Images from the Stillaguamish

The North Fork Stillaguamish Steelhead Society has posted some images of the effects of the tragic Oso mudslide that slammed into numerous homes and cabins and blocked the Stilly.

LINK

In January 2006 a slide in this same area also temporarily dammed the river and posed a serious threat of flooding.

LINK (via: SkyTruth)

The Supreme Court’s ruling in PPL Montana comes as no great surprise

The environmental law and policy blog Legal Planet, a collaboration between UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law, analyzes the recent Supreme Court decision in PPL Montana v. State of Montana.

LINK

The State of Montana claimed that the Upper Missouri, Madison and Clark Fork Rivers to be navigable for title purposes under federal law, and that their beds and banks are therefore public lands owned by Montana in its sovereign capacity under public trust principles.

Not so, declared the U.S. Supreme Court.