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MARSHALL – A proposal to change Lyon County government office hours around the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays prompted some discussion for county commissioners at their regular meeting Tuesday. Commissioners voted to approve adding two days to the list of county-observed holidays but not without some disagreement.
Lyon County Human Resources Director Carolyn McDonald presented commissioners with proposed amendments to the county holiday policies, which would add the Friday after Thanksgiving, and in some cases Dec. 24, to the list of county observed holidays. At previous meetings, commissioners had discussed the possibility of closing county offices on the day after Thanksgiving and Dec. 24. Some area counties do not keep their offices open on those days, and the Lyon County recorder and auditor's offices have reported low customer activity on those days in past years.
Under the proposal, county employees would get the day after Thanksgiving as a paid holiday. Dec. 24 would also be a paid holiday when the 24th falls on a Monday, or a half-day if the 24th falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Eligible full-time county employees would also be granted one floating paid holiday a year, instead of the two currently granted each year.
If approved, the policy changes would take effect in 2014, McDonald said. However, commissioners also debated whether to close county offices on the day after Thanksgiving and Dec. 24 of this year.
"It was my understanding things were not going to change this year," said Commissioner Steve Ritter. "I want to know how (the proposal) came back to the board this way."
Lyon County Board Chairman Rick Anderson said the suggestion to close the office on the affected days this year came from discussions with the county policy committee and at county department head meetings. Anderson said even if the offices were closed those two days, the floating holiday changes would not go into effect until 2014.
"I think this building should be open the day after Thanksgiving," Ritter said.
Commissioners voted 4-1 to approve the holiday changes, with Ritter casting the vote against.
Later at Tuesday's meeting, commissioners also revisited issues related to changes in medical benefits for county employees. Lyon County is one of a group of area counties that is moving toward providing self-insured medical benefits. Previously, commissioners had questioned whether there should be a provision for elected officials to be able to opt out of participating in county medical benefits. With the county ending its cafeteria plan for employee health benefits, McDonald said the board also needed to discuss whether the county will provide long-term disability and basic life insurance in 2014.
Commissioner Charlie Sanow said he still had concerns about county commissioners receiving county health benefits, although it didn't look like it was going to be possible to make any changes on that issue yet. With the shift to self-insured benefits coming, commissioners agreed that adding an opt-out provision would make unnecessary complications. But at some point this winter, Sanow said, commissioners needed to talk about whether it was really necessary for them to get county health benefits.
"I'm just talking about five people," not an opt-out for all elected officials, Sanow said. He said county commissioners weren't the same as other county elected officials, whose positions are definitely full-time jobs.
Commissioners voted against allowing an opt-out provision for 2014. They also voted in favor of the county providing long term disability and basic life insurance benefits for county employees in 2014.
Commissioners heard a request from Bruce Knieff for a funding contribution to help bring the Vietnam Memorial Traveling Wall to Marshall in July. The wall, a replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be in Marshall from July 10-14. Knieff said supporters anticipated about 4,000 to 5,000 people will visit the wall.
Knieff said he was working with the city of Marshall, as well as area organizations and businesses, to help cover the cost of things like tents, advertising and a commemorative booklet for the event. Area fire departments would also be helping to escort the wall as it is transported to Marshall.
Commissioners were supportive of the memorial wall event, but Anderson suggested that it might be better for Knieff to work with the county Veterans Services Office before requesting a donation from the board.
Knieff said he would meet with VSO staff and be in touch with commissioners.
Commissioners approved an agreement related to electronic waste disposal in the county. Lyon County Environmental Administrator Paul Henriksen said Universal Recycling Technologies, the company which provides e-waste disposal services to the county, was requesting a new agreement to dispose of cathode ray tubes, like those in older televisions and computer monitors. URT was imposing a fee of two cents per pound, plus package costs, to pick up CRTs, Henriksen said. The company currently doesn't charge a fee, he said, but even with the new fee, URT was offering the best deal the county could get to collect e-waste.
Commissioners voted to approve the new agreement.
Henriksen also updated the board on the process of meeting with counties that bring waste to the Lyon County sanitary landfill. He said he had so far met with commissioners in Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Pipestone and Rock counties and discussed possible future plans for the landfill and its tipping fees.
"So far, it's been going really well," Henriksen said.


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Sucked into the Verdant Sale, mostly for the tea cups
Jingdezhen Red Lotus Tea Cup
ingdezhen Lotus and Fish Tea Cup
Laoshan Roasted Oolong
Uggg, need to put myself on a no buy, but I really want to do a Steep City and Mandala Tea order sometime soon.
I didn't really need a new order of tea, but I really wanted those Fengqing Dragon Pearls from Teavivre!
I made it up to $24 in my shopping cart, and decided to take a chance on upgrading my sample of Bailin Gonfu black to 100g so that I get free shipping.
Bailin Gongfu Black Tea CA$13.30
Fengqing Dragon Pearl Black Tea CA$10.00
Golden Monkey Black Tea CA$2.10
Strawberry Oolong Tea CA$1.50
Taiwan Jin Xuan Milk Oolong Tea CA$3.10
Unbridled Love Fruit Tea CA$1.00
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Fengqing Golden Buds Ripened Pu-erh Cake Tea 2005 – 10g
Organic Bailin Gongfu Black Tea – 7g
Fengqing Ancient Tree Spring Chun Jian Raw Pu-erh Cake Tea 2012 – 10g
Total was $31.00 CDN
Good to hear, Dinosara! I heard people liked that one more than the organic version so I took a shot!
And Sil, we are the WORST enablers.
