Wildlife News
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Kathie Lynch’s latest report on observations of Yellowstone Park wolves- By Kathie Lynch July 9, 2013 Copyrighted material A silver fox slips into the forest by the light of the supermoon; river otter pups slide off a grassy log and chirp to their mother for a fish; a bighorn sheep lamb strikes a pose…
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It is time for a new “wildlife news” thread. Please put your news, links and comments below in comments. Here is the link to the thread being retired (May 18, 2013).
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It is time for a new “wildlife news” thread. Please put your news, links and comments below in comments. Here is the link to the thread being retired (May 1, 2013).
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Control over genetics will usher in many opportunities for good, bad, and unpleasant politics- Our direct ability to manipulate genes is growing so powerful that many scientists say it won’t be long before extinct species can be “resurrected.” This has already been anticipated in sci fi movies like Jurrasic Park and Rise of the Planet…
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It is time for a new “wildlife news” thread. Please put your news, links and comments below in comments. Here is the link to the thread being retired (March 16, 2013).
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I attended the Fish and Wildlife Service’s wolverine listing hearings in Helena. Opponents, including a number of Montana state legislators as well as MDFWP, argued that wolverine populations were “stable” or even “increasing” and therefore did not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act. While the ill-informed state legislators who testified could be forgiven for…
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It is time for a new “wildlife news” thread. Please put your news, links and comments below in comments. Here is a link to the thread being retired (March 3, 2013).
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Rare Fishers Heavily Impacted A response to a state public records request, submitted by Western Watersheds Project to the Idaho Fish and Game Department, shows widespread capture and mortality of non-target species related to wolf trapping and snaring in Idaho during the 2011/2012 trapping and snaring season. For the last two years, since wolves in the Northern…