|
|
Welcome to the Montana BLM
I call this file "tidbits", updated 11/20/2009
As a Whistle Blower, I help keep BLM managers in Montana "honest"
just my way of saying "Thanks!" (see start.html for details)
If it wasn't for folks like former BLM DSD Janet Singer, Diane Friez, Robin Stoebe ...you probably wouldn't be here
Look for more News in 2009; until the US Department of the Interior puts its' house and the
Montana Dakotas BLM's house in order, whenever available, revealing bits of insider information
will continue to become public knowledge.
For all previous entries (such as Ethics violations, Prohibited Personnel Practices,
Funds Diversions, Discrimination, Articles written by former BLM'ers etc.)
click these links (Large Files!)...
WhistleBlower 1999/2000
WhistleBlower 2001
WhistleBlower 2002
WhistleBlower 2003
WhistleBlower 2004
WhistleBlower 2005
WhistleBlower 2006
WhistleBlower 2007
WhistleBlower 2008
Look below - for 2009 - Current/New entries
Welcome to 2009! Hey Interior & the Montana BLM ... Is your house in order yet?
Read..."The Uncivil Service"...at NewWest.net
The Uncivil Service, Chapters 1 & 2
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 3
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 4
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 5
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 6
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 7
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 8
The Uncivil Service, Chapter 9
BLM...From 264 million acres of your public lands to 258 million, since 2000,
and no one is looking into this...ask your Congressional reps why.
2009...I'm bacckkkk! I told you I would be...
In the News:
Interior Dept. Needs New Brooms to Sweep It Clean
Interior IG Report:Sex, Drugs Rampant
Salazar Cites Ethical Lapses at Interior Dept.
Salazar promises to "clean up mess" at Interior
Pick of Salazar as Interior Secretary Critized
Salazar Agrees to Visit Montana
Hayes to be No. 2 at Interior
Salazar Sends Mixed Signals on OffShore Drilling
Methane EIS reveals adverse effects on land (BLM - MT)
Plan Approved for Gas Drilling in Montana (BLM - MT)
Drillers Eye Oil Reserves Off CA Coast (Interior/MMS)
Senate session will kick off with vote on big wilderness and lands bill (Public Lands)
Lands bill clears first Senate hurdle (Public Lands)
Senate Approves Wilderness Expansion in 9 States (S. 22)
PEER Federal Beat
Army Suicides At Record High - Highest Rate on Record
If companies like this were nationalized and setup to run as not-for-profit services, the rape would stop...
Exxon Mobil Shatters US Record for Annual Profit - $45.2Billion in 2008
Gray Wolves to be Delisted
WildEarth Guardians
Environment Blamed in Western Tree Deaths (USGS)
Bad Year Expected for Yukon River King Salmon (AK)
Report Says Climate Change Now "Largely Irreversible" (USNOAA)
Freezing Death of Mich. Man in House Sparks Anger Over Electrical "Limiter" Use
How Much is $700 Billion?
Obama Slams Wall Street Over $18 billion in Bonuses to Executive's (using Taxpayer Dollars/Bailout)
Welcome to Montana!
From a party that got us into this mess...Montana Republicans are still out of touch with the needs of "we" the people...
Republicans Assert Their Philosophy on Legislative Opening Day
(Posted 01/30/2009)
February 2009: The weather has been warmer and there is the feeling that Spring can't be far away now...
This month we ask...how many have fallen at the hands of bad management and unethical Interior Agency managers? how many more will fall?...
The Carrizo Plain and Marlene Braun
Release Interior OIG Report on Marlene Braun's Death
Friends and supporters of Marlene Braun
BLM suicide (BLM - CA)
Suicide Casts a Shadow
A Tale of Bullying and Suicide
PEER Letter to Gale Norton
Readers Vent Back Over BLM Suicide
LA Times - Marlene Braun
In the News:
Paleontologist pleads not guilty to fossil theft
Congress urged to change century-old mining law (Interior)
Federal help sought to battle beetles (Interior,AG,HS,Energy Dept's)
Salazar Announces MMS Ethics Initiative (Interior)
Salazar Outlines His Priorities (Interior)
"We are changing the way the Department of Interior does business," said Salazar."
Change We Ken Believe In
That Ken Do Spirit - Mixed Signals on OffShore Drilling (Interior)
Salazar withdraws leases for oil shale development (Interior)
Salazar scraps sale of oil-and-gas leases in Utah (Interior)
Latest News Indian Trust Lawsuit: The $7 Billion Offer That Never Was (Interior)
Michelle Obama at the Interior Dept.
