Grazing and Livestock
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A report, dated March 16, 2010, by the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Wild Sheep Working Group, summarizes the recent outbreaks of pneumonia in bighorn sheep that have occurred in Montana, Nevada, Washington, Utah, Wyoming, and South Dakota. Domestic sheep and goats are also known to be in close proximity to, and are…
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This has been very minor news, but the Idaho Cattle Association and Farm Bureau have been trying to pump it into a story- They haven’t had much success, and today in the Idaho State Journal, columnist Michael H. O’Donnell slapped the livestock interests again. Best of all he relates it to the Johnson County War,…
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Good news for a pretty, but cattle hammered basin on the Idaho/Montana border- Although those who only think about wolves suppose Federal Judge Molloy surely sides with conservation groups, he didn’t on this decision. Fortunately the 9th Circuit overturned his approval of a bad Forest Service grazing plan. Here is the story in the Montana…
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Sheep came from Montana Disease forces DWR to kill bighorn sheep by Brett Prettyman – The Salt Lake Tribune
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Custer State Park may just start over Park officials consider killing off entire bighorn herd Kevin Woster – Rapid City Journal Update 3/3/10 GF&P secretary: Killing off bighorns not a serious option
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400 dead this winter in an “unprecedented” series of events Populations of bighorn sheep are struggling with pneumonia throughout the west. Washington, Nevada, Montana, and most recently Utah are having outbreaks of pneumonia which have resulted in the deaths of 400 or more bighorn sheep. Statements like the following are often made about the outbreaks. “While…
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George Wuerthner updates his arguments about need to have cows to prevent sprawl- A long time ago I tended to be the kind of conservationist who grudgingly thought we had to give all kinds of perks to livestock interests so they wouldn’t sell and subdivide the West. I was becoming disillusioned with the results of…
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Joint news release by the BLM and Western Watersheds Project- This is a victory for WWPs Arizona Office in Tucson. NEWS RESEASE (PHOENIX, AZ)—The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Western Watersheds Projects announced today settlement of a federal lawsuit involving the Sonoran Desert National Monument southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.…