £380,000 ransom. The bandits struck between 6pm and 7pm on 2 April between the Katoke Gate and the Wilderness Camp, one of the plush resorts inside the park. Two other people left behind in the van - an elderly couple - were able to call for help after the gunmen left with the hostages. The Uganda tourism board said last week: "The outlaws put the occupants under gun point and abducted two of them: a Ugandan driver and an American citizen. “The other occupants of the van who were left behind managed to contact a few people, who came … [Read more...] about Female US tourist, 35, abducted by gunmen at Uganda’s most popular safari park found safe and well