The Wildlife News

January 2009

  • President Obama halts as many Bush midnight regulations as possible

    Ralph Maughan

    Article says he did the same as Bush did in 2001. Obama halts all regulations pending review. Order goes out Tuesday afternoon, shortly after inauguration. AP in MSNBC. This is what folks hoped for. Of course, this will only stop Bush regulations which are at a certain stage. How far back the order is able…

  • Grizzly bear found dead in the Ashton Reservoir (Idaho)

    Ralph Maughan

    Yearling male grizzly found dead under suspicious circumstances- Idaho Fish and Game Dept. news release. Jan. 16, 2009

  • Sheepherder Wants Special Treatment from Idaho Legislature.

    Ken Cole

    Weiser sheep rancher tells Idaho lawmakers Forest Service threatens his livelihood Brian Murphy – Idaho Statesman Sheepherder Ron Shirts has appealed to the Idaho Senate to intervene and give him special consideration above the interests of the public, wildlife, and the Nez Perce Tribe. Shirts complains that his livelihood is threatened because the Payette National…

  • Energy inefficient

    Ralph Maughan

    Editorial the the NYT stresses what should be a well known fact — cheapest source of new energy is greater efficiency- Energy Inefficient. Editorial by the New York Times. – – – – – – – Update: President Obama already has online a new whitehouse.gov. On it, among many other things, he lists his policy…

  • Last minute court decision blocks sale of the Utah oil and gas leases-

    Ralph Maughan

    Decision stopped bidders from taking possession of controversial leases just hours before they were final- 11th-Hour Court Order Blocks Oil and Gas Leases in Utah. By Felicity Barranger. New York Times. A temporary restraining has order stopped the winning bidders from the Dec. 19 lease sale from taking possession of tens of 110,000 acres of…

  • Cattle denude the Sonoran National Monument

    Ralph Maughan

    ORVs were kicked out of monument; the real damage is grazing- This is apparently, though a good place to find the bleached bones of cattle, a common visual theme of cartoons of people lost in the desert. Inane official, public actions scar Sonoran monument. By Linda Valdez. The Arizona Republic – – – – Update.…

  • Magnitude 4.0 quake near Jackson Hole

    Ralph Maughan

    Moderate quake was in the Snake River mountain range- I first learned about this when someone made a note of it on a photo I had uploaded to Panoramio (Google Earth). My photo was at the quake’s location. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch and Angus M. Thuermer Jr.  Quake…

  • The high cost of concentrated solar/wind energy in the desert-

    Ralph Maughan

    Alternative energy from the wind and sun comes at a high environmental cost and a cost to democracy if it is done wrong- Basin and Range Watch is a web site that shows the reality of wind and solar in SW deserts- Read (and look at the photos) in the Watch’s Green Energy vs Actual…

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