The Wildlife News

May 2008

  • Owyhee Country public lands bill passes key U.S. Senate committee

    Ralph Maughan

    Yesterday I posted about the passage of the bill to protect the vast Wyoming Mountain range from oil and gas — a big matter for Wyoming. The same committee also passed Idaho Senator Mike Crapo’s “Owyhee bill,” which failed at the last minute at the end of the last Congress. This has been very controversial…

  • Rocky Barker: Judge appears to tip his hand in wolf lawsuit

    Ralph Maughan

    Judge appears to tip his hand in wolf lawsuit. Letters from the West. Idaho Statesman. Barker speculates that the death of wolf 253 could play a key role in the great delisting lawsuit. In way of correction or perhaps addition, there were many stories about 253 before and after the piece by Louisa Willcox. I…

  • Tight lines: Energized effort to protect wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    “The complacency of Utah anglers and hunters has always confounded me. Most organized group reactions to issues concerning wildlife are emotional outbursts that come too late in the game.” Read the rest in Tight lines: Energized effort to protect wildlife. Brett Prettyman. Salt Lake Tribune columnist. – – – – Then too there are those…

  • When Bears Steal Human Food, Mom's Not (necessary) To Blame

    Ralph Maughan

    When Bears Steal Human Food, Mom’s Not To Blame. ScienceDaily. Cubs can learn it on their own or from watch unrelated bears.

  • Key U.S. Senate Committee passes bill to protect the Wyoming Range mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is some good news. The U. S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee yesterday passed a bill closing 1.2 million (!!) acres of the Wyoming Range mountains to natural gas exploration and production. This highly scenic, unstable, and wildlife rich mountain range is west of Big Piney and Daniel and south of Jackson, Wyoming.…

  • News From Judge Molloy's Court on Wolf Litigation – 5/7

    Brian Ertz

    Two decisions from Judge Molloy today on the litigation brought by the coalition of conservation and animal rights groups against the federal government’s decision to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf. The first is Judge Molloy’s decision on a motion made by the federal government requesting an extension of two weeks to respond to…

  • Idaho, MT, WY head to court to keep control over wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana, Wyoming, Idaho head to court to keep control of wolves. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press The states are seeking to intervene in the delisting lawsuit. No doubt, they will be allowed to do this by the court. The legal purpose for intervening in a lawsuit is to make sure the court hears relevant arguments…

  • Wildlife Services: The ugly economy of killing wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    The ugly economy of killing wildlife. Writers on the Range in High Country News. By Lisa Upson and Wendy Keefover-Ring. Predator control looks a lot different on the ground. Writers on the Range in High Country News. By Bonnie (Kline is the is executive director of the Colorado Wool Growers Association)

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