Just made my first Teavivre order.
Fengqing Dragon Pearl Black Tea – 100g, $10
Silver Needle White Tea (Bai Hao Yin Zhen)- 10g sample, $3.10
Ripened Aged Pu-erh Mini Tuocha – 2 piece sample, $1.50
2006 Fengqing Raw Pu-erh Tea Tuocha – 100g, $13.30
Taiwan Jin Xuan Milk Oolong Tea – 14g sample, $3.10
Fengqing Golden Buds Ripened Pu-erh Cake Tea 2005 – free sample
Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) Wuyi Rock Oolong Tea Fujian – free sample
Taiwan Monkey Picked (Ma Liu Mie) Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea – free sample
Super excited for this to get here, can't wait to try some new stuff!
Black tea samples from the Persimmon Tree.
My first order from the Persimmon Tree! Couldn't resist the 5 teas for $5 and free shipping. Why did they have to bump up the thread?? ;) Excited though! Got white and black tea samplers.
I couldn't resist Tealux's 25% off sale, so picked up a few of my favourites and lots of new sample sizes to try.
Butterscotch Potion
Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 6.50$
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Oo Nutty Delight
Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 6.75$
White Paradise Chai
Size: Sample – 1.50$
Imperial Gyokuro Genmaicha
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Green Paradise: Cucumber Mojito Lime
Size: Sample – 1.50$
Dance with Elephant
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Secret of Love
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Honeybush Mango
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Honeybush Chocolate
Size: 50g / 1.76oz – 3.75$
Coconut Milky Oolong
Weight: Sample – 1.50$
Total came to just a touch over $60, so I got free shipping as well. This should keep me busy for awhile.
placed my second order from DAVIDsTEA. they have sooooo many more things on sale and I wanted everything, i went on the site to just 'BROWSE" and ended up purchasing a Lychee and a Peach Blooming tea for $1.50 each and then bought the new Redberry tonic and a tin to go with it. I really was intending on buying the tea of the month as well which is Queen of Tarts but it was either that or the redberry tonic and i went with that.
I can't wait to see what samples i get as well, its sad but i love there samples and is probably one of the most exciting parts of buying from them. they are sooooo darn cute!
My Order From Whispering Pines Tea Company
2 ounces Dark Chocolate Oolong
1 ounce Wuyi Rock Oolong
1 ounce Blackmint Blend
1 ounce Manistee Moonrise Spirit Blend
1 ounce Zen Master
1 ounce Mystery Reserve Tea
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STRAWBERRY & VANILLA GREEN 50g Loose Leaf Tea
TSUGARU GREEN (apple green tea) 50g Loose Leaf Tea
UME VERT 10 Tea Bags
Didn't mean to order tea bags, just searched for ume vert, added to the order. They were out of loose leaf so I'm stuck with that. Oh well. Very excited for the happy packs!


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As a Minnesotan and a small business owner, I support constructing the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Keystone XL would be a sustainable source of energy and economic growth for America. This would give American small business owners a much needed boost and allow them freedom to use their budgets to grow. The Governor of Nebraska recently voiced his support of the pipeline and the State Department has issued a positive environmental review. The President needs to approve the plan so the country can begin to realize the benefits.
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cmyden,Good luck replicating the Atlas Greek pizza. Sounds like you have a good pan of attack. I did send Darell another email to see if he would give the dough formulation or recipe he uses for a Atlas pizza. I will wait and see if he answers me.Norma
FWIW, I remember reading Darell's pizza and burger columns in FFWD. IMO, he didn't really know much about pizza, and I always wondered why FFWD gave that column to such a non-expert. If he offers advice about a dough formulation, I would take it with a grain of salt.Thanks for emailing him though, Norma, but I just thought I would offer my opinion after reading that column every week for the year or so that it existed.
Yes Pete that is what I did. I used the recipe just as it was in post #20, and then put it in a 16 inch pan and not a 14 inch pan. I ended up making the dough before I saw your conversion for a 16 inch pan. I thought what the heck I'll just use it in my 16 inch pan as some seemed to post the recipe was on the thicker side in the 14 pan anyways. I'll say it was a great pizza and was really not a thick or a thin crust right between maybe about 1/4of an inch thick.


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Paddling bill is bad news for Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks
If we've gained any strength as environmentalists, it's because we've stuck to science and public processes. The other stuff is for the bad guys who want to exploit public land for profit.
As a longtime activist on forest issues, I could give you lots of reasons why you should listen to me. But I'd much rather have all of us looking at the actual facts of any environmental case. That's been our winning hand for the last 50 years.
That's why I was discouraged recently when a controversy erupted over allowing kayaking inside Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. It started when environmental recreation groups such as American Whitewater petitioned Yellowstone Park to re-evaluate its policy regarding recreational paddling through the parks' waterways. Currently, such use is mostly forbidden, but not because of kayaking. Much of Yellowstone was closed to boating in the 1950s because of overfishing.
This is not a new fight: American Whitewater has sought more permissive management of paddling in Yellowstone for several decades. Initially, the group asked that paddling be allowed on the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone River as well as a few other places. Most of these runs are wicked hard; on a scale of I-VI, they're solid Class V and only passable by a few. So allowing these paddle runs would provide an incredible experience for those qualified to do it, yet not one that would attract the masses. Nor would it attract what some environmentalists have deemed the "beer and bacon" crowd. (And we wonder why we get accused of being elitists.)
