Wildlife Habitat
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The East Shell Rock fire in the Jarbidge Wilderness of extreme northern Nevada was allowed to burn for “ecological benefits,”* but it burned well outside the Wilderness, destroying some of the last sagebrush stands suitable for sage grouse in the area. There is suspicion that was done to help powerful ranchers, who want more grass…
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There is a bad land exchange, harmful to wildlife, in the works in eastern Oregon. It would be nice to get 1000 acres on Steens Mountain but not at the cost of 11,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat in and near the Silvies Valley. This alert is from the Oregon Hunters Association. RM Who: OHA…
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Critics: Canada’s oil boom an environmental bust. Extracting oil from Canada’s open-pit mines poses unacceptable risks to the region’s rivers and forests, critics of the projects say. By Rob Gillies. AP. They might strip mine an area as large as New York state. While oil sands does yield a lot of net energy, the ratio…
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This is very good news!! They were almost extinct 15 years ago. Sockeye numbers reach highest level in decades. A total of 386 sockeye salmon had arrived in the Sawtooth Valley by Tuesday [August 19]. By JASON KAUFFMAN, Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer
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There have been a number of retrospectives on the great fires of ’88 on their 20th anniversary. Here is one from the Salt Lake Tribune summarizing the effect on wildlife. How wildlife fared in the Yellowstone fires.
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In July David Parrish who was the Director of Idaho Fish and Game for the Magic Valley region lost his job after he commented on the wildlife impacts of the proposed by wind farm on public and private land near Brown’s Bench. We covered the story, but the Idaho media didn’t seem to find this…