The Wildlife News

April 8, 2008

  • Deleted comments, etc.

    Ralph Maughan

    I’m getting a lot of comments telling people to go back to wherever and don’t mess with Wyoming, or that people in Wyoming or Idaho, or wherever are idiots. I live in Idaho and have for about 40 years, for those who are interested. These unpleasant comments don’t advance any discussion, and starting today I…

  • Central Idaho elk and deer doing fine in presence of wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Dr. Jim Peek presented data at the Chico wolf conference showing that the elk and deer population is doing fine in the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness. He examined population and hunter success trends in 4 key hunting units before and after wolf restoration. Currently there are 105-119 wolves in the 4 units,…

  • Spring chinook return at snail's pace to Columbia River

    Ralph Maughan

    After the unexplained virtual disappearce of the salmon run in the Sacremento River after the best run in many years, the slow return of chinoock salmon into the Columbia has folks on edge. Rocky Barker writes about it today. Idaho Statesman. Update added April 11. Sharp Curb on Salmon Season. By FELICITY BARRINGER. New York…

  • 20th Annual North American Wolf Conference begins today

    Ralph Maughan

    The annual wolf conference begins today at Chico Hot Springs Resort at Pray, Montana. Story The conference is sold out with the greatest attendance ever. It is sponsored by us (the Wolf Recovery Foundation), Defenders of Wildlife, and Yellowstone National Park.

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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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