The Wildlife News

May 31, 2007

  • "We are Making a Difference," says the Buffalo Field Campaign

    Ralph Maughan

     post 1171 Here is the latest news from Buffalo Field Campaign on the situation just west of the Park where the bison remain in dire threat, but were not captured for slaughter yesterday as DOL originally planned. Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update From the Field May 31, 2007 —————————— View BFC Video Footage: http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org…

  • Secretary Kempthorne taps an aide from Idaho to head the BLM

    Ralph Maughan

    Dirk Kempthorne has gotten the President to nominate Jim Caswell to replace Kathleen Clarke as the head (the director) of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Caswell was the head of Kempthone’s Office of Endangered Species when Kempthorne’s was Idaho’s governor and has remained in that position since. During Caswell’s time in the office, most…

  • Bison slaughter put off until maybe Monday

    Ralph Maughan

    The outcry against Montana DOL’s slaughter plans probably had something to do with this bit of good news. What DOL should really do is delay the slaughter permanently because there are are no cattle west of the Park near West Yellowstone. The Horse Butte (former) grazing allotment was bought out by a conservation group, and…

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