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  • Bighorns, domestic sheep don't mix [in Washington State either]

    Ralph Maughan

    Domestic Sheep/bighorn conflict is not limited to Idaho- Most of our news on this issue has been in Idaho where the Payette National Forest is about to come out with an environmental impact statement on how to protect the bighorn. This will have national effects such as described in this story about the two animals…

  • BLM won't fight grazing ban on Idaho allotment

    Ken Cole

    Domestic sheep will not return to allotment in bighorn sheep habitat. The Partridge Creek allotment in the Salmon River Canyon near Riggins is closed to domestic sheep grazing after Western Watersheds Project, The Wilderness Society, and Hells Canyon Preservation Council filed suit in Federal Court. This is a huge victory for bighorn sheep which have…

  • Federal judge shutters Idaho grazing allotment

    Ken Cole

    Ruling protects bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. The BLM Partridge Creek Allotment has been closed to sheep grazing to protect bighorn sheep from domestic sheep disease. This is a big victory for bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. These sheep are native sheep and have seen drastic declines over the years due…

  • UI questions prof's attendance at bighorn meeting

    Ken Cole

    I’ve been traveling for the last week but while I was in Nevada I was contacted by John Miller about this story. On September 29th the meetings of the Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Board restarted after a several month hiatus.  They will continue to meet into the future. UI questions prof’s attendance at bighorn meeting…

  • Idaho man illegally shot at wolf pack from the sky

    Ken Cole

    Idaho Department of Game declines to prosecute. Aerial gunning of wolves by private individuals is strictly forbidden under the Airborne Hunting Act of 1956. Even though states are allowed to issue permits to individuals to shoot coyotes and foxes from aircraft there are no permits which allow the shooting of wolves. In Idaho, the Idaho…

  • What will putting Yellowstone grizzlies back on "the list" mean?

    Ralph Maughan

    Agency officials downplay impact- Agencies to allow for bear status. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press Judge Molloy put the Yellowstone area bears back on the threatened species list because all their food sources are jeopardized.  Brian Kelly, Fish and Wildlife Service Wyoming field supervisor was quoted in the article above, “The basic message is that…

  • Want more elk? Then take back the public grass that cattle eat

    Ralph Maughan

    Elk numbers depend not just on birth minus mortality, but on square miles of area where they can find something to eat- There are many places in the West where elk could live and thrive if they had something to eat, but they don’t. Livestock is the reason. Aside from those areas of continuous forest…

  • Idaho Mountain Express’ news story on the wolf hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    The Mountain Express is central Idaho’s major weekly newspaper. It is published in the Wood River Valley, where a fair number of fairly rich people live amongst the larger population. This makes the area a target for “populist conservatives” who think that wealth means liberalism. At any rate, here is their local look at the…

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