More recently, American Whitewater asked that Yellowstone National Park include in its management plan the opportunity to paddle five newly designated wild and scenic rivers in Yellowstone and Grand Teton parks. What unspooled after this request was the Yellowstone superintendent refusing to allow any public process; the draft plan did not consider even limited paddling. That led to some local folks approaching the Wyoming congressional delegation.
Perhaps they were naïve; no one would accuse Republican Rep. Cynthia Lummis of being too green. But the Wyoming delegation is the local delegation. They're the people you go to when you can't get a fair hearing from administrators of our public lands.
And then, out of the woodwork, came the self-appointed environmental illuminati, and instead of looking at the process as being remotely valid, people like Mike Clark, former executive director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, started calling kayakers "poachers." Lacking their own environmental street cred, paddling opponents also began channeling deceased environmentalists, like Wilderness Society notables Olaus and Margaret Murie, to make their points.
Nowhere would anyone talk about the facts of the issue, which was the marginal use of a few kayaks on a few rivers for a few weeks each year, a use that should be studied -- not demonized.
Recently, a bill passed out of the House of Representatives demanding a fresh look at the issue, including new regulations on paddling rivers in Yellowstone. American Whitewater, an organization dedicated equally to conservation and access -- its members have done as much for in-stream flows as any – backed out of supporting a completed version through the Senate, presumably because of the unhealthy controversy. Meanwhile, the insults keep piling up. If you listen to the enviro crowd in Bozeman, Mont., kayakers aren't just lowbaggers; they are the spawn of Satan himself.
As a boater who cut my teeth on timber activism by kayaking pristine rivers, I'm appalled. One of the things I learned by paddling down White Sand Creek (now called Colt-Killed Creek) on the Clearwater National Forest in Idaho, was that the water was incredibly clean. The gin-clear waters of that headwater stream to the Lochsa and Clearwater rivers, both charter members of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, moved me to dig deeply into the science of water quality as well as activities like clear-cut logging that would affect it. That science led me to develop expertise on landslides. That meant I had to learn how to communicate my findings all the way up to then-Forest Service Chief Michael Dombeck, about the harmful effects of deteriorating roads on our national forests. And that led directly to the road-building moratorium on national forest lands in the late '90s. Science won the day, and I credit boating with beginning my education.
None of that's here in the Yellowstone fight. You've got some environmentalists defending an anachronistic policy decision to shut out a use they don't understand, and don't care about. They're misrepresenting the issue, and toadying to authority. They're also likely to win. But when you live by bullying tactics, you also die by them. That's a bad precedent to establish as your baseline practice when a real threat to Yellowstone comes rolling along. Because one will.
Charles Pezeshki is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News. He writes in Pullman, Washington.
Correction: A previous version of this opinion piece stated that American Whitewater is now on board with the bill that passed out of the House of Representatives, when in fact it is not.
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I later used the packrafting skills I learned in the Greater Yellowstone to travel primitively across the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and gather data on how climate change was impacting a pristine arctic landscape. I used the data I collected for my Masters Thesis at the University of Wyoming. This summer I'm planning a packrafting traverse in the remote Darhad region of Mongolia to document little known populations of river otter, wild reindeer, and snow leopard. I was invited to do so by the director of the region's protected areas.
Yet back home in northwest Wyoming, the National Park Service, National Parks Conservation Association, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and environmental activists (many I previously admired) tell me this type of amphibious wilderness travel is detrimental to Yellowstone's wildlife and natural character. It is hard not to find this absurd. Yet when I speak up against the unjust and misguided park policy I'm accused of being a hedonistic, elitist, thrill seeking jock.
Thank you Chuck for speaking up as well. Maybe included in the many lessons running wild rivers has taught us are knowing how to make our own decisions, what friends to trust, and when not to be afraid.
Just this past summer a friend and I launched a canoe at Grant. We paddled the wild shoreline of Yellowstone Lake 25 miles all the way down to the very tip of the South Arm of Yellowstone Lake. I have paddled from Sedge Bay down the Southeast Arm. In previous years I have paddled along the west shore of Lewis Lake and then up the three mile Lewis River into the wild waters of Shoshone Lake and explored the far reaches of the west end of the lake and Shoshone Geyser Basin.
I have paddled along just about every inch of Yellowstone, Shoshone, Lewis, Jackson and Leigh Lakes and had some great experiences. Years ago I wondered why streams in Yellowstone were closed to paddling. However, over the years I think I have come to understand the wisdom of the policy.
I have come to understand that there are excellent reasons why paddling is not permitted. First, many streams meander through large meadows replete with grazing bison and elk. Paddlers would not only disrupt wildlife and waterfowl feeding along the steams, but the visual pollution caused by a parade of rafts/canoes would spoil the magnificent scenes visitors presently enjoy. Imagine what we would end up with if we had constant trains of rafts floating the Yellowstone through Hayden Valley or the Madison River or the Lamar River through Lamar Valley. These are all critical wildlife habitats.
Some say, well, what about the Snake River through the Tetons? That is different. The Snake is well away from the road and does not meander through wide meadows filled with wildlife. Some say, what about the Upper Yellowstone River? That is a long way from any road. True. However,
I have taken many backpacking trips along the Thorofare trail that parallels the Upper Yellowstone River. That river provides critical habitat for grizzlies, moose and wolves, not to mention waterfowl. All you have to do to understand that is to walk down to the riverbank and simply look at the abundance of tracks. There is no other river system in Yellowstone's backcountry that comes close to the abundance and variety of wildlife activity as evidenced by tracks along the riverbank. You don't have to be a wildlife biologist to understand that folks floating down this stretch of river would displace and disturb wildlife. Can't we leave a FEW unspoiled places out in the wild where the wildlife come first? That's why the park limits use in certain Bear Management Areas, such as Pelican Valley, so that grizzly bears do not abandon critical feeding areas. That closure was based on hard research done by a doctoral student who spent the summer at Pelican Cone Lookout with powerful spotting scopes. He documented grizzly bears abandoning critical food sources when hikers would come close by. I would suspect the Upper Yellowstone would be a similar situation.
