The Animal Kingdom

Ted Williams has written a very interesting article on ethanol. 

“America’s corn-based ethanol program carries high costs in fish, wildlife and tax dollars.”

Check out Under the Influence of Ethanol on Ted Williams’ Conservation Connection.

From Western Watersheds Blog:

The Idaho Statesman has an interesting article on a new bill that would study the economics of breaching four of the lower Snake River dams.  Idaho’s federal politicians are already fortifying with Idaho economy guru, Bill Sali, introducing a “sense of Congress” resolution - which promises to deliver an enticing analogy.  If Idahoans are lucky, C-SPAN will be there to demonstrate to the world a confluence of phenonena that will answer the uniquely Idahoan question:

Gravity abolition and canned salmon - What do these two things have in common? 

Idahoans know,  unfortunately the rest of the world is about to find out…

Bill asks for new studies of salmon

Measure doesn’t call for dam breaching but calls for look at economics of removal

By Kevin Diaz - Statesman Washington Bureau Edition Date: 03/14/07 WASHINGTON — Environmentalists targeting the removal of the four lower Snake River dams rallied behind a bill in Congress Tuesday that calls for a comprehensive new study of efforts to save Idaho’s endangered wild salmon.