January 2010

  • More on the jaguar

    Ralph Maughan

    Panthera, devoted to conserving wildcats, not thrilled by decision to set aside “critical habitat” for jaguar- In his NYT op-ed piece yesterday,  “Jaguars Don’t Live Here Anymore,” Alan Rabinowitz, head of Panthera, is not thrilled that USFWS has finally decided to start the ESA process of designating critical habitat for the jaguar in the United…

  • On the great Slickspot Peppergrass Controversy

    Ralph Maughan

    Various players reflect on the recent listing of the plant, the ESA, conservationists, and the government- I think this is a big issue for Governor Otter because the plant grows where a lot of his pals graze. I wish so much attention was paid to Idaho’s staggering education education system and all the unemployed people. …

  • Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds

    Ralph Maughan

    Does this mean they deliberately killed the state’s last jaguar? Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds. By Leslie Kaufman. New York Times.

  • Wolf lawsuit briefs keep coming into Judge Molloy’s office

    Ralph Maughan

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has now filed their brief- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, conservation groups file briefs in wolf lawsuit. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian Conservation groups filed their brief (set of or arguments) on Dec. 31. There are other briefs that have been filed as ” friend of the court” (amicus curiae) briefs.…

  • New Yellowstone Park earthquake swarm

    Ralph Maughan

    No. It doesn’t mean the end is near 😉 University of Utah seismic station. Earthquake swarm in park tops 1,000. Billings Gazette. Note added 1-24.  As expected, the swarm has dropped off a lot.

  • The explorers' club

    Ken Cole

    Meet the scientists risking their lives to find Earth’s rarest species This is an interesting article about cryptozoology, the “study of hidden animals”. One of the scientists mentioned is Dr. Jeff Meldrum, associate professor of anatomy and anthropology and my old college advisor at Idaho State University in Pocatello, who spends part of his time…

  • New Sierra Club chief brings confrontational style to the job

    Ralph Maughan

    Michael Brune is a big foe of industrial polluters- He has a hard job ahead after yesterday’s Supreme Court decision giving corporations more political power than they have had in a hundred years. New Sierra Club chief brings confrontational style to the job. “The new leader of the US’s largest environmental group will come to…

  • Pneumonia outbreak widens; FWP will kill 95 sheep in West Riverside herd

    Ken Cole

    Four recent outbreaks of disease in the west There are four disease outbreaks among bighorn sheep herds in the news this winter, two in Montana, one in Nevada, and one in Washington State. This is the time of year when bighorn sheep are concentrated so diseases are more easily transmitted. There has been no mention…

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