February 2007
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“Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced James M. Hughes’ appointment Wednesday to replace Kathleen Clarke, who resigned as director in December to return to her home state of Utah.” From New acting BLM director has ties to West. AP (what an informative headline!) The BLM is the largest of the federal land management agencies, and historically…
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NREPA is a grand wilderness vision and more, but had fallen on hard times in the Republican congresses. NREPA is back, with a greater chance, now that Congress has turned greener. Its name has been changed to the “Rockies Prosperity Act.” Here is the bill’s text. Bill Schneider at New West has a favorable review.…
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I warned folks of the dangers of coyote, dog, fox, and wolf scat last September. Article. Now a rare case of echinococcus granulosus (disseminated tapeworm cysts) has shown up in an elk shot near Paradise Valley north of Yellowstone Park. An anti-wolf group is trying to make it an issue, although among canids the ratio…
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Although many people may have belived the rules delisting the wolf were already out there for public comment, that was not the case. The final rule for delisting in the Great Lakes was published today, as was the proposed rule for the Northern Rockies. Here are the links. You have 60 days to comment. Don’t…
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By Halina Szyposzynski The military has its “five-o’clock follies.” The Mexican Wolf Adaptive Management Work Group (MWAMWG) has its “quarterly quirks.” Items from the January 27th meeting: · After receiving complaints from Greenlee County residents, wolf managers are removing the phrase “Wolf Country” from signage advising of wolf presence in the Blue Range…
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Here is another great victory for the Clinton rule protecting all national forest roadless areas. A federal judge in Northern California issued a final injunction Tuesday that protects 52 million acres nationwide from a repeal of the 2001 Clinton roadless rule. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte included language in her decision preventing roads and…
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Yellowstone Park Superintendent Suzanne Lewis is reportedly very happy about the unexpected increase in the proposed budget. Maybe there are no strings attached, but I’m still looking for the privatization angle — will result be “Yellowstone brought to you by Haliburton?” Park officials thrilled about Bush’s proposed budget. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette. Park plan…
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Bills raise debate on game damage to private land. Hearings scheduled next week in Helena. By Brett French. Billings Gazette Outdoor Writer. Here is another example of why wolves are constantly used to divert sportsmen — so they don’t pay attention to things like this. The situation is kind of hard to explain if the…