The Wildlife News

February 2007

  • High key Druids

    Ralph Maughan

    Ray Laible of Pocatello, Idaho, an inveterate photographer and wolf watcher made this high key photo of the Druids. It was taken this month. Thanks for sharing it, Ray.

  • Bush budget aims to help western wildlife, especially Wyoming, but . . .

    Ralph Maughan

    In part due to the impacts of energy development in the West, the new proposed budget by President Bush allocates $22 million to restore and protect wildlife habitat in seven Western states. Of that $11.5 million is to go to Wyoming where energy development impacts have been the greatest. AP Story in the Billings Gazette.…

  • Wyoming Wolf dispute could extend for years

    Ralph Maughan

    This article is from the Casper Star Tribune. By Jared Miller. Giving the standoff between the USFWS and Wyoming, the current wolf situation with the federal government continuing to do all the wolf management in most of NW Wyoming, and Wyoming yelling about wolves and the federal government, could go on indefinitely. Wyoming’s political oligarchy…

  • Don't Let Them Shoot McNeil River Brown Bears

    Ralph Maughan

    I’m surprised that even Alaska would allow this to happen, if only for economic reasons, but they have elected a reactionary new governor, and the Alaska Board of Game has never been enlightened. This will probably attract the same kind of shooters as those who like to shoot elk, deer behind a high fence. YouTube…

  • When it comes to conservation Bush is no Teddy Roosevelt says NYT

    Ralph Maughan

    An editorial by the New York Times today exposes Bush’s pretentions as being a conservationist. T.R.?, He’s No T.R. In fact the Bush Administration’s minions get worse and more harmful by the day.

  • Proposal for a giant coal-fired plant near Ely, Nevada draws protest

    Ralph Maughan

    A giant coal-fired power plant is planned at Ely, Nevada (there is no coal in the area only clear air). Story in the Las Vegas Sun. Coal-fired plant near Ely draws protest. By Phoebe Sweet. Here is a story from the Billings Gazette in Montana about where the coal will come from. Wyoming coal planned…

  • Grazing fees drop, but plan's in the red

    Ralph Maughan

    More on the recent drop in public land grazing fees to the minimum rate allowed by law. The federal grazing program also loses money. How can it be justified? Grazing fees drop, but plan’s in the red. By Tony Davis. Arizona Daily Star.

  • Appointment of Luthi as number two in USFWS, further stacks the deck against wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    Ex-Speaker of Wyoming’s House of Representatives Randall Luthi has been appointed deputy director of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Luthi will be second in comment to director Dale Hall, who hamstrung wildlife protection efforts in the Southwest when he was its regional director. Former speaker Luthi tapped as Fish and Wildlife deputy. By Noelle…

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Edward Abbey

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