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Ken Cole

  • Re-Wilding Montana

    Ken Cole

    An Event in Missoula, Montana on October 25, 2010 It never fails. Every time I find myself driving across the immense open space and undulating landscape of the front range in Montana, I puzzle myself over the absence of bison. And each time I hear about the threat posed to livestock by wolves, I wonder…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • Ranching "custom and culture"….

    Ken Cole

    of Death. This coyote was found hanging from a fence post on the Mud Flat Road in Owyhee county.  Graphic.

  • Sheep link to bighorn illness adds to grazing controversy

    Ken Cole

    BLM reviewing sheep allotments within 30 miles of bighorn populations. This is another exposé about the fallout of the Payette bighorn viability decision and the latest science which conclusively shows that domestic sheep diseases kill bighorn sheep. What jumps out at me is the information contained near the bottom of the article which says that…

  • Wolf hater and accused elk poacher faces possible life hunting ban

    Ken Cole

    More about the trial of Tony Mayer, founder of SaveElk.com- “Judge Israel sternly told Mayer that he is charged with “flagrant unlawful killing and/or possession of a trophy bull elk,” a crime punishable in Idaho by up to five years in prison and a one-year to lifelong loss of hunting and fishing rights.” “Accused elk…

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