PEER News Releases for BLM
PEER News Releases for Interior
Justice Dept Defends Bush Rule on Guns
Supreme Court of the US BLOG
Feed the Beast (click the link onsite and read about the daily beast)
MSLF
The Story of Stuff
$18Billion in Wall Street Bonuses
Recession, bailout costs push deficit to record
Army Suicides at Record High - Highest Rate Since Record Keeping Began in 1980
Mass migrations and war: Dire climate scenario
Australia faces collapse as climate change kicks in
Report: World heads for "water bankruptcy"
The International Polar Year Survey: Scientists find bigger than expected polar ice melt
The apotheosis of Republican intellectual achievement in the early 21st century "Drill Baby Drill"
New Energy, Meet Old Energy
Bizarre Crime of the Week
Anatomy of a Serial Killer (Missoula MT)
Serial Killers True Crime Library (Serial Killers A-Z)
Serial Killers by Number of Victims
Welcome to Montana!
Rehberg puts Wall Street Ahead of Main Street, votes 'no' on American jobs
(mt democrats) ...2/13/2009...Moments ago Congressman Dennis Rehberg, who has been a reliable "yes" vote for the Bush/Cheney economic policies that have delivered
an unprecedented global economic crisis, voted against the Jobs Bill that would create four million American jobs while giving hundreds
of millions of dollars in tax cuts for working families.
Earlier today, Rehberg voted against the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a package that will steer over $600 million dollars
towards job creation in Montana.
Rehberg, the 11th richest member of the U.S. House of Representatives, listed his assets at nearly $60 million dollars
on his most recent financial disclosure forms.
Montana Capitol Report
Montana voters approved the program last November by passing Initiative 155, with 70 percent in favor. ...
Democrats reject GOP plan for CHIP
Republicans on panel vote down CHIP funds
Republican Lewis: budget health takes priority over Healthy Montana Kids expansion (CHIP)
SCHIP:Kids' health isn't a bargaining chip
Send a Message to a Montana Legislator
MT Legislature: LAWS Agenda Page
Stimulus Bill Expected to Restart Mine Cleanup Near Butte (Beal Mountain mine)
(Posted 02/26/2009)
Spring is in the air...snow is melting, slowly...spring bear season starts Apr 15th...looking forward to it! GF
In the News:
Federal job discrimination complaints hit record (USEEOC)
Bennett: I'll block deputy Interior nominee (David Hayes)
Bennett balks, but Interior nominee advances
Court blocks rule allowing guns in national parks (Interior)
"Acknowledging that too much of its 8.2 million acres of public lands in Montana and the Dakotas is inaccessible to the public"...
BLM seeking staffer to boost access efforts (BLM-MT)
BLM launches online outreach
Arraignment delayed for alleged sex offender, former head of Kanab's BLM field office
Oil Shale Plans Create Ripple (Water Rights)
U.S. seeks to spur renewable energy on public lands (Interior)
New Colo. oil, gas rules take effect
Oil-and-gas auction in Utah draws few bids
Bogus bidder faces two felonies (BLM-UT)
Energy pipe dreams
Lawsuit Ends GE Crops on Wildlife Refuge (USFWS)
Wyoming BLM state director dies (BLM-WY)
Cobell V Salazar:Latest News
Cobell displeased with Obama administration over trust litigation
Obama Reverses Bush Decision on ESA
Interior chief clears way for wolves' delisting
Gray wolf removal from endangered list will stand (Interior/USFWS)
Rule removing gray wolves from the federal endangered list in Montana and Idaho (USFWS)
House defeats wilderness bill (S.22), Mar 11, 2009
R.I.P., The last American jaguar (USFWS)
House Passes Wilderness Bill - 03/25/2009 (Omnibus Public Lands Management Act)
MILLIONS STILL OWED FROM EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL
Republicans Continue to Rant About Socialism and Taxing the Rich
Where fantasy meets reality in the stimulus
Journalism in the Public Interest
Senate Republicans brake rush to tax AIG bonuses
Feds seek to reverse Ted Stevens' conviction (DOJ)
Gov't forcing wildlife group to ID leak's source (Endangered Species Act - Sen. James Inhofe, Republican)
Welcome to Montana!
