September 2006
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Some residents of this town fear the fire will take their town. Personally, I doubt it because it is out on the plains. No forest connects the fire to the town. Map The fire is now 207,000 acres. Official hope to check Derby Fire. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette.
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While this is potentially a lot of reading, there is a good link to the Idaho law governing deer family (Cervidae) farms and rules issued under the law. The link also goes to rules on importing animals. Laws and rules.
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“[Idaho State Senator Laird] Noh wasn’t surprised. Rammell is a familiar name, a man Noh described in 2002 as a ‘bad actor’ who shouldn’t have been ‘legislated off the books’ when state lawmakers forgave some $750,000 in fines that the elk breeder owed to the state for numerous violations.” – – – – The newspapers…
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Although Idaho doesn’t have a giant fire like the Derby fire in Montana, there more large fires are burning in Idaho than any state. Substantial new fires emerge every day The Green Canyon fire near the Utah, Idaho, Nevada border has finally been contained. Yellow Pine is a very remote mountain town, and could be…
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The Owyhee country, a huge area in SW Idaho that also includes country in northern Nevada and SE Oregon, is little known by most Americans, or even Idahoans who do not live in Idaho’s Treasure Valley (Boise-Nampa-Caldwell). It is lonely country with vast tablelands, mountains, and deep canyons cut in basalt, said to be the…
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I found a better list of mountain lion attacks than the one I posted the other day. It is maintained by a wildlife ecology professor. Cougar Attacks on Humans in the United States and Canada
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This infomation came from Idaho Fish and Game. It is good news for grizzlies so far this year in the Greater Yellowstone.
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Idaho Fish and Game has a news release today on the elk. – – – Date: September 8, 2006 Contact: Ed Mitchell (208) 334-3700 Governor Risch authorizes immediate harvesting of escaped elk JAMES E. RISCH GOVERNOR NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Brad Hoaglun September 7, 2006 (208) 334-2100 BOISE – Governor Jim Risch signed…