On the Monday, February 18, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) gratefully welcomes Mary Ullrich, board secretary of the Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition and longstanding resident of Paradise Ridge.  Mary will discuss the history of Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) plans to expand and reroute U.S. Highway 95 south of Moscow and current citizen concerns for traveler safety, residence and business displacement, and degradation of native Palouse Prairie remnants and wildlife on weather-exposed Paradise Ridge.  Please share your issue insights and resistance stories during the show broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PST live at 92.5 FM and online, by calling the station studio at 208-892-9200.  For more information about this ITD scheme, see the Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition website and the Highway 95 Re-Route section of the WIRT blogsite.  Thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ, the show also covers regional and continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news.  Visit the station website soon to learn how you can adopt our inspiring fellow DJs.

On the Monday, January 14, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) gratefully welcomes Al Poplawsky, former treasurer of the Paradise Ridge Defense Coalition and current executive committee chairperson of the Palouse Group of the Sierra Club in Moscow.  Al will discuss the draft environmental impact statement and technical reports recently released by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), proposing to expand and reroute U.S. Highway 95 south of Moscow through native Palouse Prairie remnants on more weather-exposed Paradise Ridge, likely to accommodate international industrial traffic like tar sands megaloads.  Please share your issue insights and resistance stories during the show broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PST live at 92.5 FM and online, by calling the station studio at 208-892-9200.  For more information about this ITD scheme, see the Highway 95 Re-Route section of the WIRT website.  Thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ, the show also covers regional and continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news.  Visit the station website soon to learn how you can adopt our inspiring fellow DJs.

On the Monday, January 7, Climate Justice Forum radio program, Wild Idaho Rising Tide (WIRT) gratefully welcomes David Hall, board of directors president of the Palouse Prairie Foundation, a board member of the Palouse Water Conservation Network, 2012 Moscow Renaissance Fair King, and a core WIRT activist. David will discuss the draft environmental impact statement and technical reports recently released by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), proposing to expand and reroute U.S. Highway 95 through native Palouse Prairie remnants on Paradise Ridge south of Moscow, likely to accommodate international industrial traffic like tar sands megaloads. Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PST live at 92.5 FM and online, the show also covers regional and continent-wide dirty energy developments and climate activism news. Please share your Highway 95 issue insights and resistance stories during the WIRT program, by calling the station studio at 208-892-9200. For more information about this ITD scheme, see the Highway 95 Re-Route section of the WIRT website. Thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ! Visit the station website soon to learn how you can adopt our inspiring fellow DJs.