March 2008

  • The Pine Beetle And Forest Fires

    Ralph Maughan

    The Pine Beetle And Forest Fires. By Brodie Farquhar. Wyomingfile.com. The relationship between dead lodgepole pine and forest fires is not straight forward.

  • Wyoming Assumes Wolf Control

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming Assumes Wolf Control. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune Now lawful to shoot wolves at will in 87% of Cowboy State. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune Wyomng wolves will struggle outside zone. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune Endangered species: With wolves off the list, law suit on the way. By John Cramer.…

  • Photo of Lynne Stone

    Ralph Maughan

    There have been a lot of Gillette. Lynne Stone conducting “wolf education”  All rights reserved. There are cracker shells in the shotgun to scare away the wolves if they are near livestock. It has been highly successful, with essentially no lost livestock in the territory of the Basin Butte Pack despite thousands of AUMs from…

  • Wild Bison: BFC Update from the Field 3/28/08

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest update in the field. Buffalo Field Campaign in New West. One important part of the update is the need to comment by April 2 on Horse Butte Bison Trap. Read the update for more information. Related. YNP bison count has fallen from 4700 to 3000. Billings Gazette.

  • Wyoming ranchers outside wolf zone say they'll only target offending animals

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming ranchers outside wolf zone say they’ll only target offending animals. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune. The ranchers in article say the Wyoming wolves in their new “vermin” zone come Friday won’t be immediately indiscriminately killed. It would cost too much. These predator control boards that have been set up are in fact rolling…

  • Idaho State Legislature Passes Bill To Kill Wildlife/Wolves "Molesting" Domestic Animals

    Brian Ertz

    Some people tend to forget that state management of wolves isn’t a responsibility exclusively reserved to the Idaho Department of Fish & Game, a department that’s allegedly insulated from politicization. I slip “allegedly” in there because anyone who’s been paying attention to wildlife issues in the state has a good idea that the Livestock lobby…

  • Two Women Protest Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Update. Bison protesters arrested at Yellowstone National Park. Bozeman Chronicle. This is a news release from the Buffalo Field Campaign. The women have been arrested. Ralph Maughan. – – – – – – – Two Women Protest Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone Park. Mammoth Visitor’s Center Temporarily Closed Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park – Two…

  • British Columbia pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs

    Ralph Maughan

    Pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs. Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun. Just a reminder to those politicians and others who say we need a rapid plan to save the pines in Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, etc. The pine beetle infestation covers the pine forests from Alaska south to northern New Mexico. It will have varying impacts such…

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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.”

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