July 2008

  • Here is the latest news on Idaho wolves as released by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. For your reference, here is the report for the 2 weeks previous to the latest report below. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – IDAHO WOLF MANAGEMENT…

  • For Immediate Release, July 3, 2008 Contact: Rob Edward, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 573-4898 ext. 762, redward@wildearthguardians.org Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 534-0360, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878 Daniel R. Patterson, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, (520) 906-2159 Federal Cash Brings Reward for Information on Illegal Wolf Killings to $50,000 SILVER…

  • Bush’s BLM had put a moratorium on solar energy lease applications for development on public lands wanting to wait for comprehensive environmental analysis before accepting new applications. The moratorium met an uproar of opposition. Now, the moratorium is dead. Solar application moratorium called off – AP

  • State vets plan to elminate brucellosis in Yellowstone bison. By Alden Downing, Channel 8 television. Billings, MT How f–king stupid can you be and hold an office like this!!?? I debated the Idaho State vet once (a different person than the current one). The guy was dumb as mud, and I’ve not bragging about my…

  • Phantom Hill Pack wolf project off to a dramatic start. Idaho Mountain Express. “Last minute reroute of sheep band helps avert ‘train wreck’ Moving a sheep herd onto a pack’s rendezvous site almost always results in dead sheep.

  • River, Wyoming Range bills move to Senate. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Noah Brenner. The Wyoming Range bill, sponsored by Wyoming’s Republican senators, would withdraw a big area of scenic, wildlife rich and and unstable soil from oil and gas leasing (contrary to the party’s push to open everything up on public lands). It…

  • More on the Western Governors Conference being held in Jackson, WY. . . – – – – Western govs to mull ways to cut pollution, slow warming, boost energy. By Robert Gehrke. The Salt Lake Tribune. Govs hear water warning. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star Tribune. As Brian Ertz and others have remarked, politicians dealing…

  • Possible gray wolf seen on northern NM ranch. AP. This is on Ted Turner’s huge Vermejo Ranch. A wolf could migrate from Yellowstone this far south.

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