The Wildlife News

April 2007

  • Gannett Peak, WY may lose all its glaciers in 20 years

    Ralph Maughan

    The highest mountain in Wyoming, Gannett Peak, in the Wind River Range is famous for its snowy top and its many glaciers, but they are melting fast. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. post 1031

  • Western Watersheds Project files federal lawsuit to protect bighorn sheep in Hells Canyon.

    Ralph Maughan

    A couple weeks ago I posted a news release from the Nez Perce Tribe how the Forest Service was not living up to their committment (mandated by an earlier court ruling) to keep domestic and bighorn sheep apart in Hells Canyon. Now the Western Watersheds Project has gone to court. Here is their news release.…

  • A lot of wildlife violations at Terry, Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Outfitter denies wildlife charges. By Billings Gazette Staff. The outfitter was cited for illegally killing and arranging transport of 11 mule deer bucks. Terry man accused of killing eagles. By Billings Gazette Staff. Another man has been charged with killing 3 golden eagles. I had never heard of Terry, Montana until I read this article.…

  • Wolf delisting to procede with or without Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming has until May 1 to come up with an acceptable wolf management plan. However, even without a Wyoming wolf management plan, the wolf will be delisted in Wyoming outside of a corner in the Northwest part of the state. So the politicians will get much of what they want anyway. Story in the Jackson…

  • Climate change called a security threat

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the LA Times. Climate change called a security threat. By Karen Kaplan and Thomas H. Maugh II, Times Staff Writer It is a security threat. It’s a political threat too. You can trace Bush’s decline to the summer of 2005 when Katrina hit, although she only tipped over an edifiice that was already…

  • Rocky Mountain Front gas lease ban is working

    Ralph Maughan

    So far just one place has been saved from all the gas development in the West. It’s the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. Story in the Great Falls Tribune. Rocky Mountain Front lease agreement starts something good. – – – – Here is the earlier story from Dec. 10, 2006. Rocky Mountain Front (MT) finally…

  • Freudenthal calls for grizzly lawsuits to be filed in Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    People can file the lawsuits in Idaho, Montana or Wyoming. It depends on where it is convenient for the group. Why should an Idaho group have to file in Wyoming? This is a federal issue and there is a federal court in Idaho, one in Montana, and one in Wyoming. It’s plainly obvious there are…

  • New Colorado Wildlife Commissioners bring hope for conservation

    Ralph Maughan

    For wildlife there are few appointments as important as the commissioners of Fish and Game, Game and Fish, Wildlife, or Wildlife and Parks, and various other names in states. Too often those people have no formal training or experience in what they will be overseeing. They tend to be “good ol boys and gals” instead.…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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