The Wildlife News

March 2009

  • Cougar found cattin' around (in Wisconsin)

    Ken Cole

    DNR confirms sighting, will wait a bit on chase Cougar found cattin’ around Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

  • Bighorn battle could doom sheep ranchers

    Ken Cole

    Idaho Sheep Ranchers are Struggling Against Reality. The law and science are not on their side so they are pressuring the State to come up with a solution to protect them. On Thursday February 26th the second meeting of what is being called the “Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Group” was held in Boise. At this…

  • Good news. Western Watersheds Project Wins Appeal Of Grazing Decision On 412,000 Acres Of Arizona Desert

    Ralph Maughan

    This helps makes up a bit for the bad news on wolves today- Tucson, Arizona Today, a federal judge reversed the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to allow livestock grazing on 412,000 acres of public land managed by the Bureau’s Kingman Field Office. Saying, “Cattle are not ghosts. They are bigger and heavier than any…

  • Salazar affirms decision to delist wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Will we now see a quick bloodbath in Idaho? Some stories from other media are now showing up. 3/6 Feds to proceed with wolf delisting. Wyoming wolves will remain listed under the ESA. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express. 3/6 Salazar OKs wolf removal from endangered list. AP. By Matthew Brown and John Flesher. 3/6…

  • Another Coloradoan to Interior

    Ralph Maughan

    Salazar fills most Interior slots with fellow Coloradoans- His predecessor, Dirk Kempthorne, former Idaho governor, filled DOI with Idaho people, most of them long time foes of conservation, with scores to settle with Idaho conservationists. Secretary Salazar’s people certainly have a different policy perspective, but almost all are coming from just one state — not…

  • Resistance to the War on the Wild

    Brian Ertz

    Several friends and associates found themselves in Eugene last weekend attending the University of Oregon Law School’s annual Public Interest Environmental Law Clinic (PIELC), I didn’t make it this year but I thought I’d share Michael Donnelly’s irreverent account of this year’s gathering for those interested : Resistance to the War on the Wild –…

  • Bear Rub

    Brian Ertz

  • Yellowstone elk population up slightly

    Ken Cole

    7,109 elk counted in the northern range. Elk grazing in Yellowstone © Ken Cole Each year elk are counted from a plane on the northern range of Yellowstone and the counts are affected by conditions on the ground and in the air. It appears that the elk population is stabilizing from the drop seen over…

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Jim Fowler

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