Tongue River Railroad Draft EIS comment deadline is September 24 / Noisy Waters Northwest

Kenneth Medecine Bull TRR draft eis

Excerpt from public testimony of Kenneth Medicine Bull at the Public Meeting for the Tongue River Railroad Draft EIS at Lame Deer, MT on July 11, 2015

September 9, 2015  Dena Jensen ACTION

Over the course of the last month or so I have been looking through the transcripts of public comments from the Public Meetings for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Tongue River Railroad that were held in early to mid July 2015. Continue reading

September 4 deadline for comment: help improve Whatcom Conservation District and their election procedures / Facebook post, Coal Stop

whatcom conservation district voting instructions15 mins  September 3, 2015  Dena Jensen  ACTION

The deadline (tomorrow, Friday, September 4) for comment to help improve the Whatcom Conservation District and their election procedure is upon us! To refresh your memory of what a mess just the voting instructions alone were, there is an annotated photo of those instructions below. Continue reading

A Fishhook in My Belly and DEADLINE is Sept. 4 for Whatcom Conservation District Election comments / Noisy Waters Northwest, Barbara Perry

I have a fish hookSeptember 2, 2015 Barbara Perry ACTION

A Fishhook in My Belly
by Barbara Perry

I have a fish hook in my belly
I can’t get it out
Cattle-hookers slid it there

I try and try to cushion it with words
So many words will surely lessen its grasp
But it keeps clinging sharper and sharper

First it clung to my soft throat
Then it hit my empty belly
Mingling it with more and more words Continue reading