Ferren - LTE - Mineral County Republicans:Socialism
Proposed Land Sale to State Protested
Number of Wolves Up Again
Miles City - Major Fire Downtown
(Posted 03/31/2009)
Sorry I'm late...spring chores, daughter & son visiting, spring bear season...so much to do, so little time to do it all...
In the News:
Interior Dept to Boost Colorado Staff for Renewables (BLM)
No Guns in Parks - For Now (Interior)
Court Rules Against Ranchers on Grazing Permits (BLM - WY)
Appeals Court Rules Against Wyoming Ranchers (BLM)
Discovery & Deception (BLM - MT)
Montana BLM projects to get $17.5 million
NPRC Study: Aquifers hurt by drilling (BLM - MT)
Study: Grazing threatens US wildlife habitat (WildEarth)
BLM eyed in sage grouse debate (BLM - WY)
Kane Co. takes road fight to federal appeals court (BLM - UT)
making progress???...not...
Plight of WhistleBlowers Shows No Improvement (PEER)
Letter to DOI Employees (POGO - 2003)
POGO Letter to Norton/Bush (2003)
hey, I was accused of being a computer hacker...why no job offer????...
Wanted: Computer Hackers...to Help Government (HSD)
Indian Trust Lawsuit, Cobell V Salazar: Latest News: Indian Trust Lawyer Dies in Washington
Antarctic Ice Shelf in Peril as Bridge Snaps
Report: Wind Turbines Could More than Meet US Electricity Needs (Interior/MMS)
Breezy Talk:Salazar's Offshore Wind Dreams (Interior)
House Republicans blow off biz leaders who want climate action
Taxpayers to Get Rude Surprise
Taxpayers - Surprise
The Internet Archive
Welcome to the White House: Omnibus Public Lands Management Act
Salazar:OPLMA
Welcome to Montana!
where was all this concern during the (8) years of GW Bush (a Republican)???
Denny Rehberg: Against the Budget/Stimulus Plan
we can only hope..."powerless, leaderless and rudderless..."
Republicans in the Wilderness:Is the Party Over?
Wolf pack moves to park's headquarters (YNP)
EPA Releases Libby Clean-Up Report (PEER)
(Posted 05/07/2009)
Once again...I'm running late...but late or not, here we go again...
In the News:
BLM gets $40.4M for area stimulus(BLM/MT/WY)
BLM plans to expand firefighting facilities(BLM/MT)
BLM pitches travel ban north of Helena (Hotaling - BLM/MT)
Groups appeal dismissal of lawsuit over drilling (BLM/WY)
Study finds BLM oil and gas well inspections still inadequate (BLM/MT/WY)
Judge keeps pro-grouse lawsuit alive (BLM)
MT Natural resources administrator takes Interior job
Congress votes to let guns in national parks (Interior)
Wolves off endangered-species list; legal fight not over
Republicans block Obama pick for Interior deputy (David Hayes)
BLM authorizes Grand Canyon uranium exploration (Interior)
Urgent letter to EPA and Interior Dept. from coalfield residents
Selling out the polar bears ... or smart climate politics? (ESA-Interior)
Obama Stuns with Forest Service Nominee
Obama admin delays decision on development in national forests
Obama Budget Proposal could gut mine cleanup in Montana
Obama to cut AML payments (Abandoned Mine Land)
Indian Trust Lawsuit:Government claims it has no liability to tribes (Interior)
Colorado urges federal review of oil shale leases (BLM)
Wild horses victims of recession, too(BLM)
NOAA puts out “El Niño Watch”—record temperatures are coming
Exxon Mobil Reports Record $45.2 Billion Profit For 2008
Exxpose Exxon
Exxon Secrets
"...end $26 billion in oil and gas industry tax breaks..."
Obama budget rescinds energy industry tax breaks
Partnership for Civil Justice!
U.S. slams British press over report of abuse photos (rape & sexual abuse-of both male & female prisoners)
Welcome to Montana!
Greg Hinkle:Democracy is a Bad Thing! (MT Senate Republican)
Baucus reforming health care is like Nixon going to China
(Posted 06/07/2009)
June was a busy month!...July looks to be even busier!!
Welcome to Summer - hot days and cool nights!! And lots of chores.
