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  • Lazy ATV hunters in Idaho lose battle in state legislature

    Ralph Maughan

    ATV interest groups wanted legislature to prevent Idaho Fish and Game from closing any areas to ATVs during hunting season- This is been a very contentions issue in Idaho and elsewhere — hunters who walk to find and stalk big game versus those who ride around hoping to see an elk or whatever they can…

  • Interstate 90 to get numerous wildlife crossings built near Snoqualmie Pass

    Ralph Maughan

    Building the huge Interstate cut a swath through the wildlife rich mountains and foothills, and over time the wildlife impact of I-90 has grown- Interstate 90 is a vital transportation corridor from the Seattle area eastward across the northern Cascade mountains, but the magnitude of the gash has served to bisect wildlife populations and cause thousands…

  • Some Montana hunters are faking handicaps to get special privileges

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say rules on PTHV permits must be tightened up- I’ve seen it most of my adult life — perfectly healthy folks competing with one another to claim a handicap so they won’t have to walk. Whether it is access to a good parking place, or using a vehicle on…

  • Idaho lawmaker hopes to make justice on Megaloads unaffordable

    Brian Ertz

    Idaho lawmakers hope to dissuade public access to judicial review of state megaload approvals by forcing them to post huge sums of money before access to court is granted. Idaho bill targets anti-megaload lawsuits – Spokesman Review BOISE – Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, has introduced legislation requiring anyone who files a lawsuit against a transportation…

  • Wyoming to spend $9.7M to protect pronghorn

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally, it looks like a real effort to keep antelope bottlenecks west of Pinedale from closing- Over the years, we have written about the Trapper’s Point pronghorn migration bottleneck a number of times.  There has been growing awareness that the thousands-of-year-old antelope migration from the Wyoming high desert over the Gros Ventre each year, down…

  • Roadkill Problem on America's Longest Main Street Studied

    Ralph Maughan

    A lot of large wildlife is killed on U.S. 20 in Island Park, Idaho — a very long, but narrow town- Island Park, Idaho boasts the longest main street in America. This simply means it is a small population, incorporated community hugging a federal highway for a long way through wildlife rich forest. A lot…

  • Wildlife use of Highway 93 crossing tunnels increases

    Ralph Maughan

    Wildlife teach their young about tunnels under U.S. 93 on the Flathead Reservation- Cameras show wildlife use Highway 93 North overpass and tunnel. By Vince Devlin. Missoulian Not the first time we have posted a story on these tunnels, but their use keeps growing.

  • Wildlife underpass to be built on Idaho 21 this summer

    Ken Cole

    This is an area where many wildlife collisions occur each spring and fall. Good news for deer and elk which cross the highway to and from winter range. I’ve had a few close calls here myself. Wildlife underpass to be built on Idaho 21 this summer. Idaho Statesman.

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Edward Abbey

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