October 2006

  • BLM trying to sell off public lands again.

    Ralph Maughan

    After being repeatedly slapped down by folks all across the political spectrum, the BLM, at least in Wyoming, hasn’t learned that Americans love their public lands, and they don’t want them sold off. This latest proposal is in eastern Wyoming. The media picked up the story a few days ago. At first it seemed like…

  • Western Watersheds Project saves giant junipers on remote Nevada Mountain from chaining

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in Sun Valley on-line. WWP keeps on beating the BLM. This time it was on remote Spruce Mountain of north central Nevada. Chaining junipers is claimed to be a way of restoring grasslands where junipers have invaded and shaded out the grass. Of course, if the junipers are very large the notion of invasion…

  • Five Western Slope Spots Dubbed ‘Too Wild to Drill’

    Ralph Maughan

    The article is talking about the West Slope of the Rockies in Colorado. However, it is not the gas industry or the BLM who thinks they are too wild to drill. The places listed are: – The Roan Plateau – The Clear Fork Divide – Grand Mesa Slopes – Vermillion Basin – HD Mountains Article…

  • Annual Grand Teton NP elk hunt is underway

    Ralph Maughan

    The annual “elk reduction” hunt opened Saturday. It is in a small portion of the Park and the National Elk Refuge, and has always been very popular. It’s also controversial because it is a national park and the elk are migrating, mostly in the open, to their winter range on the Refuge. All issues regarding…

  • Saturday photo: Portneuf River at Pocatello

    Ralph Maughan

    I decided to take some photos today rather than post to the blog. Here is the Portneuf River today at Edson Fichter Park on the south outskirts of Pocatello (SE Idaho). Photo copyright Ralph Maughan. Portneuf River at Pocatello. Bannock Mountain Range in the distance.

  • Changing weather patterns drive dramatic changes in Yellowstone Park wolf predation

    Ralph Maughan

    ‘ “I’m not looking at whether this is connected to global warming,” said Doug Smith, lead biologist and team leader of the Yellowstone wolf project. Yet wolf and prey behavior is different from what it was at the beginning of wolf reintroduction to the park in 1994, because the weather is different,” he said.’ Brodie…

  • Three wolves from Montana's Wedge Pack shot by Wildlife Services

    Ralph Maughan

    3 wolves killed in Madison Valley. By Billings Gazette News Services. This is actually the second control action on the Wedge Pack this year. In both cases it has been on the Sun Ranch which is at the base of the Madison Range. The Sun Ranch has been extremely innovative and wildlife and wolf-friendly, so…

  • Evacuation from wolf habitat was warranted says Farm Bureau

    Ralph Maughan

    Taking a different position from almost all other public expressions on the matter, the Idaho Farm Bureau President wrote an op ed for the Idaho Mountain Express. Here, for the first time we learn more facts about the matter, including that they did have pepper spray. In my view that fact makes their fear even…

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