The Wildlife News

November 2008

  • Sage grouse decision looks like its going to be left for Obama

    Ralph Maughan

    Ranch, gas interests had hoped Kempthorne would influence the results of “status review” on the disappearing bird- I know that by last May Western Watersheds Project and Advocates for the West had pretty much figured out that the matter would go to the next Administration. Of course the Bushies had hoped to ram it through.…

  • Did you ever wonder what happened to the cave bears?

    Ralph Maughan

    A study says cave bears killed by Ice Age, not hunters- I didn’t know that the huge cave bears were vegetarians. Changing climate wiped out their food. Story on the extinction of cave bears. By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent. Reuters.

  • Conservation groups give Idaho's congressionals low marks

    Ralph Maughan

    Craig and Sali, the worst, will be gone in 2009- Watchdogs give Idaho delegation low marks. Environmental group tracks votes. By Gregory Foley. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. Of the 4 Larry Craig has been the worst. For decades he has been very active about his anti-conservation views. Sali was too nutty to be effective.…

  • Environmentalists [said to] draft bold roadmap for Obama

    Ralph Maughan

    Perhaps, but where is the public lands grazing reform? These are the establishment groups’ views. Environmentalists draft bold roadmap for Obama. By Dina Cappliello. AP in the Huffington Post.

  • BLM, NPS to settle? Utah parks may yet escape oil drilling

    Ralph Maughan

    Lease sale for Dec. 19 might exclude parcels adjacent to national parks- Utah parks may yet escape oil drilling. Land lease » BLM and Park Service may settle their dispute today. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune – – – – Original story in this blog from Nov. 9Utah oil and gas lease sale…

  • Yellowstone Club goes under. Are we sad?

    Ralph Maughan

    Saga of the Super-Rich- Yellowstone Club Returns to Bankruptcy Court, to Sink Further Into Debt. By Robert Struckman. New West.

  • Man building fence for WDFW paralyzed in fall

    Brian Ertz

    Washington governor’s program to put cows on state wildlife areas results in a second serious injury- A second man has taken a fall while building fence for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Family asks for help after man is paralyzed in canyon fall – klewtv.com Susan Perez said she had been fearful for…

  • Questions arise over tallies of wolf depredation figures in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Claim is that more are killed than reported- Yes, and given Wildlife Services’ seeming intent to reduce wolf populations by control after “depredations”, it seems just as likely the depredation figures are inflated. At any rate, the cost is small. Many people as individuals have lost far more in the decline of their retirement funds,…

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