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  • Tar sand mining is actually coming to Utah?

    Ralph Maughan

    Awful and unlikely “energy source”  might soon break ground in Eastern Utah- Because of its tremendous environmental impacts and poor quality energy (little to no net energy is produced), I haven’t considered oil shale/tar sands mining much of an environmental threat in the desert of Utah. I suppose most others have felt the way.  As…

  • Is it legal to hunt Idaho wildlife by honing in on radio collars?

    Ken Cole

    Yes, according to the IDFG. Over on a popular, unnamed anti-wolf website there has been discussion of using radio receivers to track and hunt wolves and the frequencies of the radio collars on them so I asked the IDFG about this. I sent them the exchanges which have taken place there and, specifically, I asked…

  • Marvel pays $250 ticket to BLM. Public grazing groups try to make it into a scandal

    Ralph Maughan

    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,…

  • Stimulus funds for Wyoming wildlife underpasses denied by feds

    Ralph Maughan

    Although proven to work, WY high value wildlife crossing projects failed to get funding- Ambitious Wyo big game underpass plan takes hit. By Jeff Gearino. Casper Star Tribune Southwest Wyoming bureau It is especially sad to see pronghorn crossing projects at Trapper’s Point near Pinedale denied. This bottleneck is a huge threat to the semi-annual,…

  • A new tick-borne disease

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is something more for our tapeworm-fearing friends to worry about, though it’s doubtful they will- Emerging Tick-Borne Disease. ScienceDaily

  • 9th Circuit overturns Molloy's grazing decision on Antelope Basin

    Ralph Maughan

    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…

  • Chronic wasting disease claims 1st Utah elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Brain disease is already established in Utah deer- Utah’s large moose population seems to be free of this spongiform encephalopathy so far. Chronic wasting disease claims 1st Utah elk.  By Brett Prettyman. The Salt Lake Tribune

  • Disease forces Utah DWR to kill bighorn sheep

    Ken Cole

    Sheep came from Montana Disease forces DWR to kill bighorn sheep by Brett Prettyman – The Salt Lake Tribune

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