January 2007
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In anticipation that wolves from Idaho and/or British Columbia will disperse to Washington state, “Eighteen citizens have been selected as members of a working group to guide the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in developing a plan for conservation and management of gray wolves that are expected to make their way to” the…
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Here are current conditions. Which will grow during his Administration? Off road vehicle abuse near Pocatello, Idaho. Photo by Ralph Maughan Cache Meadow in Central Idaho. Used to be heavily grazed, the grazing was bought out. Now it abounds with elk. Photo by Ralph Maughan. Note the Rainbow Family had one of its annual gatherings…
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Wolf Recovery Foundation Board member Kathie Lynch has another set of high interesting notes of recent events on the Northern Range of Yellowstone Park. These wrap up the aftermath of the death of the Slough Creek Pack’s only male member, alpha male 490M. She details what may have been an acceptance ritual by the Sloughs…
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After last year’s big breakout of elk at Rex Rammel’s elk shooter bull operation SW of Yellowstone Park last year, and lesser incidents, it is expected that up nine bills will appear in the Idaho legislature this year to better regulate the operations or maybe to abolish them. Supporters of elk farms say that the…
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Recently I posted an article about the Park Service’s latest winter plan, and its proposal to stop maintaining snowmobile access through the high elevation East Entrance to the Park. The East Entrance road crossess 20 avalanche paths, and the Park Service keeps it open by firing artillery shells to trigger the avalanches. Unexploded ordinace is…
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“What happens in the oil patch stays in the oil patch . . .” I thought the problem was all those dern wolves, but apparently not. 😉 Article in the Billings Gazette. “State influx leads to more poaching. Long distances, lack of witnesses make job hard for wardens.” By the Associated Press
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Here is some good news about one of the species folks have been trying to recover way before there was an Endangered Species Act. Whooping Cranes: An Update. From Alan Gregory’s Conservation News.
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Despite a lawsuit against issuing another permit for Wyoming to continue its dangerous disease-spreading practice of mass feeding of elk in the wintertime, the Forest Service has prevailed in its effort to reissue the permit for the elk feedlots on national forest land without any analysis of its environmental impacts. The Forest Service used a…