December 2007
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This may be very good news. Of course, much better new would be two large “canids.” Colorado does have wolf management guidelines in place. Rocky Mountain National Park is overfull of elk, so many the Park Service wants to start shooting them. Story in the Estes Park Trail-Gazettte. By John Cordsen.
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This video is making the rounds. It seems that a wolf pack near Elmendorf, Alaska has become very aggressive toward local dogs; and this means the wolves have gotten very close to people in their effort to attack the dogs. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2007/12/22/alaska.wolf.attack.cnn I can’t understand why this wolf pack has not been shot by local Game…
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The headline came from an email sent my one of the folks who reads this blog. Below is a guest opinion from the Montana Stockgrowers who recently sacrificed their friends in the Montana Cattle Association on the false god of brucellosis control. Guest Opinion to the Gazette: Brucellosis policy must protect ranchers. By Steve Roth…
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Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has set up a framework for a Montana wolf hunt once the wolves are delisted. Story. Montana wolf hunt gets preliminary approval. Great Falls Tribune. Montana’s wildlife commission has been proceeding somewhat more cautiously than Idaho’s. With 40 breeding pairs (“37” according to this story), it might seem Montana can…
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We could see it in the Idaho wolf population management plan, and now we see in the rules the Forest Service is developing regarding allocation of recreation on public lands. Story in the Casper Star Tribune. Sweet deal for outfitters? By Brodie Farquhar. Ever since the Pombo-Gibbons bill to give away our public lands to…
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Tainted rainfall affecting parks. Agency’s report finds more ammonia in Yellowstone, Glacier. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette.
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Congressmen Nick Joe Rahall (D-WV), George Miller (D-CA), Norm Dix (D-WA), Wayne Gilcrest (R-MD), Jim Saxton (R-NJ) have written a fine letter to Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne opposing Northern Rockies wolf delisting. Please thank them. It is rare when we have had political leaders to thank on this issue. Here is the letter rahill-kempthornewolves-delist.pdf
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This long story below in High Country News describes an illegal tactics being used to make sure the “dangerous” dozen or so Mexican wolves in this lawless county don’t fare well. Last chance for the Lobo. John Dougherty. High Country News. The federal government should step up, pull grazing permits, take away radio telemetry, and…