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  • Do you have some interesting wildlife news? Jan 6, 2014 edition

    Ralph Maughan

    Our readers find lots of news and they have many comments. Please post yours below as a comment –“Leave a reply.”  Here is the link to the old thread that’s now being retired (Dec. 16, 2013).

  • Do you have some interesting wildlife news? Dec. 16, 2013 edition

    Ralph Maughan

    Our readers find lots of news and they have many comments. Please post yours below as a comment –“Leave a reply.”  Here is the link to the old thread that’s now being retired (Nov. 26, 2013).

  • Predator Defense Exposes USDA Wildlife Services in New Video

    Ken Cole

    Predator Defense has been doing great work to uncover the malfeasance of USDA Wildlife Services, the federal agency tasked with killing wildlife to protect commercial agricultural interests.  Three former federal federal agents and Congressman Peter DeFazio were interviewed for the video.  Former Wildlife Services agents tell terrible stories about how their higher-ups told them to…

  • Tomorrow in Wisconsin Dogs get to help hunt wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Will it be h0 hum or a blood bath? In Wisconsin’s continuing wolf hunt which has felled wolves at a surprisingly rapid pace, now dogs will be added to mix. Wisconsin’s wolf hunt is supposed to end when 251 wolves out of the estimated 800 in the state have been killed. So far about 215 wolves…

  • New Paradigm for Forests that embraces wildfire and beetles

    George Wuerthner

    We need a new paradigm for our forests and natural ecological agents like wildfire, beetles, and other factors which influence forest ecosystems. Unfortunately, far too many forest managers still display a lack of ecological understanding and a hostile attitude towards natural forest processes like beetle kill or wildfire. Dead trees do not indicate an “unhealthy”…

  • Do you have some interesting wildlife news? “America the Beautiful” edition.

    Ralph Maughan

    This is America the Beautiful edition of “Do you have some interesting wildlife news?” Let us not allow her to be destroyed by a group of political extremists. Please put your news, links and comments below in comments –“Leave a reply”.   Here is the link to the old thread that’s now being retired (Sept. 6, 2013).

  • The Government is Shut Down. Post Your Livestock Trespass Stories Here

    Ken Cole

    The last time that the government was shut down by the Republicans, during the Clinton Administration 17 years ago, ranchers all over the west released their livestock onto public lands for a free helping of public resources. Over the next few days you can help document what happens this time and ranchers can be held…

  • U.S. House proposes eliminating funding for conservation programs

    Jeremy Bruskotter

    The Republican-led, House Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee has proposed eliminating funding for a variety of important fish and wildlife conservation programs. Specifically, the subcommittee proposed zeroing-out funding for the State & Tribal Wildlife Grants Program, North American Wetland Conservation Fund, Neotropical Migratory Bird Fund, Forest Legacy Program and Water Conservation Fund. These…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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