Lawsuit Seeks to Secure Public Access to Bison and Prevent Privatization of Calves FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 23, 2010 Contacts: Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign 406-646-0070, bfc-media@wildrockies.org Summer Nelson, Western Watersheds Project, 406-830-3099, summer@westernwatersheds.org Glenn Hockett, Gallatin Wildlife Association, 406-586-1729, glhockett@bresnan.net GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA: Four conservation organizations filed a legal challenge today against the…
Joint news release by the BLM and Western Watersheds Project- This is a victory for WWPs Arizona Office in Tucson. NEWS RESEASE (PHOENIX, AZ)—The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Western Watersheds Projects announced today settlement of a federal lawsuit involving the Sonoran Desert National Monument southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.…
I started this blog to try to present a reasonable view, neutral between hunters and non-hunters on wildlife. I do have a position against public lands livestock grazing, and I favor wolf recovery. For these positions some will think I’m wrong. This blog has generated a lot of good discussion. Very important facts have come…
Grazing formula again dictates $1.35 a month to graze a cow and a calf or 5 sheep- A formula to set federal grazing fees designed to partially insulate grazers of federal land from the market became law in 1976. It was supposed to go up and down according to livestock prices and costs of doing…
No on a constitutional amendment to protect ranchers from competitive bidding on state lands- Idaho was given over 2-million acres of federal land at statehood to be managed to provide maximum income for the public schools.. These school endowment lands do make money for the schools, but almost all of it comes from timber sales…
There haven’t been cattle on it for 8 years, but now it is officially closed to grazing- Despite the absence of cattle on the butte, its official status as a grazing allotment allows Montana Department of Livestock and the Montana Stockgrowers Assn. to bleat about the dangers of brucellosis from the bison that migrate out…
Ruling protects bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. The BLM Partridge Creek Allotment has been closed to sheep grazing to protect bighorn sheep from domestic sheep disease. This is a big victory for bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. These sheep are native sheep and have seen drastic declines over the years due…
Elk numbers depend not just on birth minus mortality, but on square miles of area where they can find something to eat- There are many places in the West where elk could live and thrive if they had something to eat, but they don’t. Livestock is the reason. Aside from those areas of continuous forest…
Ken Cole is a 5th generation Idahoan, an avid fly fisherman, wildlife enthusiast, and photographer. He is the interim Idaho Director for Western Watersheds Project.
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