<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="mailto:Missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org" class="">Missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org</a></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMib2h0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vcG9saWN5L2VuZXJneS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8zNzQxNzMzLWhvdXNlLWdvcC1leHBlY3RlZC10by1lbGltaW5hdGUtY2xpbWF0ZS1jcmlzaXMtY29tbWl0dGVlL9IBc2h0dHBzOi8vdGhlaGlsbC5jb20vcG9saWN5L2VuZXJneS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8zNzQxNzMzLWhvdXNlLWdvcC1leHBlY3RlZC10by1lbGltaW5hdGUtY2xpbWF0ZS1jcmlzaXMtY29tbWl0dGVlL2FtcC8?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">House GOP expected to eliminate climate crisis committee<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">The Hill</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(23, 90, 226); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiVmh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmF4aW9zLmNvbS8yMDIyLzExLzE4L2hvdXNlLWdvcC1wbGFubmluZy1zdXBwb3J0LWZvci1mb3NzaWwtZnVlbC1wcm9kdWN0aW9u0gEA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">House Republicans plan fossil fuel support<span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Axios</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">—————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(14, 58, 104); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0011IH4tGTT2ab-w0GpGvCPyAtRMDURwHH6OHXiepCb6OM1lJyHLNukbjGzwM9OSqV_xYByuhhmME8PvXpxiIbBvCxSNNGUAlQQfZ9BV7zrPn0_bOLr9VLZhdmI37cOUsgcoaZK8-wmBdJ1TYvT72tk2zTeQzB8h2cD5nCMGmcBGUPqSnPM52bLXnOESZ8uRSmRpYLygwvCxOSyJVitUMtmWpqCcChrRBi8&c=L6cdXgT6nf0kGobNuKeon_O133e2qQBgHlFQUiz3eNkdenI6eWz6IA==&ch=6NeTgMQbOavBYSLxlQ3njvNI21tfEYeZmRRQEERp6TMT5QQeZD-osA==" class="">Autumn Fires in Central Appalachia<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(14, 58, 104);" class=""></span></a></span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(38, 38, 38); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Dry autumn conditions and high winds spurred numerous wildland fires in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia in November 2022. </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #535353" class="">(Nov 10, 2022)</span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 25, 27); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">—————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">“(Forest) Plan direction, which emphasizes ecological integrity and resilience, will be critical to</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffff0a" class=""> minimizing the undesirable effects</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> of these increasing and interacting stressors. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffff0a" class="">"Nevertheless,</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""> managers and the public </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffff0a" class="">should expect </span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">climate change to drive profound and often surprising changes on ecosystem structure, function, and composition in the coming decades.”</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffff0a" class="">Well said, but buried 173 pages deep</span><span style="font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class="">, in Volume 1, Final Environmental Impact Statement for the 2020 Land Management Plan Custer Gallatin National Forest</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(16, 60, 192);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; background-color: #ffffff" class=""><a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd763586.pdf" class="">https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd763586.pdf<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">—————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(16, 60, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(16, 60, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiV2h0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmNubi5jb20vMjAyMi8xMS8xMi93b3JsZC9wZXJtYWZyb3N0LWNsaW1hdGUtY2hhbmdlLWV4cGxhaW5lci1zY24vaW5kZXguaHRtbNIBW2h0dHBzOi8vYW1wLmNubi5jb20vY25uLzIwMjIvMTEvMTIvd29ybGQvcGVybWFmcm9zdC1jbGltYXRlLWNoYW5nZS1leHBsYWluZXItc2NuL2luZGV4Lmh0bWw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Belching lakes, mystery craters, 'zombie fires': How the climate crisis is transforming the Arctic permafrost</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 19, 21); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">CNN</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 19, 21); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Yesterday</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">—————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(16, 60, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiWGh0dHBzOi8vbmV3cy55YWhvby5jb20vZGVuZ3VlLWZldmVyLWFyaXpvbmEtY2xpbWFnZS1jaGFuZ2Utc3ByZWFkLWRpc2Vhc2UtMTgzMTUxMjgxLmh0bWzSAWBodHRwczovL25ld3MueWFob28uY29tL2FtcGh0bWwvZGVuZ3VlLWZldmVyLWFyaXpvbmEtY2xpbWFnZS1jaGFuZ2Utc3ByZWFkLWRpc2Vhc2UtMTgzMTUxMjgxLmh0bWw?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen" class="">Dengue fever case reported in Arizona as climate change increases spread of disease</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 19, 21); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Yahoo News</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 19, 21); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">18 hours ago</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">—————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(24, 24, 24); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive. -- Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(16, 60, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://grist.org/housing/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-home-values/" class="">https://grist.org/housing/oregon-wildfire-risk-map-home-values/<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""></span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(16, 60, 192); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">—————————————————</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(251, 2, 7); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">On the rural-urban political (and climate) divide : Why?</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">Richmond Federal Reserve</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 3px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(19, 0, 155); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none" class=""><a href="https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2020/q1/district_digest" class="">Rural Population Loss and Strategies for Recovery<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(19, 0, 155);" class=""></span></a></span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(77, 80, 85); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none; color: #18191b" class=""><a href="https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2020/q1/district_digest" class="">https://www.richmondfed.org<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(77, 80, 85);" class=""> › research › district_digest</span></a></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 17px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; color: rgb(60, 64, 68); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(19, 19, 21); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">Population</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> decline has been a problem for many rural </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">communities</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">, including in the ... Since the 19th century, <b class="">various forces</b> — </span><span style="font-kerning: none; color: #4d5055" class=""><b class="">declining</b></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> employment in ...</span></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">=================================<br class=""><br class="">“As an endangered species and an endangering one, we need, collectively, all the self-understanding and self-direction that we can muster.” <br class=""><br class="">M. Brewster Smith. “Perspectives on Selfhood.”<br class="">American Psychologist, December 1978<br class=""><br class="">==================================<br class=""><br class="">"Diversity will almost certainly rebound after the current extinction event; however, it may be composed of species descended from a different, as yet unknown, subset of lineages from those that dominate now, and humans will likely not be included among them."<br class=""><br class="">T. Jonathan Davies, et al. Phylogenetic trees and the future of mammalian biodiversity.<br class=""><br class="">Proceedings National Academy of Sciences<br class="">August 12, 2008 vol. 105</div>
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