April 2008
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The various bison killing agencies have announced they will kill no more bison around Yellowstone this spring. They did not mention whether they would haze the starving animals off of greening areas such as Horse Butte. They indicated that although the number had been cut in half, there would be no problem regenerating the herd…
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Today, Monday April 28, EarthJustice is expected to file a lawsuit trying to overturn the delisting of wolves one month ago — the handover to virtually unrestricted state management. Wyoming management has resulted already in at least ten, and probably many more, dead wolves from what was the state’s population of 188 wolves. The photos…
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Alberta suspends grizzly hunt for the fourth year pending the results of a five year study. The Canadian Press.
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This is from the League of Conservation Voters, the longest standing of the conservation groups that try in influence the outcomes of elections. Environmental Groups Announce Top 2008 Electoral Targets. LCV News Release. April 24, 2008
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Alberta govt. suspends wolf-poisoning program. Cathy Ellis, Canwest News Service
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Protection weighed for sage grouse in West’s energy areas. By Scott Sonner. Associated Press.
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On Feb. 21, 2008 there was a moderately powerful earthquake of 6.3 near Wells, Nevada. Naturally that was followed by many aftershocks. But now geologists are wondering if something unusual may be underway, especially as the quakes seem to have migrated toward populous Reno, Nevada. Sometimes moderately large quakes are foreshocks of a really big…
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Wolf lawsuit on Monday. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Eric Keszler, who speaks for Wyoming Game and Fish, says the following in the article above: “Keszler said the current [Wyoming] population can withstand the recent wolf shootings in Sublette County. He pointed out that roughly 90 percent of Wyoming’s wolves live in…