The Wildlife News

April 2007

  • Zimo: Sage grouse habitat needed to survive is disappearing

    Ralph Maughan

    The vast sea of sagebrush in the West has been badly disrupted by livestock grazing, the spread of highly flammable cheat grass, and developments. The sage grouse and many other sagebrush species are in trouble. Story in the Idaho Statesman. post 1023

  • Red Alert on Energy Leases in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    We’ve already seen it in Wyoming. The state is going to be pretty much destroyed and now the energy companies are beating a path to Montana. Bill Schneider sounds the warning from Helena. Red Alert in New West. post 1022

  • Public comments say Slow the gas development around Pinedale

    Ralph Maughan

    The BLM has held public hearings around Sublette County, WY as well as Rock Springs, and the public wants the massive pace of natural gas development slowed. Story in the Casper Star Tribune by Whitney Royster. – – – – Watch the video on the Upper Green River Valley: the view from above. From Skytruth.…

  • Open topic-What do you want to talk about?

    Ralph Maughan

    Because people want to write about something where the post may closed or whatever. I’m putting up this comment as a post, and removing from the Climate Rally story. mikarooni wrote April 15th, 2007 at 8:52 pm e I didn’t see a way to post a comment on post 1013, “Fencing, range riders, guard animals…

  • Satellite Technologies Detect Uplift in the Yellowstone Caldera

    Ralph Maughan

    Most people who read this blog know that the Yellowstone Caldera rises and falls, sometimes as much as several feet, due to movements of the magma not far below. I have linked to a number of newspaper articles about this. Here is a technical paper from the USGS that is fairly easy to read. Satellite…

  • Fencing, range riders, guard animals show some promise in safeguarding livestock

    Ralph Maughan

    Story by Mike Stark in the Billings Gazette. The same story in the Jackson Hole Star Tribune is “Ranchers get creative with Wolves,” but as I reported earlier the idea came from Montana FWP, Wildlife Services, and a USU graduate student who are doing this as a semi-controlled experiment. Non-traditional livestock operations will be tried…

  • Step It Up Climate Action Day was a big success

    Ralph Maughan

    I went to Pocatello’s. There were 150 to 200 people, a big crowd for the “Gate City.” I can assure folks that a lot of new conservation networks were formed. National reports. Rally for the Earth: Missoula’s Step It Up demonstration urges action against global warming. Bt Tyler Christenson. The Missoulian Pocatello. A great afternoon…

  • BFC says Montana DOLs bison hazing threatens motorists

    Ralph Maughan

     Post 1011 It should be obvious that harassed bison running out of the lodgepole pine forest across US 191, where most vehicles travel at least 60 mph, is very dangerous. Montana DOL is going to get someone killed. When that tragedy happens, maybe the multi-million dollar lawsuit will make the Department of Livestock change their…

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