Politics
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Is this amendment to Idaho Constitution needed? If there is any state where the abstract legal ability for people to hunt, fish and trap is guaranteed and there is no political threat, it is Idaho. Nevertheless, the Idaho Legislature has proposed and put on the November ballot a measure that would amend the Idaho Constitution…
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Republican Hill sees wildlife in terms of hunting; Democrat Bullock takes a more expansive view of the value of wildlife- The view of governors on wildlife makes a big difference because wildlife management is the province of the states except for endangered species and some marine mammals. Montana’s Democrat and current attorney general Steve Bullock…
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Did non-violent protest work here? The news is that Tim de Christopher is getting out of a California federal prison a bit early, after 18 months instead of 2 years. He will serve out the last 6 months in a Salt Lake City halfway house. Presumably there in work release they will try to have…
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Washington race for governor echoes typical Republican/Democrat gap on the environment- In the late 1960s to the the late 70s, there wasn’t much difference between the two parties on “environmental” issues, as that set of issues had become known. Both parties generally supported strong policies, especially when it came to cleaning the air, water, and…
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Wolves now under Wyoming control and they are already being shot in state’s first wolf hunting season- Mike Jimenez, who has managed wolves in Wyoming for U.S. government for years now with a slowly growing wolf population and minimal livestock depredations, has written his last wolf news report. Here it is converted to a PDF…
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Big public Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday- California Advances Wolf to a Candidate Endangered Species- The killing of the Wedge Pack continues to stir Washington State. Here is a sample of the stories as of a day ago. OPB Earthfix: Alpha Male Wolf In Wedge Pack Killed, Ending State Hunt Cascadia Blog: WDFW and…
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A big victory for conservation after years of political then legal wrangling- For many years U.S. national forest users battled over development of those areas with no roads (“roadless areas”). As the more economically valuable roadless area were developed first, those that remained were usually developed only because of ever increasing federal subsidies. Roads in…
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What a difference a state can make- When you leave Idaho for Oregon, it seems like more Idaho for a long distance. The same is true to a lesser extent in Washington State, but this story certainly shows, politically speaking, for the conservation of a controversial endangered species, Olympia is not like Boise, Idaho; Helena,…