The Wildlife News

August 5, 2008

  • Oil falls as low as $118 on demand concerns

    Ralph Maughan

    The price of crude has dropped from $150 to $118 in the last month due to an absence of bad news and reduced demand. Oil falls as low as $118 on demand concerns. By Madlen Read. Washington Post. Still the campaign to increase the supply of domestic crude on public lands continues in order to…

  • The Gunbarrel Fire moves closer to the Cody-East Entrance road

    Ralph Maughan

    Winds have blown this backcountry/wilderness fire to the east of Yellowstone Park closer to the East Entrance road. It was started by a campfire and has mostly burned in very rugged country filled with bug-killed timber, producing a huge plume of smoke. North winds challenge Gunbarrel fire lines. By Ruffin Prevost. Billings Gazette. Update. August…

  • Pelican vs. trout: Idaho F&G's still out

    Ralph Maughan

    There was an increase in the number of the huge white pelicans in Idaho in 2007, although the number of nests is down this year. These are not common, nor widespread birds, but some anglers (mostly reservoir anglers) want them destroyed, even though they eat far more trash fish than trout. Once again, we face…

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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.”

Raveena Tandon

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