August 2009
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Made by Man (Active Restoration) Dan McCormick combines art, ecology, and engineering to build sculptures that simulate a natural process/feature (ex: beaver dam) of a typical watershed that filters sediment, recharges a floodplain, establishes riparian vegetation/wildlife habitat and promotes general watershed health. When people actively work ~ say, planting willows or spreading seed ~ to…
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We’ve frequently discussed the environmental costs of new power generation, including wind and solar on public lands and centralized versus distributed generation. All energy production has environmental consequences. But while everyone’s talking about the pros and cons of the next generation technology, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council has found that although it may not…
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Of course the state didn’t. The bill by Idaho State Sen. Gary Schroeder wasn’t serious- Before any state would take wolves, there would have to be a long debate. Schroeder wanted them gone now. Wolves also reproduce so fast when they have good habitat that giving them away wouldn’t make any difference in Idaho. AP…
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Bear ate 74-year old women at house thought to consistently feed bears- Coroner: Bear caused death of Ouray County [Colorado] woman. Montrose Daily Press.
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Senator Baucus tells Secretry of Interior about the many threats from British Columbia- The latest threat to the river and Glacier National Park is gold mining. Interior chief Salazar visits North Fork. Missoulian. By Michael Jamison. BC’s indifference, I think, or at least hope, is mostly an accident of geography because no one lives in…
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Some of pack apparently killed 12 totally unguarded sheep- I may not have a update until late today, but apparently Idaho’s one semi-protected wolf pack killed 12 sheep of an Idaho nobleman. Defenders of Wildlife has had a major project to keep the wolves and the annual invasion of sheep apart in the general area…
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Several efforts underway to save this failing restoration program- AP Story. Groups push for special wolf protections. By Susan Montoya Bryan. From the Center for Biological Diversity. Center for Biological Diversity Petitions for Protection of Mexican Gray Wolf
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Not for control, but for population monitoring- There aren’t many grizzlies in Eastern Idaho. They are pretty much confined to the Targhee portion of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest up against Yellowstone Park and Grand Teton Park. Their range is slowly expanding. For example, grizzlies used to be found only north of Badger Creek up against…