May 18
You Can’t Make ‘Em Like That Anymore When the famous photographer Margaret Bourke-White made her iconic 1936 Life magazine cover shot of the still under construction spillway at Fort Peck Dam – the very first cover of the magazine – the country had no environmental impact statements. A cost-benefit analysis? Huh, what’s that? There was …
May 16
A Department of Natural Resources? Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Boise during the Easter week congressional recess. During his visit he spent part of a day touring the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) at the Boise Airport. the air arm of joint Bureau of Land Management/Forest Service efforts to combat wildfires. NIFC is an example …