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  • Deadly Atlantic Salmon Virus Found in Wild British Columbia Salmon

    Ken Cole

    A potentially devastating virus has been discovered for the first time in Pacific salmon stocks of British Columbia. The disease, infectious salmon anemia (ISA), has devastated Atlantic salmon and salmon farms in Chile, but how the virus will effect Pacific salmon is unknown. The fear is that it could be devastating all along the west…

  • Vaccine is no Silver Bullet for Big Horn Sheep

    Ken Cole

    The much touted vaccine that the woolgrowers have been promoting as a way to make bighorn and domestic sheep compatible is not even close to ready. While bighorn sheep are dying in Montana and Nevada, and while the herds in Hell’s Canyon and the Salmon River Canyon are suffering the long lasting effects of previous…

  • Sage Grouse hunting in decline for similar reasons as elk declines

    Ken Cole

    The sage grouse population of Idaho has been in steep decline for years. It is now getting to the point where hunting has declined to a one-week season where hunters are limited to one bird a day. It seems a bit odd to me that there isn’t more outrage by the hunting community over this…

  • A chance to finally get rid of tumbleweed?

    Ralph Maughan

    Russian thistle is not a native of the West and importing fungus blights from its homeland can kill it- While there are several plants called “tumbleweed,” the one most commonly called that is prickly Russian Thistle.  It has been around for almost 150 years and Hollywood probably convinced people it is an essential element of…

  • Quagga mussels escape Colorado River/Lake Mead

    Ralph Maughan

    Invasive pests are now in northern Nevada- When quagga mussels were found in Lake Mead, that was the unfortunate first infestation west of the Mississippi, but now some anglers or boaters accidentally spread them to two northern Nevada reservioirs. Quagga mussel infestation hits reservoirs in Northern Nevada. By Henry Brean. Las Vegas Review-Journal.

  • Oregon and Washington will also take on feral pigs

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho’s feral hog population has been reduced to 20. OR, WA hope to duplicate that success- The suspected source of the pigs is California where they are an invasive species causing some significant damage. Oregon and Washington to reduce, hopefully eradicate, feral pigs. Seattle Times. AP

  • Wild pigs becoming a problem in Southern Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    I hope they can eliminate every last one of these exotic pests. Until recently Idaho was free of them. I wonder about the history. How did they get into Idaho? Wild pigs becoming a problem in S. Idaho. KTVB. By Scott Evans

  • Unwelcome Invaders: Wild Pigs Pose a Serious New Threat to Idaho

    Ken Cole

    Exotic species threatens agriculture, the environment and wildlife There has been a growing problem in central Oregon from wild pigs and now they are showing up in Idaho. This is a real threat to the ecology of Idaho and should be taken very seriously by the Idaho Fish and Game. Unwelcome Invaders: Wild Pigs Pose…

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