September 2006
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There is a story about it by Mike Stark in today’s Billings Gazette about it. Read Article. He does recite the standard list of official lies for the action, but futher down comes the welcome news that the presence of Montana Dept. of Livestock in the area is increasingly resented by local residents. The day…
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Several days ago I posted “Wildlife Services plans major Western Idaho wolf removals.” A lot of people read it and 20 comments were posted. I have now closed that discussion thread. Meanwhile, there has been plenty of talking behind the scenes about this wolf control plan. Now the plan has been greatly scaled back. I…
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Governor Schweitzer talked a good story how he was going change this long conflict, but he has been a big disappointment. Here is the latest news release from the Buffalo Field Campaign.
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This is from USA Today, but I have been getting email too about this great, if tentative, victory over Bush and his band of wild country pillagers. Reinstatement of Clinton’s rule protecting the remaining unroaded areas (5000 acres or larger) on Forest Service managed public lands will protect the environment, protect wildlife habitat, scenery, and…
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Exasperation builds over escaped elk. Owner clashes with hunter, landowner as neighbors criticize condition of herd and delays in rounding up escapees. By Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman.
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U.S. 191 that cuts through a piece of Yellowstone near its NW boundary has long been a wildlife slaughter alley (elk, moose, deer, bears, wolves, and human slaughter too). A high tech warning system was installed in 2002, but glitches kept it inoperative, and there was consideration of dismantling it. Now it has got the…
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This is the followup to an earlier story below. Steven Benson of the Idaho Mountain Express has written a long story about the emergency Sunday meeting in Stanley last Sunday that lasted for hours. Read article. Sept. 21. Now the Challis Messinger has its article on the meeting. It’s by Anna Means. Read article. The…
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Penned elk shooting is now really a hot topic in Eastern Idaho. They expect a big turnout. Idaho State Journal article (Pocatello).