The Wildlife News

October 11, 2009

  • What happens to ranchers' pet cows – not for faint-hearted

    Ralph Maughan

    I found this shocking piece on the Yellowstone Net forum- Here it is. You have been warned.

  • Obama's Environmental Policies Reflect Bush

    Ralph Maughan

    Obama’s environmental policies reflect Bush’s. By John H. Weis. Op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune My opinion. Ralph Maughan. Obama is interesting in abating climate change and some high profile issues, but as we have complained many times he doesn’t seem to have any feeling for the public lands of the West, except maybe for…

  • Into the Wild

    Ralph Maughan

    Camping deep in Yellowstone Park’s backcountry- Although titled after the movie about the young man who perished in Alaska’s Wilderness, this feature is by a man who ventured into the Park’s deep backcountry. For those of us who have done this multiple times, such as myself, this is hardly extraordinary, but for those who haven’t…

  • Cow flop? No, an unusual fungus

    Ralph Maughan

    Out walking in cow country in the mountains above Pocatello, ID the other day, I came across this large fungus. Does anyone know what it is?

  • Wildlife advocates irked by wolf tally next to Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    More reaction on the “unexpectedly” large number of wolf hunt kills next to Yellowstone Park- Wildlife advocates irked by wolf tally. By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle.

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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