Grazing and Livestock
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Total victory for Western Watersheds Project and Advocates for the West in four grazing allotments- Idaho’ federal judge Ed Lodge rarely rules in favor of conservation groups, but the defective job the BLM did on these 4 grazing allotments provoked a complete victory for WWP and an strong rebuke to the manager of the BLM’s…
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Church Universal and Triumphant paid about $285 $314 per AUM under the $3 million deal Articles about how the perennial saga of hazing, capturing, slaughtering, and hunting bison is starting once again in and around Yellowstone National Park. There is one change this year though that has left me scratching my head. This is the…
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Another 2010-was-a-deadly-year-for-bighorn story- The culprit is almost entirely pneumonia, and almost all of it, maybe all of it, comes from domestic sheep and goats. The Western Watersheds Project, and closely related groups like Advocates for the West, are just about the only organizations that are willing to step forward, tell the truth, and go after…
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Now, your opportunity to comment on the Pocatello, Midnight, and Michaud grazing allotments- Comments are due Jan. 4, 2011- An opportunity like this only comes along every ten years or so. I know a lot of people have been furious for years about the cattle grazing in the Bannock Range immediately west and south of…
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Park County bison tests positive for brucellosis By BOB MOEN – Associated Press. Herd tests positive for brucellosis By BRENNA BRAATEN – Cody Enterprise.
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George Wuerthner nails it again, questioning the chief assumption that informs livestock-wolf conflict management. Do ranchers have a right to predator free landscape? – George Wuethner, NewWest One of the unquestioned and unspoken assumptions heard across the West is that ranchers have a right to a predator free environment. Even environmental groups like Defenders of…
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Montana and Wyoming infections and capture of elk. The last week has been filled with many stories about brucellosis and its impacts on wildlife and livestock. First, Montana has announced plans to capture and test elk for brucellosis then place radio collars on those females that test positive to see where they go and where…
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Sheep laden with germs and parasites are more likely to produce lambs than less diseased sheep- I don’t know if this is a strange result of evolution or due to deliberate breeding, but it is shocking. Sheep Study Finds an Upside to a Weak Immune System. New York Times.