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Brian Ertz

  • The View from the Divide

    Brian Ertz

    Wyoming wilderness outfitters Tory and Meredith Taylor share a rare treat ~ The View from the Divide: Four Decades in Wyoming Wilderness – Tory & Meredith Taylor Wyofile.com

  • Clearwater Wolves Targeted for First ESA 10(j) Rule Killings

    Brian Ertz

    Friends of the Clearwater sent out this Action Alert: In January 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) adopted the revised regulations of section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This new rule substantially supports justifications for killing reintroduced, endangered gray wolves to nominally protect herds of elk, deer, and other wild ungulates…

  • Point, Counterpoint : Wolf reintroduction in Rocky Mountain National Park

    Brian Ertz

    Buckle up folks, a standoff ! Rob Edward of WildEarth Guardians opines on Rocky Mountain National Park’s (RMNP) overabundance of elk, hoping to jump start a conversation about wolf restoration in the wider ecosystem including Colorado – as opposed to guns.  Vaughn Baker, superintendent of RMNP says it won’t work.  Both featured in Sunday’s Denver Post:…

  • Nevada plans to remove "animals with big teeth in order to promote the animals hunters like to shoot"

    Brian Ertz

    State solicits Wildlife Service to do what it does best – slaughter wildlife When wildlife like elk or deer numbers decline, that is usually indicative of something.  Often it can be a temporary decline – a response to a natural event such as a fire, drought, or really cold winter – the natural ebb and…

  • Bill would allow Idahoans to sue over [non-existent, never before happened] wolf deaths

    Brian Ertz

    Is this the kind of political environment the federal government ought hand wolf management over to? We are amidst a recession. The state of Idaho is cutting funding for social services across the board – including education for our children. For anyone who ever doubted the depth of the political dysfunction/delusion that afflicts the great…

  • Where the Buffalo Groan

    Brian Ertz

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  • A Line in the Green Sand

    Brian Ertz

    Although this essay is international in scope, it being written about a river in Britain, it gets at the heart of a tension among environmental issues coming to a head in so many localities all over the West – all over the world.  Paul Kingsnorth hits the point in a way that many activists have…

  • WWP win in Washington state underscores politicized wildlife management

    Brian Ertz

    Thurston County Superior Court has ruled in favor of Dr. Steve Herman and Western Watersheds Project deciding that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) violated the State Environmental Protection Act when issuing grazing permits on its state wildlife areas without undergoing environmental analysis.  The state and Washington Cattleman’s Association had claimed that such…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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