As to the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone River, this segment of river represents a wild and pristine setting for wilderness travelers. There are fabulous trails that hikers and backpackers can take that provide access along the river for much of the way. Unlike Arizona's Grand Canyon, which requires a 5000 foot descent to reach the Colorado River, the trails along the Yellowstone River are really not that difficult to access. So, if you want to enjoy the beauty of the Black Canyon, it is very easy to do so by trail.
This section of river has raging rapids and opening it to paddling would be a huge mistake. The Black Canyon is very narrow, deep and remote. Any boating mishap here is going to require a very risky and costly rescue effort by National Park Service personnel who are already overtaxed with duties. For example, there have been occasions when outlaw paddlers have attempted to paddle this section only to have serious accidents that require very costly rescues. This is not fair to the taxpaying public. I could better understand the argument from whitewater enthusiasts who want to run this section if there was a road paralleling the river, like say the Gallatin River up Highway 191 north of Yellowstone. But there is not. This river is absolutely inaccessible. I know that the kayakers say "that's OK; we are willing to take the risk." But talk is cheap. When the accident occurs, as they most certainly would, a rescue will be necessary and it will probably involve a helicopter as have past rescues, costing taxpayers a TON of money.
I really don't think Yellowstone should ever let this horse out of the barn. The bottom line is, we don't need Congress forcing Yellowstone to come up with millions on an unneeded study. Let's leave the management of our wild national park resources to the trained professionals who work there!
Perhaps more significant is the impact of this demand for boating access on the integrity of the national park system. A narrowly-focused recreational special interest invoking congressional micro-management to get their way in the world's most iconic national park does not bode well for the future integrity of national park management decisions. That's the impact of the blinders of an interest group with just one, specific, targeted outcome. If boating enthusiasts can secure congressional intervention to get their desired access, why not other recreational interests? High Country News has ample stories of recreational disputes in the national parks – will snowmobile advocates get Congress to impose their prescriptive management plan on Yellowstone, or rock climbers intervene in Joshua Tree, or horse packing in Sequoia-Kings Canyon?
The need and insistence for maximal public recreational access is a uniquely American trait. In many parts of the world, societies are fine with putting some places off-limits whether for cultural reasons or ecological reasons. But in America, we insist on access everywhere, all the time unless someone can prove otherwise. 90% of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem is open and available for kayaking and pack-rafting and other boating activities. Why is it necessary to force open that last 10% over the objections of conservation-minded national park managers?
In reality, river paddling is one of the oldest activities in Yellowstone dating back before Lewis and Clark. River canoeing, kayaking and packrafting are among the lowest impact human activities imaginable and are enjoyed by millions of people in every other national park with floatable rivers. River paddling is banned in Yellowstone, not because studies have proven it has unacceptable impacts (there have been no studies), not because of a public process (there has been no public process), and not because of the wisdom and ethics of high-minded park managers.
River paddling in Yellowstone is banned because of concerns about overfishing that arose in the 1950's. Fishing is now allowed and managed in Yellowstone, but the river paddling ban lives on for no good reason. River paddlers were forced out inadvertently and remain locked out because Pearson and Melton think they know what is best for Americans and our public lands.
This is not just about Yellowstone. In this country we make decisions together in a democratic process. We don't allow individuals to decide what is best for the whole. Running through the comments of those opposed to river paddling is the sentiment that Americans can't be trusted to know what is best for them and their public lands. This is a form of elitist tyranny that we shed centuries ago.
Pearson and Melton would have you believe that Congress has no business meddling with the management of public lands. But the reason Congress exists is to provide a check on the administrative branch lest it stray into tyranny. Congress has had to reign in arrogant government agencies before, including the National Park Service. The park service practically invited Congress to get involved in this issue by claiming the paddling ban ties their hands.
I understand that Pearson and Melton are frustrated at their inability to tackle the big issues that threaten Yellowstone and that their attacks on river paddlers are simply displacement behavior. But increasingly they come across as grumpy old men yelling "get off my lawn" at the neighbor kid playing in the sprinkler.
Brad Meiklejohn, President
American Packrafting Association
Mr. Pezeshki is correct in this legislation was sponsored by WY Representative Cynthia Lummis, but what he failed to mention was UT Representative Rob Bishop was a co-sponser. He is also correct when he says Rep. Lummis is no greenie - but if anyone could make her look like one it would be Rob Bishop. Rep. Bishop has a lifetime League of Conservation Voters score of 4% (FOUR PERCENT!). Now, why would Rob Bishop co-sponsor a bill to allow "a few paddlers access " to Yellowstone's rivers? The answer to this rhetorical question is easy, he wouldn't. A much more likely motive is to dismantle regulation of public lands in order to allow a laissez faire, market driven system of checks and balances to determine resource use - in other words, open Yellowstone's waters to commercial rafting and guiding. Mr. Pezeshki is hopelessly naive if he thinks either Rep. Lummis or Rep. Bishop would, as he implies, introduce a bill to allow, "marginal use of a few kayaks on a few rivers for a few weeks each year."
