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It looks like the poacher was also a teller of unlikely stories about the vicious “Canadian” wolves- I got the latest news update from Idaho Fish and Game today. One new item told how a resident of Grangeville, Idaho, Scott Richards, had lost his hunting license for life because of chronic poaching. That name certainly…
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This will certainly take down the great bears and orca– The irony is that B.C. did not dam its salmon streams like the United States did. Silent Fall. Posted By: Chris Genovali. B.C.’s vanishing wild salmon means trouble for all. Monday Magazine. . . . more Saving Wild Salmon, in Hopes of Saving the Orca.…
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Washington governor’s program to put cows on state wildlife areas results in a second serious injury- A second man has taken a fall while building fence for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Family asks for help after man is paralyzed in canyon fall – klewtv.com Susan Perez said she had been fearful for…
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Latest report says mange too is now hitting the Yellowstone Park Wolves- Ed Bangs just sent out the Wyoming wolf report. It is below. I cut off the redundant “blah, blah” about delisting, etc. that is at the outset of every report. The key is news is that mange it now hitting Yellowstone Park wolves.…
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Clean air champion Henry Waxman will be installed- John Dingell of Michigan has chaired the powerful Energy and Commerce committee for many years (when the Democrats have controlled the House). This powerful committee has jurisdiction of the Clean Air Act as well as many other matters. He has been the “Big 3” auto’s point man…
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Early resurrection planned in the next Congress- Although it was supposed to move in the lame duck session, that session fizzles and the bill was pulled under threat of filibuster by Tom Coburn (R-OK). Senator Reid, the major leader, has announced that an unrevised version of the massive public land bill (pieces of public lands…
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Water developments for cows are beaten back- Water developments on public lands may sound good, but the reality is they are almost always intended to increase grazing of livestock. These encasements, troughs, tanks, and pipelines do not benefit wildlife. Instead they often turn a spring, or an area of small springs or seeps, full of…
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Rocky Barker takes note : Two months before Obama’s inauguration, cattle ranchers declare a new ‘War on the West?’ This aggressive political posture in response to the prospect of change has been characteristic of livestock associations throughout the West since the beginning of their history. The survival of their influence, relative to the public’s interest…