Public Land Access

Once again we stand to lose even more access to the wilderness in the new Idaho Land Use Plans being considered as we speak. There is much in the Draft version of these plans to be of concern, but the primary information that needs to be responded to is in the EA’s for each of…

URGENT! YOU have the opportunity to comment on the use of domestic sheep, goats and pack goats in the Shoshone National Forest. The comment deadline of August 10th is fast approaching! The outcome of the final decision by the Shoshone National Forest regarding pack goat use will very likely have a domino effect on how other National…

Packers at odds with bighorn conservationists By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian   PENDLETON — As far as locations for holding a national convention go, the tiny eastern Oregon town of Ukiah may seem like an odd choice. But to the 100 or so “heartbeats” gathered for the North American Pack Goat Association’s annual rendezvous at…

Casper Star Tribune – “Judge holds Forest Service in contempt over Wyoming goat and sheep ban” An Idaho federal judge found the U.S. Forest Service in contempt of court Tuesday, concluding the Forest Service used a flawed study as the basis to ban domestic sheep and goats from some of its lands…. full article. Jackson…

Secretary of Agriculture and Chief of the Forest Service Held in Contempt of Court for Use of Illegal Reports on Disease Transmission from Livestock to Bighorn Sheep Article by Andy Irvine On February 23, 2016, Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho held the Secretary of…

44Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision to discuss whether or not to allow packgoats. Please attend if you can! Tues., Nov. 10, 2015 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (doors open at 10:30) Technical Pack Goat Meeting Blue Mtns. National Forests Pendleton Convention Center 1601 Westgate Pendleton, Oregon 97801 THIS MEETING WILL ONLY BE A DISCUSSION ABOUT…