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Wyoming’s Elk feedlots were kept open a month longer than usual. Managers of the National Elk Refuge are looking to expand the hunt and irrigate the feedlot saying that doing so will disperse the animals, reducing the disease potential. No mention of natural predators or preservation/restoration of the herds’ natural winter range. Alfalfa pellets. Winter…
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Researchers Using GPS to Track the Elusive Wolverine at Glacier National Park. KFBB.com (Great Falls, Montana)
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Owyhees bill hits a new snag. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. Efforts to move the headwaters of the Snake River into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System could derail Idaho Senator Mike Crapo’s Owyhees bill. Once again the person troubling Crapo is Idaho’s other “more famous” senator, Larry Craig. Craig who voted against protecting…
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George Wuerthner gives a thoughtful critique of conservation easements as a conservation strategy : Why Cows Aren’t Always Worse Than Condos The Problems with Conservation Easements by George Wuerthner
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Two decisions from Judge Molloy today on the litigation brought by the coalition of conservation and animal rights groups against the federal government’s decision to delist the Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf. The first is Judge Molloy’s decision on a motion made by the federal government requesting an extension of two weeks to respond to…
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The opinion piece below is by author Gary Ferguson. His most recent book (co-authored by Douglas W. Smith) is “Decade of the Wolf: Returning the Wild to Yellowstone.” Earlier he wrote “The Yellowstone Wolves: the First Year.” He has written 8 other books. “The big bad wolf. In the Rockies, man’s hatred and fear of…
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If you are not familiar with Kofa, it is huge, almost 700,000 acres. However, the bighorn have been struggling there, but their numbers are now increasing, a fact the AZ F & G ignored as they announced, but may not honor, a one-year moratorium on removal of desert cougars in the area (perhaps 3 are…
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The web has made the world a small place, but a lot of elected and other officials don’t understand that. Years of borrowing have also made the Dollar a weakling compared to the Euro. International tourists help the American economy a lot, but a number of Wyoming officials are not exactly friendly and try to…