Idaho

  • Tester To Chair Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus

    Ken Cole

    Western Democrats want to gut the Endangered Species Act Jon Tester, the Democratic Senator for Montana, is facing a tough re-election battle in 2012 which may hinge on the wolf issue. He is desperate to find a solution which allows the State of Montana to manage wolves and wants to get something passed in the…

  • Otter meeting with Interior secretary, other governors on wolves

    Ken Cole

    Salazar can’t just change the rules without an open, public process under NEPA. The governors of Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana are meeting with Ken Salazar in Denver on Monday to talk about wolves. It will be interesting to see what comes of this. Really, there are very few options for the Department of Interior short…

  • Island Park, Idaho: Nature Conservancy. A bit more protection for their Henry's Lake Project

    Ralph Maughan

    Wildlife migration routes protected near this “working ranch”- It was a wonderful thing when the Nature Conservancy purchased most of Henry’s Lake Flat in the 1970s to protect Henry’s Lake Outlet (stream), which is a major component of the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River headwaters. This also protected much of the sometimes beautiful flat…

  • Anonymous Poacher Taunts Idaho Wildlife Agents From Everett

    Brian Ertz

    WTF? It’s just a sick game to some people : Anonymous Poacher Taunts Idaho Wildlife Agents From Everett – KOMO News via KXLY The letter reads in part: “Here is a picture of the nice buck I poached up in northern Idaho this year. & I plan to do all my Idaho hunting like this…

  • Wolf transition from Idaho Fish and Game is still not complete

    Ralph Maughan

    Feds still looking for a cooperating, non-Idaho agency- Personally, I’d rather see the federal government manage them in Idaho. They are doing it in Wyoming, and the wolf population there is growing slowly, livestock losses are stable or declining, and every elk unit its above the population “target” in Wyoming. In Idaho, before Idaho Fish…

  • Idaho issues oversized load permits, but stays shipments for now

    Ralph Maughan

    Public input is required, but conditional permits are issued- Note: the hearing will be on Friday, Nov. 19 in Boise. The hearing will be at ITD Headquarters in Boise, 3311 W. State Street. (208) 334-8000 Advocates for the West won a brief victory Friday on behalf of local residents of Highway 12. These temporarily block…

  • North Idaho elk numbers and elk hunters are increasing-

    Ralph Maughan

    Number of elk hunters defies national trend- I am a bit reluctant to post this, but it is interesting.  I don’t think the numerical data provided is very strong except to show that elk hunting is popular and the elk population is quite robust in northern Idaho (the reporter does not quite define the boundaries…

  • Idaho business group backs plan to move oversized loads on U.S. Highway 12

    Ralph Maughan

    “Business Group?”  You can bet this group is pure astroturf! Stung by grassroots opposition in North Idaho and Montana to turning U.S. Highway 12 into an industrial highway to haul oversized oil equipment to Canada, a so-called business group has been formed. If you go to their web site, it seems to be associated with…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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