Threats
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This came from the Billings Gazette and was republished today in Casper Star Tribune. Ranchers say they are being squeezed. It is true the Western Watersheds Project is trying to establish the rule of law on the Bighorn National Forest, and if you have have read the posts of Robert Hoskins about the defective nature…
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Here is another story on effort by the woolgrowers to take over and divert bighorn sheep management in Idaho. It is on the front page of the Magic Valley Times News today. I’d judge the article to be just fair in its accuracy. Battle over bighorns. State seeks solutions to domestic vs. wild sheep conflict.…
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Oil & Gas Symposium: Montana Cannot Become Another Wyoming. By Hal Herring. New West.
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The entire herd in the Elkhorn Mountains near Helena might die. Once again the suspect is domestic sheep (this is according to the article below). Pneumonia strikes bighorn sheep. By Eve Byron. Helena Independent Record.
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This is today’s SLC Tribune editorial against continuing use of ranchers getting to use cyanide and 1080.
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Battle over Bighorn: Opposing views on disease and economics. This is part II. By Sven Berg. South Idaho Press – – – – – – I posted part I earlier. Here is it again. Battle over Bighorn, part I. – – – – – – There is more on this on the Western Watersheds Project…
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In Yellowstone, drought’s effects startling, subtle. By Mike Stark.
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Battle over Bighorn. By Sven Berg. South Idaho Press. The first in a 2 part series. These bighorn issue should be noted by all those who write about predators and hunting because it shows the ranchers are not just anti-wolf, but against any wildlife they think hurts their bottom line. I recall an old bumper…