February 2010
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Four Montana herds, two in Washington plagued by disease- Here is another update on the pneumonia killing so many bighorn. The article also gives the total estimated bighorn populations of Idaho, Montana, and Washington. Hard times hit area bighorns. By Rich Landers. Spokesman-Review. “The Payette National Forest [in Western Idaho] recently released a draft proposal…
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If so, post the URL, name of the story and the newspaper, magazine, etc. it comes from and a few of your thoughts- This idea came from Ron Kearns. Others thought it might be a good idea. It may be a way to avoid the pitfalls of an open forum. Let’s try it. Note that…
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Only 42 Mexican wolves! This was contributed by “TallTrent” on “Have you run across any interesting news?” – – – – – On December 28, I posted an article about the status of Mexican wolves that was pessimistic, but some folks from the area commented that things were looking up. This story casts doubt on…
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Should the Park road from West Yellowstone to Old Faithful be plowed? Earlier today “Salle” posted in our new “Have you run across any interesting news” section her views and a large number of links relating to this important (if judged by the huge amount of litigation) set of rules for using Yellowstone in the…
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Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field February 4, 2010 Buffalo Field Campaign relies on donations from people like you to fund our work to protect the bison. Please contribute today to keep us strong in the field and on the policy front. —————————— —————————— * Update from the Field * IBMP Agencies…
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From Mark Collinge “The attached report summarizes information regarding wolf management activities conducted by the Idaho Wildlife Services (WS) program in Federal fiscal year 2009, covering the period from October1, 2008 – September 30, 2009. If you have questions regarding any of the information in this report, please contact the Idaho WS State Office.” ID…
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Could be the first animal listed as threatened or endangered because of climate change Decision expected tomorrow. Two previous stories on the pika listing process: Formal Protection For Pika Due To Climate Change May 7, 2009 U.S. agrees to consider protections for pikas February 15, 2009 Pika decision could have far-reaching effects By MIKE STARK…
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“Wilderness Wolf Watchers” Act to Protect Wolves & Wilderness The Wolf Recovery Foundation and Western Watersheds Project recently filed suit to end the Idaho Department of Fish & Game’s (IDF&G) attempt to use helicopters to chase, capture, and collar wolves in the Frank Church-River-Of-No-Return Wilderness. The suit also seeks to shut down Wildlife Service’s wolf…