August 2012

  • American Prairie Reserve buys a 150,000 acre Montana ranch

    Ralph Maughan

    American Prairie Reserve has purchased as huge ranch next to the C.M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge- The American Prairie Reserve is trying to put together a huge private wildlife reserve in NE Central Montana. This is a place where there is a lot of open space and a fair amount of public land. The C.M. Russell…

  • Washington State might kill off the Wedge Pack today.

    Ralph Maughan

    Have these wolves really killed any livestock at all? A Washington state rancher near the Canandian border in the territory of the Wedge wolf pack says he has found two more dead calves he thinks were killed by wolves because of the bite marks on their hindquarters. As a result the state indicates they will…

  • Jaguars will have an area of critical habitat established for them in SW United States

    Ralph Maughan

    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate  lands in Arizona and New Mexico- Not all endangered species receive a designated “critical habitat.”  This is a big thing for the big cat that is a rare inhabitant of the SW U.S.  The trouble is jaguars may not even inhabit the United States on a continuing basis.…

  • Idaho Wildlife Summit is Aug 24-26

    Ralph Maughan

    You can participate on-line at this important event or at one of eight locations- Boise, Idaho. The first Idaho Wildlife Summit is being held August 24, 25 and 26. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the summit will be to discuss the future of Idaho wildlife by helping “Idaho’s hunters, anglers, trappers, bird watchers,…

  • Kathie Lynch’s Late Summer 2012 Yellowstone Wolf Update

    Kathie Lynch

    A Tale of Two Wolves- By © Kathie Lynch This is the story of two Yellowstone wolves, Lamar Canyon alpha 832F (“The ’06 Female”) and Blacktail disperser 777M. One continues to live an amazing life and one has died a valiant death. Each epitomizes what it means to live life to the fullest, risking all for…

  • Idaho fires continue to add to air quality woes (updated). Yankee Fork being evacuated! Now Featherville too

    Ralph Maughan

    Halstead Fire threatens all the Salmon River Mountains NE and East of Stanley- Trinity Ridge Fire’s advance prompts immediate full evacuation of Featherville area-  Air quality in Idaho right now is the worst in a generation in many places, and we’re not even speaking of places immediate to the fires. Three fires in particular the…

  • Killing ravens to save livestock grazing, not sage grouse

    Ken Cole

    In Nevada nowadays it is all the rage to blame predators for habitat problems created by overgrazing by livestock. That is clearly illustrated in an article published in the Elko Daily News which describes the efforts that the State of Nevada has undertaken under pressure from livestock groups cleverly disguised as hunting groups. Rather than…

  • New research indicates hybrid bison may not be as fit as those without cattle genes

    Ken Cole

    With the exception of the Yellowstone population and a few other small herds of bison which came from Yellowstone, virtually all of the buffalo in in the U.S. are hybrids with cattle genes. The amount of genetic material from cattle may be small but there has been debate about whether it can affect the fitness…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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