Mr. Pezeshki notes that, "The Black Canyon is wicked hard" cannot be argued with, but then Mr. Pezeshki goes on to say that "yet one that would not attract the masses ... ." The Black Canyon of the Yellowstone is serious white water, true story; but then, so is the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Enough said on that! And then, there are all the other prime plums for economic picking that are not "wicked hard," like the Lamar through Lamar Valley or the Yellowstone through the Hayden Valley, the list goes on.
In his article, Mr. Pezeshki makes the point that the current restriction on Yellowstone paddling resulted from a 1950s fishing regulation, and from this implies that it is archaic and outdated. He is correct, but the conclusion he draws is exactly backwards. The aquatic resources of Yellowstone are in need of more protection today, not less. The 1950s was before the introduction of lake trout, before whirling disease became an issue, and before the introduction of New Zealand mud snails. The issue of invasive species alone is enough to give one pause to consider the wisdom of opening all Yellowstone waters to unlimited paddling. Packrafting, in particular, provides the opportunity for transport of detrimental invasive species from one watershed where they are present to others where they are not.
Paddling, white water and otherwise, is one of the least restricted recreational activity on public lands. To my knowledge, the Yelllowstone paddling regulation is the only such restriction on public lands. In other words, of the 544 million acres of US public lands, Yellowstone National Park at 2.2 million acres accounts for only 0.4% of these public lands. A congressional mandate to open a recreational activity already available on 99.6% of public lands couldn't help but set precedent for other far more restricted recreational activities like mountain biking, snowmobiling, para-gliding, etc. The list goes on; all valid recreational uses on public lands, but not every activity on every piece of land. Some places are simply too unique, too special, and too valuable for unrestricted recreational activities. Mr. Pezeshki advocates the philosophy, if you can't make a persuasive argument to allow your particular recreational activity on public lands, then go to your Congressman, " They're the people you go to when you can't get a fair hearing from administrators of our public lands."
Mr. Pezeshki makes the statement that this issue is about, "... the marginal use of a few kayaks on a few rivers for a few weeks each year." That is not even remotely what S. 218 is about. This legislation would open all streams and rivers in these Parks to paddling after a three year evaluation period. Specifically, the bill reads, "The rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall be open to hand-propelled vessels ... within 3 years of the date of enactment of this Act." Three years to evaluate over 7,000 miles of streams and rivers by an over-worked/underfunded agency. This ill-conceived legislation does not allocate one penny to accomplish this formidable task. How can anyone believe this is a good idea?
I am no opponent to river access and paddling, and in fact spend many rewarding days each year floating the Yellowstone river outside the Park. I also admire and respect the ability of many friends who are white water paddlers, wilderness advocates, and wild land travelers; but any natural resource/conservation issue is a question of costs vs. benefits, risks vs. rewards. In my opinion, the costs and risks of completely dismantling a regulation that has successfully protected the aquatic resources of the last intact, wild ecosystem in the entire US outside of Alaska, so far outweigh any potential benefits that the ill-conceived S. 2018 deserves to be dead on arrival.
Don't take the bait from the paddlers claiming they are only interested in a few stream at high waters. Have them put that in writing up front, or better have the NPS propose only allowing boating on 5% of the Yellowstone park waters, and keeping all other waters pristine and boat free.
To start, the bill that passed authorized a study. It told the NPS that they couldn't drag their feet, as federal agencies are wont to do when they are told to do something that they don't want to do. Regarding the Grand Canyon being the same difficulty as the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone, I can't imagine a more ignorant comment. You obviously don't boat. Regarding the 'who' of the bill, in the end, I don't care. The language in the bill is the language in the bill. A majority of the House voted for it. This idea that an R can never vote for something beneficial is insane. This kind of logic is what's tearing our country apart.
It's difficult to respond to the invasive species argument, because it is so specious, the mind reels. There are tons of boats on lakes in Yellowstone. Packrafts are about the size of a glorified air mattress. Which is more likely to spread these?
The legislation tells the Park to do a study, find out what/if the impacts are, and come up with a management plan. It has a 'stick', largely because the Park Service has been acting like the Grand Imperium, with Dan Wenk as the Imperious Leader on a user group that they figure has little clout. But that tells you about what might unspool in the future, folks. If NPS leadership hide behind BS reasons and only respond to power politics, trust me that there are groups much more powerful than a bunch of pack rafters. And the NPS, with little record of backbone, will cave. Don't believe me? How many bison did they kill this year? And where was Wenk's voice? Trust me that it didn't reach over the Bitterroots to my home.
Try not calling names and doing some long range thinking. Then try paddling on one of hundreds of wild and scenic rivers in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming or Colorado.
NPS leadership are not hiding behind BS reasons. That's just an easy slam. Think about the land and wildlife in YNP first.
Yellowstone is the marrow of our continent, containing the source waters of three great river systems - no where else does this occur. Wildness - it's a quality that Thoreau & Turner understood ... and strict wildness preserves .. us. Yellowstone is as great a wild place on earth as we have, and it is being encroached upon exponentially - paddlers wanting in being exactly another in a list. Nothing is more endangered than Yellowstone .. a little paddling will hurt the Yellowstone experience. I must say it disrespects this great ecosystem. This type of water recreation is another in a long list of intrusions and not integral to Yellowstone's identity. So, respectfully I say, "too bad that it has great kayaking waters" - your great sport mustn't belong there. The impact on nature will be grand, despite what you argue.
Yellowstone needs nothing. It gives everything it is and far more. It is as near a primordial system as can be, and a liminal place for many. The human need to try and evolve this magnificent beauty in our image and wants is enough to make one apoplectic. Leave it be, leave what we have of this magic as it is.
