The Wildlife News

October 2010

  • DNA Tests Indicate Yellowstone National Park Elk, Not Bison, Most Likely To Spread Brucellosis

    Ken Cole

    Don’t worry about the man behind the curtain. In so many ways the issue of brucellosis in bison and elk is similar to the issue of domestic sheep diseases and bighorn except the rationalization for killing wildlife is just the opposite. We now know that domestic sheep are responsible for disease issues in bighorn sheep…

  • Beaver in our Midst

    Ken Cole

    A guest article by Mike Settell On June 26th, 2010, I inspected the South Fork of Mink Creek to document conditions of the Box Canyon road culvert that was being plugged by beaver.  Like many roads throughout the west, the South Fork Road parallels the creek and so problems with the road-creek interface are, at best,…

  • Idaho Fish & Game Director Among Elk Hunters Questioned for Trespassing

    Ken Cole

    There are bumper stickers on every IDFG vehicle that say “Ask First to Hunt and Fish on Private Property”. Honest mistake? Maybe, but who knows what the implications are. Idaho Fish & Game Director Among Elk Hunters Questioned for Trespassing. NewWest.Net

  • New Study: As of 2004 NR wolves genetically diverse, healthy

    Ralph Maughan

    1995-2004 study shows beneficial results of reintroducing wolves in terms of their genetics- Well, this is good news, and just what we would expect.  If wolves had been allowed to recolonize on their own, they would not be at all like this. This is why I supported reintroduction instead of regulation heavy natural recolonization under…

  • Madeleine Pickens 'buys the Ranch' setting the stage for wild horse sanctuary in northeastern Nevada

    Brian Ertz

    Saving America’s Mustangs: A Prospectus Recently, Madeleine Pickens purchased the 14,000 acre Spruce Ranch and gained control of adjacent BLM livestock grazing allotments amounting to 500,000 acres between Wells and Ely, Nevada. This private land acquisition and control of the associated public lands sets the stage for Pickens’ intent to create a wild horse sanctuary…

  • Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws

    Ralph Maughan

    On the “open range” if you don’t want someone else’s cattle on your property, you have to fence them out! Arizona is rethinking the fairness of this tradition.  So are people in other states. Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws. By Marc Lacey. New York Times. If you hit a black cow in the middle of…

  • Who's not willing to compromise on wolves?

    Ken Cole

    Is compromising with the lawless in the best interest of wolves, wildlife, or the ESA? By Ken Cole, Ralph Maughan, and Brian Ertz. Ever since wolves were relisted as an Endangered Species by Judge Molloy of Montana there has been a persistent drone of editorial opinion, political grandstanding, and accusations made about and against wolf/Endangered…

  • Some hunters like predators, dislike ATVs

    Ralph Maughan

    How many hunters are like this? Given the quality of the rabid anti-wolf folks, it might be easy to forget that many hunters (more than 50%?) take a balanced view of animals and hunting access. I think there is too much demonization of hunters per se on this blog.  Folks should be careful to separate…

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