April 2009

  • Marvel says bighorn bill helps his cause the most

    Ken Cole

    “It correctly constructs in the public eye the clash of values we are experiencing” Rocky Barker interviews Jon Marvel (my boss) of Western Watersheds Project about the recent bill SB 1175 which requires the IDFG to kill bighorn sheep that enter domestic sheep grazing allotments. “The legislature is creating a trap for ranchers and the…

  • Protein linked to wasting disease found in elk antler velvet

    Ralph Maughan

    Consumers of “health supplement” may be at risk, study says- Protein linked to wasting disease found in elk antler velvet.  Consumers of health supplement may be at risk, study says.  By Hanneke Brooymans. The Edmonton Journal.

  • 'Colorado cabal' takes Interior's reins

    Ralph Maughan

    Dept. of Interior is usually quite unrepresentative of the country, but this is extraordinary- ‘Colorado cabal’ takes Interior’s reins. By NOELLE STRAUB. New York Times. Still, I’d say its better than the industry-minded bunch Dirk Kempthorne brought in Idaho.

  • Long-Wandering Wolf Found Dead in NW Colorado

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf 341F from just north of YNP didn’t find a mate in Colorado. Did she find a bullet? The cause of death hasn’t been established yet, or at least released to the public. We have done several stories on her long wandering. Long-Wandering Wolf Found Dead. Thousand-mile trek ends in death for lone wolf. By…

  • Ranchers now have a way out

    Brian Ertz

    Mark Salvo and Andy Kerr write about the voluntary grazing buy-outs included in the recent Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, and how these “win/win” solutions could become a more generalized tool across western public lands to resolve often contentious resource conflicts. Ranchers now have a way out – High Country News, Writers on…

  • Open thread (for any discussion)

    Ralph Maughan

    This is for any comments you want to make- Folks have been commenting by posting some interesting material often unrelated to the particular topic of the post. So perhaps there is a need for an open discussion or discussions.

  • Should You Run or Freeze When You See a Mountain Lion?

    Ralph Maughan

    New study disputes the conventional wisdom to stay put or risk triggering lion’s instinct to pursue- The study was based on what 185 people did who were attacked by mountain lions. The data was from 1890 to 2000. It came from the U.S. and Canada. I can see from the abstract on which the article…

  • Warning. Bison migration across US 191 north of West Yellowstone!

    Ralph Maughan

    Sudden appearance of bison on highway have resulted in numerous bison deaths- Although conditions for the bison that leave west side of Yellowstone Park in the winter, and especially the spring, have been much better in 2009, the sudden migration of buffalo across busy U.S. 191 has resulted in at least 15 dead bison this…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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