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  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service abandons plan to give ESA protection to bi-state sage grouse

    Ralph Maughan

    Was it political expediency? News release RENO, Nev. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today abandoned its plan to give Endangered Species Act protection to Mono Basin sage grouse, a small and isolated population of prairie birds in Nevada and California that remain under threat from grazing, habitat loss and mining development. The agency’s decision…

  • States are acting on drones used in hunting

    Ralph Maughan

    A number of states have banned use of drones- Whether by passing a new law or the state wildlife agency making a new rule, the use of drones in hunting is being shot down in the states. Low cost drones continue to infiltrate our lives and the economy, and hunting is no exception. A common…

  • Federal judge rules that Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan is illegal

    Brett Haverstick

    MOSCOW, ID-Yesterday afternoon, the honorable Judge Edward Lodge ruled on the legal challenge brought forth by Friends of the Clearwater, Palouse Group-Sierra Club and Alliance for the Wild Rockies on the Clearwater National Forest Travel Plan. The plaintiffs challenged the sufficiency of the federal agencies’ analysis and the lack of compliance with executive orders on…

  • The Sonoran Desert National Monument Plan to continue grazing is ruled “arbitrary and capricious”

    Ralph Maughan

    Federal Court Finds the BLM Broke the Law in Permitting Desert Grazing- News release Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878 Sandy Bahr, Grand Canyon Chapter of the Sierra Club (602)253-8633 Laurie Rule,  Advocates for the West (503)914-6388 – – – Phoenix, AZ.  Two conservation groups have won their legal claims against the Bureau of Land…

  • Speak for Wolves August 7-9, 2015 West Yellowstone, Montana

    Brett Haverstick

    Wildlife management reform objective one- Speak for Wolves is an opportunity for the American people to unite and demand wildlife management reform and restore our national heritage. This year’s event is set to take place in the Union Pacific Dining Lodge on August 7-9, 2015 in West Yellowstone, Montana. Here is the first objective in reforming…

  • Latest in Frank Ranches, et al. v. Jonathan Ratner, Western Watersheds Project

    Ralph Maughan

    Was it trespass, or is it really punishing WWP for exposing that truth? In the matter of Frank Ranches, et al. (more ranches) versus Johnathan Ratner, individually and in his capacity in Western Watersheds Project and Western Watersheds Project (WWP), there have been a number of motions: a WWP motion to dismiss, the plaintiff’s response in opposition…

  • Why Buffalo Should be Protected by the Endangered Species Act

    Ralph Maughan

    After many years of battles it is hard to say that management of Yellowstone Park bison by the federal government and the state of Montana has improved. Almost every winter there is a slaughter just north of the Park, and sometimes to the west of the Park and even inside the Park. This winter there is…

  • 2014 was excellent year for grizzly bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Doom and gloom hardly justified this year- Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone (GYE) and the Northern Continental Divide ecosystems (NCDE) had a very good year in 2014 when we consider bear mortality. In the GYE there were only 25 confirmed dead grizzlies. In 2013 there were 29 and in 2012 there were 59!  In…

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