January 2007
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Montana is continuing with its phony bison hunt. That’s the hunting season for bison in a state that allows no bison. If some wander outside of Yellowstone Park, a hunter with a permit gets a chance. Otherwise, the state just collects money and provides no ground for the bison to live even though plenty of…
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A post at Daily Kos has happy news of the week from the new House Natural Resources Committee, from which Richard Pombo was sent packing last November. House Committee on Natural Resources: week in review By Naturegal Thu Jan 18, 2007 at 06:07:00 PM PST
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Google Earth is revolutionizing the way people see change on the Earth’s surface. In this case is it the massive amount of oil and gas development in Wyoming. On your own or watching the short video at www.skytruth.org, it can revolutionize your view of cumulative environmental impacts. For those of you that have seen “An…
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All of the wolves reintroduced to Yellowstone Park in 1995 and 1996 are now long dead. Their counterparts who were released in Idaho, however, either by luck or the excellence of Idaho as wolf country have continued to show up. Wolf B7M, introduced from Alberta and released on the Middle Fork of Salmon River in…
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Last week was the day for organization “Sportmen for Fish and Wildlife-Idaho” to show up in Boise to rally against wolves, but today “representatives from about 31 sporting organizations, from bowhunters to bass anglers, gathered for the first “Camo Day” to make their unified presence known to lawmakers.” While this was hardly a rally in…
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The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has announced the hiring of a new department director, Cal Groen. He replaces Steve Huffaker who retired. Here is the news release. Date: Jan 17, 2007 Contact: Ed Mitchell 208-334-3700 Idaho Fish and Game Names New Director The Idaho Fish and Game Commission today appointed Lewiston resident Cal Groen…
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The annual count of elk on Yellowstone’s northern range is in. It remains low compared to years past, but is about the same as a year ago — 6,738 elk compared to about 6600 in the last count, 9 months ago. The Northern Range herd has always been controversial with its numbers called wildly excessive…
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This was just posted to the blog Demarcated Landscapes. It tells us a lot more about new Forest Service chief Kimbell than the stories in the newspapers.