But that's nothing like what this bill does. See my comment on the other article,
Charles goes on to fulminate,
"some environmentalists defending an anachronistic policy decision to shut out a use they don't understand, and don't care about. They're misrepresenting the issue, and toadying to authority. They're also likely to win. But when you live by bullying tactics, you also die by them."
Frustrated hairboaters should not be calling the rest of us paddlers and environmentalists 'bullies' and 'toadies' and incapable of 'understanding the issues'. You do your cause no favours..
No, Forrest and no to further encroachments. There are precedents established for the people and limits established, too.
As someone who has paddled a canoe on rivers, I can appreciate the distinction between paddling (anything) and a jet ski or a powerboat. However this argument strikes me as another intrusion by a fairly narrow user group that wants their specific activity allowed in an area where it currently doesn't seem to fit. A lot like the mountain bikers who want access to wilderness areas. It's a technology fix that allows access in a novel way and as such, I feel restrictions or outright bans for some areas are perfectly reasonable. We don't have to do everything everywhere.
It's not as if someone is telling you that you can't paddle anymore, anywhere. They are simply saying that paddling doesn't fit here in Yellowstone on those areas that you want to access. There are other areas you can access nearby, you just can't cross 'running the Black Canyon' off your lifelist. To insist that it has to be otherwise seems a bit narcissistic.
For me, the beauty of a packraft is that you can easily portage around intimidating or dangerous rapids. I do that all the time. And, you can pack it up, hike up and over a mountain, and put-in on the next river over.
Again, it seems no one is hearing or listening that we are not asking for unlimited packrafting use of Park streams. Everyone agrees that restrictions are "perfectly reasonable" and trust that Park planners will devise a strategy that protects Park resources while providing paddling opportunities where appropriate. That is what was supposed to happen with the Snake River Headwaters Legacy Act compliance. Dale Lockwood is a bright light that saw through the rhetoric. As for Lou, I respect and appreciate your passion, but it is both biased and unsubstantiated, and not everyone shares it. Even Supt. Wenk once chided me that the Park is not here to cater to your passions, or something to that effect. Goes both ways, doesn't it?
Studies of potential human interactions within a natural setting are inadequate, in my opinion, and are part science and part 'wishing & hoping' for a desirable outcome. It is the unfortunate human trait of the few to be disrespectful, defiant and treacherous - which is worrisome. It takes just one violation to spoil. I've witnessed many, and do understand that most people pay great respect to places like Yellowstone. People are great, some persons are not.
Studies are very incomplete, studies are biased and studies cannot offer good forecasts of how people are to behave. This is a big topic, because it is just one of many that Yellowstone faces today - they just keep coming.
Some things seen, not all - occurrences were inside of YNP, with the approximate date of the events:
> 1977 winter trip - 2 beaver traps set in streams in the region between Craig Pass & Old Faithful
> 1996 autumn near Ravens Creek & Mist Creek Pass, several casings from a .270 caliber rifle
> fall of 2001 up Bacon Rind Creek within the park, a trail of elk blood perpendicularly crossing the trail. Farther up the switchbacks, inside the park, my friend and I witnessed the poacher bearing his rifle - we reported the incident later that afternoon. He never saw us.
> 2004, several large stacks of elk antlers behind large glacial erratics - we call them 'buffalo stones' - in the region between Junction Butte and Specimen Ridge
> May/June 2005, 2 grizzly poachers' fresh boot-steps postholed in the snow along Fawn Pass below the ridge leading to Stellaria Creek. This was reported to park personnel.
The occasional bad human incident, be it accident or flagrant violation, is something that's almost unpreventable.
If I am biased, this is why.
Second, this issue is proving divisive and damaging to relationships between members of the conservation community. And contrary to what some have said, paddlers are conservationists. One request I ask of everyone is to be very careful how you formulate and state your arguments. I greatly respect facts, logic, and sound reasoning (I'm a cancer scientist). By using neither, you risk driving hard working conservationists away from not just regulated paddling in Yellowstone but also from other issues like the fight to limit snowmobiling in the park, hunting of bison, and increased funding for the NPS.
So lets talk facts. I've quoted some of the relevant themes as they have emerged from this discussion:
1) "there are already fabulous wilderness paddling opportunities in both Yellowstone and Grand Teton" --- Sure, most lakes are open but < 5% of its rivers and streams. There are 750 miles of navigable water trails that thread Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks (YGTNPs). This represents more than three Grand Canyons of Wild and Scenic quality waterways that the padding community has been forbidden from floating due to antiquated fishing regulations from the 1950's. No other park or monument has such blanket river bans.
2) "Paddlers would not only disrupt wildlife and waterfowl feeding along the steams, but the visual pollution caused by a parade of rafts/canoes would spoil the magnificent scenes visitors presently enjoy." --- This is an example of a misty eyed romanticism that has been used to blunt a rational discussion of the issues. I'd like to make three points: First, fishermen, backpackers, hikers, skiers etc. already access nearly all of the 750 miles of navigable rivers in question. How are paddlers any different than these use groups in disrupting wildlife? If anything I would argue that paddlers are the least disruptive. They don't make riverside trails, they travel through an area relatively quickly and in near silence. Once on the water, paddlers leave virtually no trace. Second, paddlers and wildlife/ waterfowl get along pretty well in every other national park, wilderness area, BLM land, national monument, and recreation area. Why would this be any different than in YGTNPs? Third, this concept of visual pollution is valid (abet hypocritical) and is why every NPS agency uses regulations to limit where, when, and how folks recreate in the parks. The illusion of wilderness is difficult to maintain for the car bound tourist but worth it if it will pull some onto the trail and the river.
