Threats
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21 Pronghorn Dead. Deadliest Roadkill Ever in Wyoming. By Brian Maffly. New West Many have had the experience of pronghorn racing along your vehicle, sometimes even sprinting to pass the road in front of you. Something like that may have happened.
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This editorial appeared in the Bozeman Chronicle. The Gallatin National Forest has been working on a new Gallation forest travel plan for years now. There are an incredible number of interests to satisfy, but the minority who seem to have lost use of their legs, but not their mouths, has bullied its way against the…
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Poachers are running amuck in the West’s “oil patches,” and all we hear about are loser hunters who blame wolves. What the hell is wrong with these peabrains? They never see the real threat. It might also be that the media facilitates their tales, but I’m only half convinced of that argument Story in USA…
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Story in the Billings Gazette. By Noelle Straub. Their visit seems to be pretty low key.
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“A conservation group representing backcountry skiers says the time is ripe to limit snowmobiles in the Togwotee Pass area as officials rewrite the Bridger-Teton National Forest management plan.” From “Ski group pushes to limit snowmobiles on Togwotee [pass area]. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. The Togwotee Pass area is a large area…
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There is finally some action in the state legislature on the many bills introduced to regulate/self-regulate/or crack down on the domestic elk industry in Idaho. Hunters, elk ranchers take stands on bills. Senate committee hears testimony on measures that would restrict elk-ranching industry. By Roger Phillips. Idaho Statesman
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In part due to the impacts of energy development in the West, the new proposed budget by President Bush allocates $22 million to restore and protect wildlife habitat in seven Western states. Of that $11.5 million is to go to Wyoming where energy development impacts have been the greatest. AP Story in the Billings Gazette.…
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A giant coal-fired power plant is planned at Ely, Nevada (there is no coal in the area only clear air). Story in the Las Vegas Sun. Coal-fired plant near Ely draws protest. By Phoebe Sweet. Here is a story from the Billings Gazette in Montana about where the coal will come from. Wyoming coal planned…