This weekly column features news stories and event announcements from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. We also mention companies of interest to preppers and survivalists that are located in the American Redoubt region. Today, we focus on reduced wolf take quotas in Montana. (See the Montana section.)
Idaho
A horribly overblown and biased UK Guardian article, with references to Idaho: US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network.
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Blog reader Tim J. sent this: Another Diesel Tuner Nailed With $1M Fine for Emissions Tampering.
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Idaho Senators Risch, Crapo Advocate for Female Athletes.
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Idaho murder victim’s family asks for prayers, fears delay in Kohberger trial.
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Risch: 2023 Farm Bill Is an Opportunity to Properly Manage Forests & Disrupt Endless Wildfires.
Montana
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks reduces kill quota for wolf population. This article begins:
“Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) has decided out of an abundance of caution to reduce kill quotas for Montana’s wolf hunting and trapping season to 313 due to population declines recorded over the last two years.
The pre-existing statewide quota is 450, and according to the FWP, if that number is retained, then their models indicate that Montana’s wolf population could collapse by 2027.”
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Billings man performing armed patrols arrested and charged. JWR’s Comment: This arrest by ATF agents has gained national attention.
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Butte man pleads guilty to shooting at law enforcement.
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Crazy Mountains offer mystique, majesty across 120 miles of trails.
Central & Eastern Oregon
Oregon Republican senators sue to run for reelection, saying walkout rule shouldn’t stop them. Here is a quote:
“Five Republican state senators in Oregon are suing to be allowed to run for reelection next year even though they accumulated a large number of unexcused absences during a walkout aimed at blocking votes on abortion rights and gun safety.
Oregon voters passed a constitutional amendment last year that says any lawmaker who accrues 10 or more unexcused absences during a legislative session is blocked from seeking reelection, after Republicans used the tactic repeatedly in previous years.
But the senators say a vagary in the way the law is written means they can seek another term, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.
The amendment says a lawmaker is not allowed to run “for the term following the election after the member’s current term is completed.” Since a senator’s term ends in January while elections are held in November, they argue the penalty doesn’t take effect immediately, but instead, after they’ve served another term.”
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Amazon to receive $1 billion in tax breaks in eastern Oregon for new data centers.
Central & Eastern Washington
Sean Feucht Event Sparks Political Controversy in Eastern Washington. JWR’s Comment: Apparently it is now controversial to pray for good government.
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Published by the leftist Inlander tabloid: School board elections across the nation are being stormed by conservatives demanding more ‘parental rights’ — including Spokane Valley’s Central Valley School District.
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Oregon Republican senators sue to run for reelection, saying walkout rule shouldn’t stop them.
Wyoming
Giant Fireball Streaks Across Night Sky Over Southern Wyoming.
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Wyoming Game and Fish Department goes paperless.
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Generations of ranchers flock to the Sheepherders Rendezvous.
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Hopeful signs of an economic ‘soft landing’ emerge in Jackson Hole as Fed meets with world watching.
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