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Show Er he Militia Leader U.S. Tyranny i nt foods are considered no di from those bred by other means Calgene’s genetically engi $5.000 reward in wolf's disappearance BOISE — The leader of the United States Militia Association preached peace and warned of € E Panel OKs Report Glace . tyranny during another meeting with militia membersin the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bomb- OnBison Slayings TAGE eee a We cannot be a nation of violence,’ Samuel Sherwood of BOZEMAN, Mont. — Almost half of the 412 bison killed over Blackfoot said Thursday. “We cannot ‘be a nation that hates so much that we're willing to kill such innocent people the winter when they left Yellow- stone National Park were males that don't transmit brucellosis. a regional committee was told Fri- About 45 men and women filled the Ada County Commission day chambersto hear Sherwood. Representatives from local FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearmsoffices were invited, but declinedto attend Officials say shot by 183 bulls were state wardens, Depart ment of Livestock personnel or National Park Service Rangers. Even if the disease organisms are detected in bison semen The tone of his message was similar to that during a meeting there is no evidence theycan be earlier in the week with militiamen in Twin Falls. Sherwood decried the Oklahoma bombing. But he said the real threat to the nation is not from madmen” like Timothy McVeigh, a suspect whoallegedly hasties to the Michigan militia The threat. he said, is a loss of freedom. Sherwood likened President Clinton's rhetoric since the bomb- transmitted through natural service or environmental contamination,” says a report prepared at the request of the Greater Yel- lowstone Interagency Brucellosis Committee The committee voted to accept the report but delay final decisions Bob Hillman of the Idaho De- ing to Hitler's. And he denounced pending legislation that would give federal agents more power of search andseizure “Terrorists can create fear in a momentary act. Only a government can create horror in a nation.” Sherwood said. “At what point do westopthe horror?” The horror, he said, is what happened when federal agents tried to storm the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, and what happened when the wife of white separatist Randy Weaverwaskilled by an FBI snip- idea of free-ranging bison andelk herds Dan Huff of the Park Service became upset when Montana State Veterinarian Clarence Siroky implied the Park Service was using federal law as an excuse to do nothing about burgeoning bison herds. Huff criticized the concept of some clinical possibility of a transfer [of brucellosis] as an excuse to slaughter bison in Yellow- stone.” State officials have used fear of endangering Montana's brucellosis-free statusofits cattle herds to justify random killing of any bison that cross the Yellowstone boundary The contagious disease causes cattle to abort and can cause incurable undulant fever in humans EPA Gives Approval For Anti-Beetle Spud partment of Agriculture said he THE ASSOCIATED PRESS will investigate reports that young bulls transmitted the disease to young heifers on a South Dakota ranch. cally doctored to kill its No. 1 insect pest was given final governmentclearanceFriday and should During the meeting, committee reach supermarkets in the fall of membersalso voted to back a proposal by U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns, R-Mont., to test all Yellowstone bison for the disease and slaughter or sterilize animals that test positive. Some members said the same old arguments are being brought up by the same interests for the same reasons with the same result: nothing definitive “We're supposed to come up with a plan to eradicate brucellosis {in Yellowstone] by the year 2010, and we can’t come up with er during a siege at their northern Idaho cabin Sherwood said conflicts with federalofficials will happen again and again as peopletryto flee expanding governmentregulation. “It's time to put an endto selective law enforcement and therefore selective justice,” he said Sherwood said Gov. Phil Batt could start bytelling federalofficials to close Idaho FBI offices. an agreement on a memoran- dum of understanding that about the not require A potato that has been geneti- 1996. The Environmental Protection Agency, under rules governing pesticides, approved full commercial production of Monsanto Co.’s NewLeafpotato. The potato has beengenetically altered to producea naturally occurring toxin, alreadyused by organic producers and home gardeners, to kill the Colorado potato beetle. It is the first pesticide-pro- _neered tomato, touted becauseit staysripe longer, is voluntarily labeled for marketing reasons. Monsanto developedthe potato by introducing genetic material from Bacillus thuringiensis, asoil bacterium. The Colorado potato beetle is the leading cause of in- hopesthat by raising an additional $5,000 reward, those responsi e Service is ard for such r ble for this senseless, vicious kill ing will be brought to justice.” the society said in a release fromits and Wildlife Service has said it missing wolf was one of 14 The want to send a clear message Those who violate the Endangered SpeciesActand kill Ameri- Boulder, Colo., regional office The reward money will be raised by concernedcitizens who The wolf's radio collar was found on a road near Red Lodge Mont., last week. The U.S. Fish suspects the wolf waskilled ca’s wildlife are criminals who will be punished.” Canadian wolves releasedin Yel lowstone National Park. Its mate sect damage tothe nation’s potato crop. especially in the East and Upper Midwes By using the natural pesticide. which is harmless to humans. birds, other animals and benefi cial insects, a farmer can useless of the more environmentally harmful andless efficient conven tional pesticides. “If it's competitivein price with what it costs him to control the potato beetle with insecticides, it makes moresenseto buy the seed o F ODwi Cp ee 3 Weasel tae mee 45 « Kawai GE-1 with Btg [the bacterium], because he doesn’t haveall the regulatory hassles now that you have with pesticide application,” said Den. nis Corsini, an Agriculture Department potato specialist at the University of Idaho ‘It’s si to the environment. It actually does a better job.” Themaincriticism of the prod uct comes from the Unionof Concerned Scientists, which s such widespread useof a pest con trol favored by environmentally conscious growers may lead to de- velopmentof resistant bugs. Resistance already is a problemwith le Q conventional pesticides. Stakes Are Raised To Find Wolf’s Killer ar $7495* has ula BRR meCCN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: group & Re gular Pri ce - $11,5: a ‘Ebony Polish and Satin!Only RieeCi Test CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Asecond ducing crop to win approval conservation The agency in late March had given St. Louis-based Monsanto ey for information leading to the permission to grow seed potatoes who wolf, officers said is resumed dead. The ife separate labeling for most bio the technology products be WYOMING: The Audubon Society says it will match s E ASSOC commitment to the protection of America’s wildlife heritage and few have already been sold. Gov ernment policy does idlife Se a Audubon has a century-long potatoes safe for hum ociation leader preaches and warns membersagainstviolence ? > Fish odge bees Hien aod Wise us s Fo The e Sain sate i 2 earlier this week to a private ranchland near Red litter of seven or eight pups on for a 1996 harvest maaan Committee accepts report but delays MONTANA:Com n male bison killings Warns of g for harvest in the seeds will be planted n INTERMOUNTAIN ROUNDUP : A7 Salt Lake Tribune INTERMOUNTAIN Saturday May 6. 199 estab- 801-268-444 a-662-666 lished a fundto raise reward monconviction of those responsible op roam Orr) e Ke doesn’t bind us to anything.” said Art Reese of the Wyoming Department of Fish and Game Before adjourning, however, the committee accepted a memo- randum with the goal of supporting both the beef industry and the Oraad Mecared r. 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