Ridiculous lawsuit to show who is boss over everything and everyone in Montana is being heard today. Montana Stockgrowers Association is suing to make sure bison are removed from the Horse Butte, which is devoid of cattle, by May 15th of each year. They would force the State of Montana to violate private property rights…
Take Back Our Public Lands By Tom Woodbury, Western Watersheds Project, Addition by Ralph Maughan. This is also in New West. You can comment there as well as on this blog. 2008 should be remembered as the year of the buffalo. Over 1600 bison were slaughtered in Montana that year, about half of the last…
Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field June 18, 2009 —————————— —————————— In this issue: * Update from the Field – Four Bulls Killed by Agents * Our Friend Frog: BFC Celebrates His Life, Mourns His Passing * Last Words * Kill Tally
Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field May 28, 2009 In this issue: * Update from the Field * Help BFC Help the Buffalo * Ground the DOL’s Helicopter: Contact the FAA * Traditional Prayer Ceremony on Horse Butte May 31 * Support the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act * BFC Needs Summer…
Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field May 21, 2009 —————————— —————————— In this issue: * Update from the Field * Complain to FAA About the DOL’s Helicopter Use * Traditional Prayer Ceremony on Horse Butte May 31 * Join BFC on the Front Lines * Thank You! BFC’s Media Crew Receives Laptops…
Zone outside Yellowstone declared “brucellosis free” with greater restrictions inside the affected Yellowstone area or eradication of infected elk and bison herds? Who pays? Who benefits? USDA wants two zones to reduce costs. Livestock interests say that it will put Yellowstone area ranchers out of business. According to the article, Livestock interests and Wyoming Sportsmen…
This method of hunting is rather difficult to enforce. “You’re not going to have some bubba up there going, `Pass me a beer and ammo’ and hunting some hogs,” the legislator said. “We certainly want to do it right.” Many are concerned that the temptation to shoot other animals by some who might engage in…
Buffalo Field Campaign update from the field- Gallatin National Forest Approves Horse Butte bison trap, WTF! Montana begins killing elk to appease livestock interests- Although BFC is on my blogroll (down in the right column of the blog), I haven’t posted one of their “updates from the field” lately. Here is a slightly abridged version.…
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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