April 2008

  • Kathie Lynch: Druid 253 – Rest in Peace

    Ralph Maughan

    Druid 253, Rest in Peace By © Kathie Lynch It has been nearly a week since I returned from Yellowstone, and I still find it hard to muster my usual enthusiasm. The feelings of anger and despair caused by the cold-blooded murder of Druid wolf 253M, combined with the daily horror of watching bison march…

  • March 2008 sets global land temperature for Earth

    Ralph Maughan

    I am posting this news because the winter of 2007-8 has been colder than normal in the United States, and once again some people are confusing the weather with climate, and in an irritatingly parochial way confusing the United States with the world. Low temperatures and heavy snow in the United States and Europe were…

  • Children increasingly disconnected from nature

    Ralph Maughan

    Some of my very first and best memories (I must have been about 3 years old) are of the outdoors. By that I don’t mean the lawn or a favorite tree. My grandfather located and developed mining properties . . . unsuccessfully when I was boy because he was in his mid-70s, but he recruited…

  • 2,400 Yellowstone bison now dead

    Ralph Maughan

    2,400 Yellowstone bison dead. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide. Only 1,950 have been counted alive, and many just barely. This news comes out as a new severe winter storm descends on the area.

  • Gray Wolf Livestock Loss Mitigation Act

    Brian Ertz

    Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) have introduced federal legislation to line the pockets of Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana in their efforts at compensating livestock producers for animals probably maybe killed by wolves. Senators seek to compensate owners for livestock killed by wolves

  • NYT: "The sorry myth of brucellosis"

    Ralph Maughan

    While it doesn’t directly address “the deal,” “the breakthrough,” the NYT just printed The Sorry Myth of Brucellosis. The editorial is about Wyoming, not bison and Montana, but the media are starting to notice the connection between brucellosis and the dominance of the livestock industry.

  • Deal opens up land to some Yellowstone bison: Officials praise plan as critics say it will make little difference

    Ralph Maughan

    Deal opens up land to some Yellowstone bison: Officials praise plan as critics say it will make little difference. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press. I just read some comments on this blog with opinion that the headlines were saying this is a great deal. Above is the exact headline as the Billings Gazette printed it…

  • The Schweitzer news release on bison

    Ralph Maughan

    Here it is. I can’t discern the details from what is in the release. Ralph Maughan – – – – – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, April 17, 2008 CONTACTS: Sarah Elliott 406-444-9725 Governor, Park Superintendent, Church President Announce RTR Agreement (HELENA) – Governor Brian Schweitzer, Church Universal and Triumphant and Royal Teton Ranch (RTR) President…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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