3) "Can't we leave a FEW unspoiled places out in the wild where the wildlife come first?" --- Sure, no one is asking for unregulated paddling so why do you distort the issue with this fear tactic? Do you consider your backpacking and camping in these areas a non disruptive use? Why couldn't regulated paddling coexist in places with stream side trails, where fishermen already wade and backpackers camp? This is what other parks do. Paddling rivers in YGTNPs is just as valid an activity here as these other activities. Regulated paddling is embraced by every other national park and monument with floatable rivers and viewed as a positive activity for connecting people with the natural environment.
4) "we don't need Congress forcing Yellowstone to come up with millions on an unneeded study" --- Actually we do! This fight is decades long. The most recent outright refusal by YGTNPs to even consider river paddling options in their draft 2013 Comprehensive River Management Plan (that title makes me laugh and cry) for the newly designated parks Wild and Scenic River has forced paddlers hands to pursue legislative and judicial solutions. Why? Because paddlers are taxpayers, a valid recreation group, and believe in the democratic process. Yes it is going to cost money to fund a comprehensive study of paddling. Lets get the ball rolling and find ways to adequately resource it.
5) "The issue of invasive species alone is enough to give one pause to consider the wisdom of opening all Yellowstone waters to unlimited paddling. Packrafting, in particular, provides the opportunity for transport of detrimental invasive species from one watershed where they are present to others where they are not." --- Paddlers are no more of a vector than fishermen who have been wading through these same headwaters for decades. If anything paddlers are less so since they don't walk on the river bottom or touch fish. Who said anything about unlimited paddling?
6) "To my knowledge, the Yelllowstone paddling regulation is the only such restriction on public lands." You're joking right? Paddling is one of the most regulated activities on our public lands with quotas, permits, regulations, ranger launch inspections, and annual lotteries that can take years to win. It might be a surprise to some but the majority of paddlers support such oversight and in many cases work with government agencies to develop and update sustainable use plans. Paddling advocacy groups such as AW, ACA, and APA all place conservation first and recreation second. Guess who was one of the strongest advocates for the Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) Act? Paddlers.
7) "That is not even remotely what S.B. 2018 is about. This legislation would open all streams and rivers in these Parks to paddling after a three year evaluation period. Specifically, the bill reads, "The rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall be open to hand-propelled vessels ... within 3 years of the date of enactment of this Act." Three years to evaluate over 7,000 miles of streams and rivers by an over-worked/underfunded agency." --- Hmm. This is an example of a deliberate misrepresentation of the bill through selective deletion of key phrases. Do not do this. It damages your credibility and is dishonest. Here is the complete text in question: "The rivers and streams of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park shall be open to hand-propelled vessels as determined by the Director of the National Park Service within 3 years of the date of enactment of this Act." Thus, the bill explicitly states that the Director of the NPS will be responsible for deciding how paddling will proceed in YGTNPs. The three-year timeframe was added to allow YGTNPs to put in place some sort of regulations so rivers would NOT be opened unilaterally. The initial Superintendent Orders/ Compendium might simply reinstate the bans until a comprehensive analysis is resourced and performed. Alternatively, a small number of trial paddling permits could be issued in appropriate places to test the waters. Regardless, park administrators would determine where, when, and how much paddling is allowed.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (270 votes).
In short: What happened with the results? In full: To repeat what I said on the forum: On the online entry form, there were fields for club name and corporate team. Plus a field to enter your employer's name (to do with charitable donations I believe). I think that if you entered your employer details, it has put this into "corporate team" and wiped out club name. God knows how or why. Even the race winner appeared to have no club, but be running for the Post Office! This is very annoying as we like to round up all our results for club night announcements. This year we had quite a few new members running in club vests for the first time, and it's hard to find their positions and times (and they don't get to see their result as a club runner - quite a buzz when you're new to it). And at least one of our runners is entirely absent from the results - and he ran a PB! Poor show, chaps. Date of review: November 26, 2007
In short: A really good, well organised event.In full: A there and back run. Although there were over 65oo taking part there was little or no conjestion. A well organised event. Tee shirts as prizes at the end were good, although I'm a medal man myself. Knocked a few seconds off my PB so the course was fast as predicted though there were some steady climbs. Really enjoyed the day, thank you Leeds.Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: My first 10K and it didn't put me off!Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Help The Aged - Kill the PlanetIn full: well not quite, but 9:30 start on a sunday hardly encourages the use of Metro public transport although credit to National Express for having early services. Overall it was well organised and I don't mind paying over the odds for charity. Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: OKIn full: just a average raceDate of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Flat, fast and flattering for first-timers.Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: First ever race - will be back next year.Date of review: November 25, 2007
In short: confidence boostingDate of review: November 25, 2007
In short: My first race and converted to racingDate of review: November 25, 2007
In short: Flat and fastIn full: Start and finish area much improved, well organised, aerobic warm up (if a little shrill), well marshalled, plenty of street parking, good atmosphere, decent t shirt, all in all a good morning out, congratulations to the organisers.Date of review: November 25, 2007
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PETA Blasts Iran's 1960s-Era Space Program
Like many of you, we were appalled by photos that have surfaced showing a visibly terrified monkey crudely strapped into a restraint device in which he was reportedly launched into space by the Iranian Space Agency (ISA). Back in 2011, our friends at PETA U.K. urged agency head Dr. Hamid Fazeli to ground the misguided mission, pointing out that nonhuman primates are no longer sent into space by the American or European space agencies.
