The Wildlife News

September 2007

  • 'They're not getting it'

    Ralph Maughan

    ‘They’re not getting it’ By Whitney Royster. Casper Star-Tribune environmental reporter. “JACKSON — Wildlife managers are baffled this year as to why people are not getting the message to put food and bear attractants away and secure, so fewer bears need to be relocated or killed.” Rest of the story.

  • Biologist Boyce discovers the landscapes where elk are most likely to be killed by wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    It is this kind of information that is very useful in judging the ecological effects of wolves. Human hunters too should take notice because elk learn what kinds of areas are safe and which are not. Story from Science Daily. [Silly headline] Wolves Find Happy Hunting Grounds In Yellowstone National Park.

  • Judge upholds grazing ban on Little Pend Oreille refuge (Washington State)

    Ralph Maughan

    This from the WWP blog — success in keeping cattle out of a National Wildlife Refuge. The cattle growers claim that grazing the cows, hardly a native animal, is good for the many species of wildlife is ridculous in the face of it. Nevertheless, there has been so much propaganda over the years that a…

  • Castle Rock mop up continues, but high winds forecasted

    Ralph Maughan

    Story from the Idaho Mountain Express. By Jon Duval. Idaho weather will soon moderate, however, and I think there might be a fair chance of a fire season ending event in several days. Heavy, wet thunderstorms and much cooler weather is predicted. post 1531

  • Craig, "ecoterrorists", hidden riders, and industrial legacy

    Brian Ertz

    There is no doubt, the hoopla surrounding ID Senator Larry Craig is a well deserved condemnation of hypocrisy that’s been years in the coming and nobody is celebrating his descent more than progressives throughout the Northwest. Now, he has resigned effective September 30. But the shamefull manner in which a powerful Republican Senator squandered his…

  • Craig resigns! A great day!

    Ralph Maughan

    As a friend wrote to me, “Wilderness, wolves and salmon lost a big powerful enemy when Larry Craig resigned today.” Story in the New York Times. Craig Announces Resignation. By Kate Phillips. He has resigned, but he will linger in the Senate until the end of September, and folks need to be on guard for midnight…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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