Op-Ed. By Stephany J. Seay. Buffalo Field Campaign. West Yellowstone, Montana GNF Supervisor Mary Erickson’s morbid sense of humor claims renewal of the Department of Livestock’s permit for the Horse Butte bison trap is a “tool of tolerance.” It certainly fits with Governor Schweitzer’s interpretation of “more tolerance” for wild bison; all we’ve seen from…
This news release was just issued by Buffalo Allies of Bozeman. – – – – – Contact: Chris Klatt 406-599-3629 lodgepole@riseup.net June 12, 2008 Buffalo Allies of Bozeman Calls on Governor Schweitzer to Withdraw from Interagency Bison Management Plan. Brucellosis outbreak where there are no bison shows that IBMP is not working for buffalo or…
Montana Department of Livestock is expected to haze the bison off of Horse Butte today, despite the fact that most are on private property, whose owners welcome the bison. The hard pressed bison have been gaining much needed nutrition from the lush grass and forbs after the winter of starvation and slaughter. The excuse from…
The Buffalo Field Campaign Blog is sending out a notice of the Montana Department of Livestock’s intent to slaughter 9 bulls held in the Duck Creek bison trap. Urgent Action : 9 Bulls in Trap at Duck Creek Update 5/22 : 9 Bulls Slaughtered by the State of Montana
This is a new twist on the bison controversy most folks are probably not aware of. Ralph Maughan Update April 24, 2008: the news release became a story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Does mountain bison still roam Yellowstone? By Cory Hatch. – – – – – For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 23,…
I was recently in the Park. The snow is incredibly deep in mid-April (deep even for winter). It is snowfree, however, at Gardiner (typical — strong rainshadow). That is where the wintering wildlife migrate to and then north out of the Park. They all do it, except for bison it is an almost certain death…
Why are the bison of Yellowstone National Park still such an intractable issue? Great Falls Tribune. A Montana newspaper finally asks some tough, but obvious questions about the bison slaughter.
Anger Over Culling of Yellowstone’s Bison. By Jim Robbins. New York Times. Finally, coverage of the bison slaughter by the national media — the New York Times. Governor Schweitzer says Republican Montana US Representative went out of his way to kill the congressional appropriation to buy up cattle grazing on CUT’s Royal Teton Ranch. So…
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.