February 2007
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The Woods of Germany are home to wolves again. Their status as a protected species has hunter and biologist snapping at one another in Saxony. By Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer.
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Canned “hunts” won’t be banned, or even altered. The state Dept. of Agriculture could demand that elk operations put up additional fencing. A $200 licensing fee would be required which the Dept. of Agriculture could revoke. Legislators argued no farmed elk had been known to escape “lately.” Story. Elk industry’s bill clears Senate panel. Committee…
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“A conservation group representing backcountry skiers says the time is ripe to limit snowmobiles in the Togwotee Pass area as officials rewrite the Bridger-Teton National Forest management plan.” From “Ski group pushes to limit snowmobiles on Togwotee [pass area]. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. The Togwotee Pass area is a large area…
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New Forest Service chief gets rough treatment in Congress. By Matthew Daly, Associated Press. Good! Hopefully the new Congress will finally rein in the land management agencies which have become increasing lawless during the Bush Administration. The new commitee chairman, however, is a supporter of cutting more timber, and he played an unsavory role in…
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Listen to Ron Gilette tell CBC’s “As It Happens” about what Canadian wolves have done 400 miles to the south in Idaho. Go to about 13:30 on your media player at this link. It is always a kick to hear Ron, and he leaves quite impression about folks here in the Gem State. I hope…
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Political scientists call them “symbolic issues,” as opposed to tangible issues. Symbolic issues have become more and more prominent in recent years in the United States, not just in Wyoming. Such issues that evoke non-economic values eclipse economic issues — the issues that really affect the material welfare of individual people and the nation. This…
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There is finally some action in the state legislature on the many bills introduced to regulate/self-regulate/or crack down on the domestic elk industry in Idaho. Hunters, elk ranchers take stands on bills. Senate committee hears testimony on measures that would restrict elk-ranching industry. By Roger Phillips. Idaho Statesman
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Ed. Note: this article was recently rediscovered by readers although it is a year old (2007 – not 2008 as I write this) Here is an opinion from a Montana state senator, just dripping with hostility. Although he says that in Montana, elk rule, and folks there are not going to allow wolves to reduce…