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  • Man building fence for WDFW paralyzed in fall

    Brian Ertz

    Washington governor’s program to put cows on state wildlife areas results in a second serious injury- A second man has taken a fall while building fence for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife. Family asks for help after man is paralyzed in canyon fall – klewtv.com Susan Perez said she had been fearful for…

  • Special Washington cougar hunt backfires

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the Seattle Times. Is cougar hunting breeding chaos? By Sandi Doughton. Seattle Times science reporter. Hunting large carnivores does not have easy, predictable effects; and a recent law passed and signed in Washington state due to increasing cougar attacks on livestock and pets in NE Washington appears to have had the opposite effect…

  • Washington State grazing project draws threat of lawsuit.

    Ralph Maughan

    This story is on Washington governor Chris Gregoire’s sellout to the cattle interests in NE Washington where they are being allowed to graze for free on land purchased for wildlife (not cow) habitat. Story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Washington State grazing project draws threat of lawsuit. By Chris McGann. Earlier stories on this: March 27.…

  • Cattle vs. wildlife at Whisky Dick Wildlife Area

    Ralph Maughan

    The news about Gov. Gregoire’s deal with the cattle association to put cattle as a “wildife habitat improvement” technique into the state wildlife areas (purchased with public money) for free grazing is now reached westward across the Cascades. Here is a story by Joel Connelly, the well-known columnist at the Seattle Post Intelligencer. “Cattle vs.…

  • Western Watersheds Project says it will sue to keep cattle out of Whiskey Dick Wildlife Area in Washington

    Ralph Maughan

    I posted an earlier story about the plant to dump cattle on this rare ungrazing wildlife area owned by Washington state. March 23, 2007. Sweetheart deal in Washington State will dump cattle on criticial state ungrazed wildlife area. One has to wonder what overcame Washington’s governor to sign onto this pointless destruction. The cattle lobby…

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