In the News: Welcome to Montana! (Posted 07/08/2009) Cutting fire wood and getting ready for bow season (elk) in the month of the grasshopper...gf In the News: Welcome to Montana! (Posted 08/07/2009) September...the month of the ELK!, bowhunting I will be a-going! In the News: (Posted 09/10/2009) Close, but no elk during archery season - now it's time to tune up the heavy artillery! In the News: (Posted 10/14/2009) I'm still here, barely. Hunting a lot, harder this year for some reason, wolves maybe? ;>) Black Bear is in the freezer... Another year drawing to a close...have a Good Thanksgiving! We all have a lot to appreciate and to be thankful for. In the News: Welcome to Montana! (Posted 11/20/2009)
White House refuses to disclose information on meetings with coal executives
4 top Obama officials urge Senate to pass climate bill (Salazar - Interior)
Interior Works to Fast Track Solar Energy Development in the West
Feds, Colo. hash out agreement on oil, gas rules (BLM/FS)
Emotions run hot over artifact raids in Utah
Lawsuit takes issue with Breaks plan (BLM - MT)
Obama Picks Abbey, Department Veteran, to Lead BLM
Bob Abbey Nominated to Direct BLM
Report:Oil, Gas Auction was Flawed (Interior - BLM - NPS)
BLM agents pulled guns on artifacts suspects (BLM - UT)
Idaho farmers sue BLM over lost crops (
Another Taxpayer Ripoff? More than likely...
INTERIOR SUED TO OBTAIN OIL ROYALTY REVENUE DATA
CHAMBERS WINS APPEAL AGAINST U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
FEDERAL WILDLIFE AGENT WHISTLEBLOWER REINSTATED FOR APPEAL
Federal Agent Sacked for Reporting Illegal Cougar Kills (AGRI - Whistleblower - USWS)
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FELL INTO DISUSE UNDER NOMINEE (USFWS)
BLM to hold travel workshops (BLM - MT)
Roundup, birth control planned for Wyoming wild horses (BLM - WY)
Mother, daughter plead guilty in artifacts case
Interior Unveils Solar Hot Spots Across West
Remember this one?...what about good civil servants that lost careers and the scoundrels (Lonnie, Friez, Stoebe,etc.) still in high places?
Salazar Pledges ‘Balance’ to Scandal-Plagued Interior
Reindeer and caribou numbers worldwide have plunged nearly 60 percent in the last three decades ...
Reindeer & Caribou Populations Plunge
BLM Defies Congress, Authorizes Grand Canyon Uranium Exploration
Internet Archive
The Westerner:West Issues
Writers on the Range, Denver Post column
Writers on the Range, High Country News
If you haven't told your Congress people "Single Payer", you should be calling or emailing NOW!
Taxing Health Care Benefits? - Stupid is as Stupid Does
Greg Hinkle:Democracy or Republic? Part 2
yours truely responds to MT Senator Greg Hinkle's personal fantasy trip through US History & Government...
A Democrat Responds to Greg Hinkle Part 2
A Democrat Responds to Greg Hinkle Part 1
Tickets available to hear Interior secretary Salazar, Baucus, Tester, speak in Billings
Senate confirms Abbey to head BLM
Lawsuit Over Energy Transmission Across Federal Lands (Interior/BLM)
Limits on Logging Are Reinstated, Oregon, WOPR (Interior/BLM)
Quake Fears Stall Energy Extraction Project (Interior)
Obama picks parks chief enmeshed in oyster flap with California senator, shellfish farmer, Jon Jarvis(Interior/NPS)
Nominee to lead park service has deep roots in West (NPS)
Interior to Place 2-Year Hold on New Hardrock Mining Near Grand Canyon
Court restores "roadless rule" in national forests (USFS)
Report: Public lands see increase of OHV use (GAO/BLM)
Group sues BLM for information on drilling
Western Slope money (oil shale cleanup) tussle renewed
After the Boom became a Bust:What happens to ranchers when oil and gas pulls out?
Latest News on Indian Trust Case:Appeals Court says Gov't must render equitable accounting
EEOC Union Offers Suggestions to Clean Up Agency
...at some point in the future, the question will be asked, why didn't you do it right the first time? (single payer)...
