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  • Brief for 10(j) Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court

    Ken Cole

    The 2008 10(j) rule violates the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Now that wolves have been placed back on the list of endangered species a lawsuit, which was filed before delisting was proposed, is now able to proceed. The groups are challenging the 2008 10(j) rule change which lowered the bar…

  • Arthritic Moose Offer Insights into Nutrition

    Ken Cole

    The classic studies of Isle Royale moose and wolves reveals more than predator/prey relationships. Arthritic Moose Offer Insights into Nutrition. Audubon Magazine Blog

  • 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

  • Comment on Lolo 10(j) Wolf Reduction Proposal

    Ken Cole

    IDFG claims wolves are having “unacceptable impacts” in the Lolo Zone Now that the US Fish and Wildlife calls the shots again on wolves, the Idaho Fish and Game is proposing to kill all but 20-30 wolves in the Lolo Zone for a period of 5 years. Of course the current 10j rule was weakened…

  • A Whackadoodle Response to the Wolf Decision

    Ken Cole

    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation issues a press release. I don’t post links to anti-wolf websites or give much credence to their clams but the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has, as with their previous news release on wolves, issued another hyperbolic press release in response to Judge Malloy’s decision to relist wolves as an endangered species.…

  • IDFG: Wolves not causing most elk losses

    Ken Cole

    Habitat and hunting play big role in declines I don’t think this is news to many people here but wolves haven’t had the effect many people claim and their role in the ecosystem is much more complex than many would like you to believe. The IDFG has issued a public report that explains that wolves…

  • Moose declines puzzling. Habitat, malnutrition, predators play roles

    Ralph Maughan

    I think the studies show Jackson Hole moose are slowly starving- There is a story in today’s Jackson Hole News and Guide. Moose declines puzzling. Habitat, malnutrition, predators play roles. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole, WY I don’t see much evidence of direct population depression from predation, especially wolf predation, here.  Predators do disproportionately take…

  • We need wolves to be wolves

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner responds to recent hyperbole from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation concerning wolves ~ We need wolves to be wolves ~ George Wuerthner, NewWest.net If the restoration of wolves to the Rockies is really “one of the worst wildlife management disasters since the destruction of bison herds in the 19th Century” as David Allen…

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