November 2009

  • Info on Idaho wolf hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    This was prepared for the Idaho Fish and Game Commission meeting to be held Nov. 18- You can find this at http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/about/commission/09agenda/nov/11.pdf We urge folks to attend this meeting. They are already making plans for next year’s hunt, including changes. Seems a bit premature to us. Apparently they feel they do not need more data…

  • New Web site launched to track wildlife along Interstate 70 in Colorado

    Ralph Maughan

    Wildlife is the third most common reason for crashes on I-70- Story 1. New Web site launched to track wildlife along Interstate 70. Sky Hi Daily News. Story 2. Colorado officials and advocates conserving wildlife by stopping roadkill. By Caroline Griesel. Examiner How many readers have hit large animals? Maybe I should ask how many…

  • Nevada no 1 in per capita water use; Utah no 2

    Ralph Maughan

    These most arid states are frivolous in their water use- The direct reason for this is their determination to grow and do things that belong in water rich areas — fight the areas’ natural lack of water or fight some other natural factor.*  That’s why they build so many dams, dewater their streams, construct huge…

  • $11,000 now the offer for info on poaching of huge MT grizzly

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a brief, but important update on the story we ran earlier this year on the 800 pound grizzly poached on the Rocky Mountain Front in Montana. Reward now $11,000 for information about grizzly poaching. Great Falls Tribune staff. Here is the original story from the blog. Giant, 800 pound grizzly illegally killed on…

  • Montana: Trophy bull moose poached near Cardwell

    Ralph Maughan

    Moose was well known to local residents- The moose was left to rot/be scavenged Cardwell is on the Jefferson River east of Whitehall. Story. Moose poached.

  • Wolf quota reached west of Glacier National Park after Monday morning kill at Big Creek

    Ralph Maughan

    Quota of 2 wolves has been reached in North Fork of Flathead area- The quota was only two, but three wolves were poached in the during the hunt. Story: Wolf hunt closed west of Glacier. Missoulian.

  • Federal judge in Montana asked to end Yellowstone bison kills

    Ralph Maughan

    Suit asks federal judge to stop Forest Service and Park Service from participating in Montana’s annual bison slaughter- As winter comes, Montana Department of Livestock and 4 other agencies are again gearing up to kill bison that wander from the confines of Yellowstone Park under the discredited argument these will spread brucellosis. This year they…

  • Putting wind and solar on formerly contaminated sites

    Ralph Maughan

    Could the use of  “brownfields” reduce the conflicts over the placement of these land-expansive uses? Contamination transformation. Contaminated sites being used to house wind farms, solar arrays and geothermal power plants. Mother Nature Network. By Jessica A. Knoblauch It appears there is a lot of land in this category and many are near existing transmission…

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