Health Care Protests
Some See Beetle Attacks on Western Forests as a Natural Event
For a Wilder Rockies (NREPA)
Palin Blasts Cap-and-Trade with Zero Facts
Palin’s recipe for Baked Alaska
Palin, Meet the Republican's Leading Voice on Energy
MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant superbug that now kills more Americans every year than AIDS
As MRSA gets worse, the FDA discovers antibiotic abuse on factory farms
ACES Vs Clean Air Act
Climate change expected to increase Western wildfire burn area as much as 175% by the 2050s
World’s fisheries at risk of collapse, but recovery is possible, journal Science study finds
Foreign disbelief of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining
Declining king run devastating to river villages
The senator from Montana and the middle class (Waxman-Markey bill)
Breaking News and Opinion on the Huffington Post
New Rule: Smart President ? Smart Country
Rosen: Politicians play politics
Tester introduces bill for wilderness, timber removal on western Montana forests
BLM Montana Table of Organization (Employee List)as of 07/04/2009
Dept of the Interior:Bureau of Indian Affairs
DNR chief tapped for Forest Service post
Fund managers want court order:won't turn over the money without a court order (BOR)
BLM Montana Dakotas News Releases
BLM releases report on fatal tree-cutting accident (BLM-CO)
Groups say they'll sue to stop Grand Canyon mine (BLM)
Former BLM advisers say court case dismaying (BLM-MT)
Group sues BLM for information on drilling (BLM-WY)
Wild horse roundup in Pryor Mountains to begin (BLM-MT)
The roundup of about 190 wild horses in the Pryor Mountains was postponed:lawsuit(BLM-MT)
Drilling setbacks sought near prime trout water(BLM-MT)
Court Allows Union to Pursue FCIP Complaint - EEOC Union Offers Suggestions to Clean Up Agency
Montana revokes permit for new coal-fired power plant
Salazar wants to move West's wild horses east
Wilderness proposal includes drilling battleground (BLM - CO)
Salazar declines to attend Wyo. energy symposium
Officials file charges in horse killings (BLM - WY)
Interior Dept. gets ready for global warming
Senate must block OSMRE nominee Pizarchik (Interior)
BLM issues decision on land exchange (BLM - MT)
Fed Hall of Shame:Good News re:whistleblowing victim of the Bureau of Land Management Traci Hallstrom (BLM-CA)
Redding BLM-Gate
The Agency's way around a EEOC class action case - remove the employee - then the Federal Court says the employee has no standing to bring the case to court...
Glenn D. Ferren, et al. v. Department of the Interior - Appeal No. 01A03959 - Hearing No. 320-AO-8196X
OBSCURE BORDER AGENCY WORST IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
FOREST SERVICE ORV PLAN NEAR GRAND CANYON HALTED
THE LAST INDIAN TRADER RUINED BY PARK SERVICE INCOMPETENCE
Prison time, felony charges rare for relic looters (Interior)
NOAA: El Niño is expected to strengthen and last through winter
Heat Waves Getting Worse
A scary new climate study
Is Sen. Baucus of Montana standing in the way of swift, strong climate action?
Alaska legislature rebukes Palin, but Alaskans may still lose
Blackstone's Schwarzman tops U.S. CEO payroll
Watchdog: Treasury and Fed failed in AIG oversight (Geithner)
The Great Recession: The numbers tell the story
Glenn Greenwald:Salon.com
yes, war kills people, ours as well as theirs...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is objecting:photograph of mortally wounded 21-year-old Marine in his final moments of life
Supreme Court justices say the darnedest things - reflecting the Justices’ varying opinions on corporations
United Nations human development index:Norway is best place to live, China moves up
Salazar called on as mediator in Senate health care debate
BLM hires new coordinator to deal with region's access issues
BLM statement on Access: Public Access to Public Lands (MT - BLM)
BLM taking a wake-up call for all Montanans
blocking this road would remove access to 78 sq miles of public lands...
Ranchers Sue over County Road on Property
BLM Completes Final Phase of Land Exchange:Pumpkin Creek Ranch (BLM - MCFO)
BLM Travel Plan Appeals Dismissed:BLM Butte RMP
Interior will consider mountaintop removal rule in 2011?
Meet your new national parks chief - Jonathan Jarvis
Inferno on Earth: Wildfires spreading as temperatures rise
Solar’s rapid evolution makes energy planners rethink the grid
Loose Rules let Oil & Gas drilling alter the West
Pay for performance haunted by NSPS failure
Climate Law Update:A victory for Katrina victims; a defeat for Alaskan villagers
NOAA: El Niño to Help Steer U.S. Winter Weather
Montana DNRC - Mountain Pine Beetle Info
Sotomayor Misses Supreme Court Case After Failing To Get Out Of Jury Duty
Shining the Light of Truth
Pic From an old Humble (Exxon) oil ad...60's era ad telling how many tons of glaciers oil melts every year...it was a "good" thing back then!
Hunter seeks new rules for outfitters
Nope, I wouldn't start making Max a hero just yet. (GF)
Next "tidbit" goes here!