It appears that Iran is repeating the wasteful and cruel mistakes that marked the darkest days of the space race. Monkeys are smart and sensitive animals who not only are traumatized by the violence and noise of a launch and landing but also suffer when caged in a laboratory before and after a flight—if they survive.
NASA ended the use of primates in space radiation experiments in the early 1990s, following protests by PETA. In 2010, NASA's plans to restart the program were canceled after PETA and others voiced strong ethical and scientific objections to the ill-advised plan.
Similarly, the European Space Agency (ESA) has a very active space exploration program and has publicly stated that it "declines any interest in monkey research and does not consider any need or use for such results." The ESA instead employs modern technology such as state-of-the-art simulators to assess health risks for astronauts.
Whether it happens in Iran or Ireland, in an underground laboratory or in outer space, cruelly exploiting animals for specious science is indefensible. We've reached out to the ISA once again to ask it to stop shooting monkeys into space. Learn how you can help stop experimentation on all animals.
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First off whoever Ted is why read this stuff if you don't care about the animals? Secondly if there is a heaven and hell people who do things like this will most certainly end up in hell one day. How do some people sleep at night with the pain they inflict?
This needs to stop now!!!!
quien hace justicia , pobre animal si podes mover que calambres le cojeran en el cuerpo .. hagan algo porfavor detengan esto
Man that monkey got to go into space? Lucky jerk.
There are no words to describe how inhumane and cruel this is.
let's stop this – for a better world <3 <3
If a child did this to an animal just to see what would happen, most parents would stop the child and teach them it is wrong to treat living creatures without regard for their suffering. Its just the right thing to do.
You can see the terror in this little guy's eyes. What a horrible, horrible thing for him to go through. This is so senseless and unnecessary. No animal deserves this and it just tears me up to see this. Some people just don't give a damn about what they do to another being. I just don't understand how our government can pick and choose what's considered "cruel". If it's a citizen, it's cruel, if it's gov't or companies testing products it's A-OK. What it is is INHUMANE!!
animal cruelty again, stop this immediately this is so cruel and in humane, stop it.
The Iranians are a historically creative and intelligent people. What went wrong here? This really is an act contrary to their artistic and anthropological history. Be true to your heart, Iran. You have & will be better!
its so horrible stop it please
If they wanna know something, They should do it by themselves not animals..What they did will turn back to them, sooner or later..
Oh my God! I seriously didn't know this was still going on. It makes me sick to my stomach. What really bothers me is how disconnected human beings are to other species. If it's not human, it doesn't count. That is incredible to me. How do we stop this from ever happening again? Peta, I would like to know.
This is appalling! Iran is truly showing itself to be stuck in the dark ages. I cant begin to imagine what this poor soul went through!
C'est horrible ! J'ai vraiment beaucoup de peine ! Aux bourreaux je dis : Arretez de vous servir des animaux comme si vous aviez tous les droits sur eux . De quel droit ? Regarde le film La planète des singes !
Stop this cruelty! I am crying seeing this picture!
No animal deserves this ever!!!
What can we do to get them to stop? Poor thing looks Terrified! So sad, breaks my heart
Revolting horrendous horrific… despicable fuckers…..
This is an useful cruelty, there is no reason to send a poor animal to suffer for something they don´t understend.
it's a shame for every human being!!!!!
That poorthing looks scared to death!! Inhumane bastards!!!
appalling and disgusting
This is absolutely horrendous. I cannot believe that people can be so cruel to another living being. It is unthinkable to me. This poor little monkey says so much with his expression. I can't fathom how anyone can use animals this way… So very, very sad.
Absolutely despicable, cruel and sickening. It needs to stop. People who do this have not got a heart.
A shame !! but these stupid and backward people just want to follow the US exemple, but why they don't send themselves into space? that should be a great thing !
No! No! No! Why? I can't understand this cruellaty SHIT! Please!!! Stop this projekt! The Animals are very, very helpless!
Ths is one of the most cruel things I´ve ever saw in my life. You want to be a modern country? Then stop torturing animals!!!!!
Absolutely horrid. This poor baby looks *terrified. I don't care WHAT country this occurs in… it's WRONG. Period. God be with him as he makes this dreadful journey. 🙁
This is irresponsible and like it states in the article it was done way back when and so we already now the results of sending animals in space. This is cruelty and it is mortifying that it is still being done. No animal should have to suffer, we are supposed to take care of animals and show them love, not this.
If this is progress ,then we really are a very evil species.
Makes me sick.
Dear Dr. Hamid Fazeli! I think that it is absolutely unacceptable to use animals for your space program! By doing this u demonstrating how cruel and old fashion u are. Why don´t u try to experiment on yourself?Pls. stop experimentation on animals! Br. Tatiana.
What a shame – they should shoot their president into space! Stop all animal abuse! All Animals deserve the same rights!
It is a horrible and useless way how to "develop" our "civilization", meaningless and cruel! I say stop to any kind of experimentation! Animals are not alive to be abused from humanity!
So terribly cruel. Please save this monkey. This is disgusting!
Please please stop animal cruelty its not fair that they suffer that way. Looks his scary face you arent the owner of them lifes
This is absolutely horrible!
Grausame Menschen! Was soll das? Es ist menschenunwürdig!!!
C'est honteux et cruel !!
Totally barbaric!
NOOOOOO MORE — Caracas/Venezuela
C'est une honte !
Just horrendous. It sickens me that any human being can do this to another creature. You only have to look in the monkey's eyes to know it's wrong.