April 2009
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You can sign up for a tour, although they fill up fast– Wolf Watching Tours Bring Profit for ID. Public News Service.
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Wyoming groups sue, challenging delisting plan for leaving Wyoming out. Wyoming Stock Growers Association, Wyoming Wool Growers Association, Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife Wyoming, Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, and the Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Association and others have asked to join the lawsuit asking that Wyoming be included in the wolf delisting plan. Wyoming’s wolf…
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The two condors are still alive but suffer from lead poisoning from ingested lead and wounds from shotgun pellets. $40,500 reward offered in shooting of 2 California condors LA Times
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Incident spotlights security vulnerability of centralized energy production and distribution This country is amidst a fundamental cross-roads when it comes to energy development. Many, including those in Washington, are straddling a dirty green line, a compromise of wildlife habitat and public lands to facilitate Salazar’s ambitious “moon shot” – the expeditious development of centralized renewable energy…
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If last year’s high mortality is repeated this year then Greater Yellowstone grizzlies may go back onto the Endangered Species List 37 griz killings spark worry. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Addition 4/10/2009. Rise in grizzly deaths topic of IGBT meeting. Associated Press.
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Thirteen rivers and creeks in the headwaters were protected by the Omnibus Public Lands Bill- Forest staff to implement Snake protections. By The Associated Press. Billings Gazette. Because the point of the bill is to keep things the way they are, keeping things the way they are doesn’t require a great amount of work to…
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250 to 300 Idaho wolves could be killed if delisting occurs. On May 2nd wolves will be delisted leaving a window of at least 30 days before the decision could be enjoined by a judge. During this time, assuming an injunction, a number of things could happen at the hands of the Idaho Fish and…
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No committee of the Idaho state legislature have more influence over wildife than than the Senate and the House Resource and Conservation Committees. A look at the occupations of those on the committees show they represent an Idaho of days gone by. This kind of occupational, and so viewpoint unrepresentativeness, is fairly common in legislatures,…