January 2009
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This is a direct link to their news release as formated in New West- Buffalo Allies supports passage . . .
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This is entirely predictable- . . . and you can bet most state legislatures will do nothing about it. Black-market meat – Illegal killing of animals on rise as economy sinks. By Tracie Cone. AP in the Missoulian. Idaho Fish and Game needs more money, although they make me mad and I don’t think they…
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Plan is out in the open- Although they wanted to just do a quick kill, under the 10j rules Idaho can kill off wolves in an area if wolves are making it so that ID F and G objectives aren’t being meet. They have to perform a ritual first, however. A delisted population could have…
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This should make it easier to get wolf and other wildlife information- One of the major problems that has emerged in recent years is simply getting information from the federal government which should be by law, freely available. The Bushies made it so the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) was becoming almost useless, and agencies…
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This loss highlights the importance of genetic interchange and landscape-level habitat preservation The Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit has been listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act but efforts to restore the bunny have been unsuccesful. Even efforts at maintaining as much of the Columbia Basin ancestory/gene by interbreeding with Idaho pygmy rabbits are not…
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Preliminary wolf numbers are announced by Idaho Fish and Game- Idaho Wolves: At A Glance IDFG new release. The news release reports that there are 824 wolves, 88 packs of which 38 are considered breeding pairs. This is up from the 732 wolves and 83 packs but not in the way that you may think.…
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It looks like the freeze of all unpublished Bush regulations stops the current run to delist the wolf- Obama Rule Halts Wolf Delisting. Center for Biological Diversity. News Release This is very happy news because we just learned that Idaho has some very nasty plans for the wolves if they are delisted — a quick…
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A new chance for America and the world. – – – – Will criminal activity of the Bush Administration go unpunished? Jan. 11, 2009. Obama doesn’t rule out a special prosecutor. From a USA Today blog. Jan. 13, 2009. Democrats seek criminal probe of Bush ‘abuses’. USA Today. Jan. 16, 2009. Poll Finds Disapproval of…