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  • Selway-Bitterroot Grizzly Shot

    Brian Ertz

    A guided hunter from Tennessee accidently shot a Grizzly in Central Idaho while baiting for black bear. Idaho Statesman: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game are investigating the killing of a large grizzly bear in north-central Idaho, where the last confirmed sighting of the species was in…

  • 'They're asking for it'

    Brian Ertz

    There’s been a lot of discussion about bear interaction and about the best way to prevent conflict. In a previous post Ralph shared a story about folk not knowing or caring enough to clean up their camp entitled ‘They’re not getting it’. The Rexburg Standard Journal has a story which suggests to me that not…

  • Salmon numbers remain low. Only four sockeye swim to Redfish Lake (Idaho) from Pacific

    Ralph Maughan

    Four sockeye swim to Redfish from Pacific. By Greg Moore. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. 1,549 of the more numerous chinook salmon having been counted at the Sawtooth Hatchery near Stanley as of Sept. 4. Sept. 6 will be the last day of counting. Returning salmon numbers are down throughout the vast Columbia river system.…

  • Craig, "ecoterrorists", hidden riders, and industrial legacy

    Brian Ertz

    There is no doubt, the hoopla surrounding ID Senator Larry Craig is a well deserved condemnation of hypocrisy that’s been years in the coming and nobody is celebrating his descent more than progressives throughout the Northwest. Now, he has resigned effective September 30. But the shamefull manner in which a powerful Republican Senator squandered his…

  • Enviros: northern Arizona could be home to jaguars.

    Ralph Maughan

    Enviros: northern Arizona could be home to jaguars. By Cyndy Cole. Arizona Sun Staff Reporter. This certainly makes sense from the perspective of climate change, as the topics extend further and further north.

  • Rocky Barker's blog: Craig's departure would fundamentally change salmon debate in Congress

    Ralph Maughan

    Craig has been just about enemy number one of preventing extinction of salmon runs in Idaho. Barker doesn’t say “enemy of salmon.” He takes the lighter, “leading defender of the BPA” (Bonneville Power Administration, which “wheels” the electricity from many of the salmon-killing dams on the Columbia River and the Snake River (both in the…

  • Endangered ferret bounces back in Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is some good news about one of the very most endangered mammals. Endangered [black-footed] ferret bounces back in Wyoming. By Alison Williams. LA Times Post 1428

  • Many troubles for the sage grouse

    Brian Ertz

    WWPblog has a story about many of the threats to sage grouse. Here’s a link to the West Nile concerns This just goes to show how important rehab efforts after the fire will be to get these birds, and a host of other wildlife, proper habitat. Siberian wheat-grass, another non-native very similar to Crested Wheat,…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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