Brian Ertz
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This has been an ongoing controversy as wildlife managers have built giant water tanks within wilderness, allegedly to help Kofa bighorn sheep. Instead, the bighorns avoid the water tanks. The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge has also been planning to kill Kofa mountain lions to decrease predation on the bighorn sheep. It’s a classic example of…
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Wolf Advocates filed this motion in Montana District Court today : Plaintiffs’ Motion for Expedited Merits Briefing Update. Newspaper story on this: Wolf advocates won’t appeal court decision allowing hunts in Idaho, Montana. By Rob Chaney. The Missoulian
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Deputy, trooper stun elk to free it from fence – AP
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Another controversial Obama appointment This time, environmentalists are angered with Obama’s choice for Office of Surface Mining Reclamation, and Enforcement. Enviros Blast Obama’s Choice for Office of Surface Mining – ENS For the past 17 years Pizarchik has been engaged in Pennsylvania’s mining program, first as legal counsel and then as the director of the…
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Federal Law Enforcement’s Double Standard on Bird Deaths Robert Bryce writes about the enormous disparity in federal law enforcement between a bird killed in a wastewater tank versus the increasing number of birds falling victim to Wind Energy. Wind Turbines and Bird Kills – via Counterpunch : When it comes to protecting America’s wildlife, federal…
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This may be the beginning of a “Custom & Culture” series of photo-essays here on Ralph Maughan’s Wildlife News
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How Many Biologists Does It Take to Count a Dead Grizzly? Adrea Peacock adapts an essay from In the Presence of Grizzlies: The Ancient Bond Between Men and Bears by Doug and Andrea Peacock, The Lyons Press 2009 : Bearly Making It – via CounterPunch On December 17, 2004, Louisa Willcox of the Natural Resources…
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Great news ! : Government Leaves [Mexican] Wolf Pack in the Wild KUNM – FM radio The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will not remove a wolf pack from the wild in southwestern New Mexico. Regional Director Benjamin Tuggle ruled last week that the Middle Fork Pack is highly valuable genetically to the Mexican gray…