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  • Pronghorn numbers rising in SW Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Pronghorn populations small but rising on this side of Divide, and hunting can be a challenge even where animals are abundant. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian I think they are down just across the state boundary in Idaho.

  • Are Wolves The Pronghorn's Best Friend?

    Ralph Maughan

    Are Wolves The Pronghorn’s Best Friend? Wolves benefit pronghorn by keeping coyotes in check. Coyotes are a very serious predator of pronghorn fawn, whereas wolves pretty much ignore them. ScienceDaily. Mar. 3, 2008 — As western states debate removing the gray wolf from protection under the Endangered Species Act, a new study by the Wildlife…

  • EPA slams new plan for gas field near Pinedale, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    Wow, if Bush’s EPA doesn’t like it, it must have a really terrible environmental impact. EPA slams new plan for Sublette gas field. Watchdog agency rips BLM proposal, says past study underestimated pollution by factor of 5. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide “The EPA letter comes in response to the Bureau of…

  • Sublette County, WY supports Green River dam

    Ralph Maughan

    A stupid program designed to help a tiny number of people in a vain attempt to “help to safeguard the County’s economic and cultural viability” (the purpose, according to the County Commissiors). If these people wanted to safeguard their economic and cultural viability, they should have opposed the massive natural gas industrialization of Sublette County.…

  • Preserving the pronghorn corridor into Jackson Hole

    Ralph Maughan

    The Bridger-Teton National Forest may alter its forest plan to make sure its portion of this 350 mile long migration route is conserved. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. The biggest worry, however, is at Trappers Point just west of Pinedale, where BLM gas developments and private land have almost squeezed off the…

  • Arrest made in blatant antelope killing

    Ralph Maughan

    Arrest made in blatant antelope killing. By The Associated Press. Billings Gazette.

  • Bluetongue spreads in Montana with high pronghorn mortality in places

    Ralph Maughan

    Hunters advised on bluetongue death toll. By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette Outdoor Editor

  • "Antelope, deer decimating Wyoming's 'sagebrush sea'"

    Ralph Maughan

    As folks know, including the government of Wyoming, which fears a sage grouse listing under the ESA, large continuous areas of sagebrush steppe are in big trouble. It is fascinating how they blame wolves wolves for too few elk and then say there are too many antelope and deer and they need to have a…

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