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  • Groups unhappy with Idaho Fish and Game's bighorn plan

    Ralph Maughan

    Groups unhappy with Idaho Fish and Game’s bighorn plan. By Sven Berg. South Idaho Press. The plan was forced on Idaho Fish and Game by politicians and domestic sheep interests. If anyone thinks Idaho will do a good job managing wolves, look at the bighorn sheep issue (an animal everyone likes except for some livestock…

  • Jackson Hole, Wyoming hunters take 266 bison

    Ralph Maughan

    I generally think this is a good thing. The Jackson Hole bison herd, unlike the Yellowstone bison, are not constrained by a shortage of winter range because they, like the Jackson Hole elk, are artificially fed during the winter. The result is a herd that is only constrained by its summer range unless there is…

  • Bighorn advocates butt heads

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a long summary of where the bighorn sheep controversy in Idaho stands and who is saying what. I think it’s a useful article for bringing folks up to date. Bighorn advocates butt heads. By Lynea Newcomer and Kathleen Turner. The Wood River Journal

  • Idaho Conservation League scolds Otter for bighorn sheep policy

    Ralph Maughan

    ICL scolds Otter for bighorn sheep policy. Environmental group calls it a ‘top down approach’. By Matt Christensen Times-News writer. The governor’s bighorn sheep policy is supposed by announced Feb. 15.

  • Bill banning elk shooting farms introduced. Idaho state lawmakers say bill has no chance of passing

    Ralph Maughan

    Here’s the story, but the interesting thing is why it has no chance of passing. It’s because of the dominance of livestock lobbyists in Idaho. It won’t pass for the same reason the legislators rail and rave about wolves. The wolves are a diversion to keep hunters from seeing the privatization of wildlife in favor…

  • U.S. is declared "brucellosis free" (except for wildife).

    Ralph Maughan

    Let’s all cheer. USDA has declared U.S. brucellosis free except for Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park elk and bison. “We must now focus our efforts on eradicating brucellosis from the free-ranging elk and bison populations in the Greater Yellowstone Area in order to protect our national cattle herd against future outbreaks of this disease.” …

  • Yellowstone Park wolves. Mange is showing up (and more news)

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest update on the wolves of Yellowstone Park. As usual there is a lot of news, especially interesting to those who follow the Park wolves closely. Perhaps most important, however, is that the non-native parasitic mange infestation has finally spread from either Wyoming, or more likely Montana into the Park. The first…

  • Pinedale, WY area elk avoid Game and Fish traps

    Ralph Maughan

    Jan. 29, 2008 We’ve covered this pointless plan to trap elk and test them for brucellosis antibodies before they go onto the Muddy Creek winter feedlot. Those that test positive are killed and the rest left to act like cattle for the rest of the winter. Regarding the slaughtered elk, most of which really don’t…

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