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  • Wolf hater and accused elk poacher faces possible life hunting ban

    Ken Cole

    More about the trial of Tony Mayer, founder of SaveElk.com- “Judge Israel sternly told Mayer that he is charged with “flagrant unlawful killing and/or possession of a trophy bull elk,” a crime punishable in Idaho by up to five years in prison and a one-year to lifelong loss of hunting and fishing rights.” “Accused elk…

  • Anti-wolf activist accused of poaching elk

    Brian Ertz

    SaveElk.com founder charged with felony in killing of trophy elk Oh yes, you can’t make this stuff up: Anti-wolf activist accused of poaching – Idaho Mountain Express The founder of a Twin Falls-based, anti-wolf Internet site has been charged with a felony for allegedly killing a trophy bull elk out of season last year in…

  • 2010 Wyoming big game hunting prospects look great

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Mountains Elk Foundation’s CEO David Allen’s annoying hysteria about wolves causing the “biggest wildlife management disaster since the 19 Century buffalo slaughter” is discredited- 2010 Big Game hunting forecast. By Christine Peterson. Casper Star-Tribune staff writer trib.com. Posted at the trib: Thursday, August 26

  • Why have elk declined in the Bitterroot River area?

    Ralph Maughan

    There have been many large scale changes to the land in recent years, including wolf restoration , but not just wolves- Predator puzzle. Study raises questions over what’s killing Bitterroot elk. By Alex Sakariassen. Missoula Independent. People tend to approach these questions with their minds made up.  What I see when I visit compared to…

  • First wolf killed in SE Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    While the headline is not accurate, it is gratifying to see a wolf in Franklin Basin- A sheepherder killed a wolf in the Bear River Range, east of Franklin, Idaho. This is right on the Idaho/Utah border and is certainly good news for wolves traveling south. I have had reports of wolves in the Franklin…

  • Climate change may favor nonmigratory elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Migration is dwindling all over the Earth; Wyoming elk are one example- Climate change may favor couch-potato elk. Heading for the hills every spring appears worse than staying put. By Susan Milius. Science News. I have to wonder what the pollution of the Gulf of Mexico will do to the continent spanning bird migrations?

  • The West needs more, not fewer, wolves

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner responds to anti-wolf claims and asks wildlife managers to consider the ecosystem, the whole community of life, in assessing wolves’ influence in the west: The West needs more, not fewer, wolves – Missoulian, Guest Column – June 7, 2010 : Despite the dire predictions from hunter advocacy groups that wolves are “destroying” elk…

  • Norm Bishop's comments at Montana wolf meeting

    Ralph Maughan

    There will be media stories, good comments, and ignorant angry comments, but here’s one from a person who knows- Without commenting specifically on numbers or distribution of hunting quotas, I offer just these notes for your consideration. Aldo Leopold; forester, wildlife ecologist, conservationist, father of game management in America, lived from 1887 to 1948.  In…

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