June 2007
-
An Idaho federal judge has slapped down the Dept. of Interior’s proposed new grazing regulations which would have greatly limited public comment and public oversight of grazing on hundreds of millions of acres of BLM land. They would have also greatly weakened the standards grazers are supposed to be held to while telling the public…
-
Rocky Barker reports in his blog that an Idaho wolf entered one of those controversial elk farms in Idaho and killed an elk. Folks may be surprised, but in the case of the elk farm the onus is on the elk farmer, not the wolf. The elk farmers are supposed to keep wildlife from leaving…
-
A lightning strike began the first forest fire of the season in Wyoming. Wildfire season starts early for Grand Teton. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Corey Hatch. It should add that the last several days have provided substantial rain in Eastern Idaho and much of Montana, but overall the area remains far below normal…
-
You may be amused. I tell my students you will learn more of what’s going on by watching the “fake news” by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert than watching Fox News, CNN, etc.
-
This came from a Buffalo Field Campaign news release today. Buffalo in the News 6/5/07 LTE: Golden Pen Award ~ Right a wrong, preserve wild bison. Billings Gazette (Montana)http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/03/opinion/letters/46-golden.txt 6/5/07 LTE: Bison wrong target for DOL slaughter. Billings Gazette (Montana)http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/03/opinion/letters/50-wrongtarget.txt 6/4/07 Officials hopeful they won’t have to truck renegade bison Billings Gazette (Montana) http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/06/04/news/wyoming/15-bison.txt 6/2/07…
-
Freudenthal: Keep Thomas’ proposal alive. Before his death, senator worked on Wyoming Front bill. Billings Gazette. By The Associated Press. Hopefully for the great scenery and wildlife in the area, this plea will turn out to be more than an nice sentiment upon the death of Senator Thomas.
-
The Missoula Independent takes a look at Wildlife Services, formerly more transparently named Animal Damage Control (and earlier misnamed the Biological Survey). Wildlife Services is the federal government’s killer of “problem” wildlife. They have been controversial for years, with major opposition emerging to them among scientists as early as 1930. It is their preemptive (non-targeted…
-
The repreive given the bison has worked so far, and no more brucellosis has been found in testing of cattle around Montana. I wouldn’t be surprised if it is never determined how the cattle at Bridger, Montana got brucellosis. Story in Billings Gazette. By Jan Falstad