February 2009
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State solicits Wildlife Service to do what it does best – slaughter wildlife When wildlife like elk or deer numbers decline, that is usually indicative of something. Often it can be a temporary decline – a response to a natural event such as a fire, drought, or really cold winter – the natural ebb and…
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Small Wyoming gopher only exists in a small area where it is outnumbered by oil wells. Endangered or threatened? Feds review pocket gopher protection request Casper Star Tribune
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Mysteries of Song Bird Migration Revealed Tiny ‘Backpacks’ Yield New Data on Birds Washington Post One especially energetic purple martin, a member of the swallow family, flew 4,650 miles from its wintering grounds in Brazil to its breeding site in Pennsylvania in just 13 days. Tracking Device Reveals Songbirds’ Travels NPR
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“Boulder Bunnies” or “Rock Rabbits” are Under Threat from Global Warming U.S. agrees to consider protections for pikas San Francisco Chronicle “Surveys in the Great Basin show that more than one-third of the populations are disappearing”
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Is this the kind of political environment the federal government ought hand wolf management over to? We are amidst a recession. The state of Idaho is cutting funding for social services across the board – including education for our children. For anyone who ever doubted the depth of the political dysfunction/delusion that afflicts the great…
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Can Delisting Occur Without Wyoming? Legislature opts against new wolf rules.Casper Star-Tribune Online – Wyoming The Wyoming legislature has decided not to change its wolf management plan which has not been accepted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For delisting to occur, among other things, Wyoming must submit an acceptable plan to the USFWS.…
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What would happen to all of the bison presently in quarantine? Would they be killed? Senator John Brenden (R-Scobey) has introduced Senate Bill 337. It “Prohibits FWP from relocating wild buffalo or bison as a result of the state/federal bison quarantine feasibility study.” The Senate Hearing is next week on 2/17/09 in Helena. The true colors…