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  • Sage grouse decision may have big consequences

    Ralph Maughan

    The decision could have widespread ramifications for sage grouse habitat, which includes portions of at least eight Western states, including large swaths of Montana and Wyoming and the Powder River Basin, where there’s intense interest in energy development. Brodie Farquhar has an article about the politics of it in Wyoming. ‘Wyoming officials say listing the…

  • Judge Winmill: Government must reconsider giving the sage grouse protection under the ESA

    Ralph Maughan

    Talk about a blockbuster decision! Once again Julie MacDonald’s corrupt procedures at Interior have rebounded. The lawsuit was filed by Western Watersheds Project, and was represented by the conservation law firm, Advocates for the West. Story by Rocky Barker in the Idaho Statesman. Judge: Government must reconsider sage grouse I see where this is the…

  • Missoulian says the decision not to list river grayling smells "fishy"

    Ralph Maughan

    Fluvial (river) grayling have been reduced to just one river in the lower 48 states. USFWS doesn’t want to list them. They say graying in the few lakes that have them are sufficient. Western Watersheds Project and other groups are suing over this refusal to list. Editorial in the Missoulian.

  • More endangered species rulings reversed where Julie MacDonald had influence

    Ralph Maughan

    Julie MacDonald, the one-woman endangered species wreking crew, figures in yet another case of “inappropriate influence.” The US Fish and Wildlife Service will now revisit the white-tailed prairie dog, Preble’s meadow jumping mouse,  the Canada lynx, the Hawaiian picture-wing fly, the Arroyo toad, and the California red-legged frog. Story in the Denver Post. Endangered species…

  • Although the Great Lakes gray wolf is officially recovered, new genetic analysis indicates it is not a pure wolf

    Ralph Maughan

    ~I think this is the most important wolf story in quite a while~ – – – – – Perhaps the greatest success story in terms of numbers is the recovery of the wolf in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Recovery began, however, before genetic analysis had advanced. Far more is known today, and the recovered wolf…

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly sow deaths close to upper limit

    Ralph Maughan

    While it’s too soon to blame this on state management, the first year of state-run Greater Yellowstone grizzly management has seen too many deaths of grizzly sows, a very important parameter in keeping the delisted bear population from a relisting. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Grizzly sow deaths close to upper limit.…

  • Judge Orders Pygmy Rabbit Endangered Species Consideration

    Ralph Maughan

    This is pretty amazing because federal judge Edward Lodge of Idaho rarely rules in favor of conservation groups. Once again this shows how compromised the Bush/Kempthorne USFWS is. News Release For more information Katie Fite, Western Watersheds Project, (208) 871-5738 Todd Tucci, Advocates for the West, (208) 342-7024 Duane Short, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, (307) 742-7978…

  • Jaguars walled out of US

    Brian Ertz

    Demarcated Landscapes mourns another biological opinion issued by the US Fish & Wildlife Service late last week disregarding the effects of the US-Mexican border wall on jaguar migration. It has been hoped that a population may cross. The wall effectively cuts off two known corridors for jaguar migration along the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge…

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