March 2011

  • US Fish and Wildlife is accepting comments on Montana’s wolf reduction proposal in the Bitterroot Mountains

    Ken Cole

    Blaming wolves for poor elk management? The US Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an Environmental Assessment for Montana Fish Wildlife and Park’s wolf reduction proposal for the Bitterroot hunting district HD250 just southeast of Hamilton, Montana.  In the proposal to kill all but 12 wolves in the district, they claim that wolves are responsible…

  • Buffalo Field Campaign: On-the-ground activism

    Ken Cole

    Here are a couple of articles about the Buffalo Field Campaign and how they, and other groups are funded.  Contrary to popular belief BFC’s top paid people don’t make much money (trust me, I know this because I am on their Board of Directors).  BFC is also very efficient with its money and has very…

  • Oil industry demand for more drilling permits to lower oil prices is phoney

    Ralph Maughan

    The argument that more drilling, fewer regulations will bring down oil price spikes is a tired old story- The oil industry recycles it for every international crisis, nevertheless; and the media take it seriously (sort of). Once again they are exposed, although simple logic tells us that a strategy that takes years to implement will…

  • Montana Wildlife Federation is going to sue over the oil megaloads

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho landowners and conservationists to get help from Montana allies- National Wildlife Federation Prepared to Sue Montana Over Mega-loads. By George Prentice. Boise Weekly. Exxon is now getting ready to test taking the megaloads up Highway 12 and through Montana. There could be as many as 200 gigantic loads from Exxon sent to Alberta. Some,…

  • Have you come across any interesting Wildlife News? March 28, 2011

    Ken Cole

    Note that this replaces the 26th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog.  Please don’t post entire articles here, just the link, title and your comments about the article. Most of these violate copyright law. They also take up too much space.

  • Dozens protest wolves outside Missoula court hearing

    Ralph Maughan

    Numbers were a big anti-wolf disappointment- Disappointing small number of anti-wolf protesters show up at Molloy hearing. Missoulian. By Ken Briggeman.

  • Poll Finds Strong Public Support for Bison Restoration in Montana

    Ken Cole

    In February the National Wildlife Federation conducted a poll of 400 Montana voters and found that they are strongly in support of bison recovery in Montana.  Particularly, 70% say they support recovery in areas such as the Spotted Dog WMA near Deer Lodge and the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge which covers 1.1 million acres in central…

  • Judge asked to lift federal protections on wolves

    Ken Cole

    Judge Molloy will rule “soon” on whether to accept the settlement. As described in the Missoulian article, there are three ways this could go. One, he could say that the settlement has no value. Two, he could recommend to the 9th Circuit that they accept the settlement. Three, he could say it needed more discussion…

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