This helps makes up a bit for the bad news on wolves today- Tucson, Arizona Today, a federal judge reversed the Bureau of Land Management’s decision to allow livestock grazing on 412,000 acres of public land managed by the Bureau’s Kingman Field Office. Saying, “Cattle are not ghosts. They are bigger and heavier than any…
Sheep Ranchers Claim Paying Minimum Wage to Workers Would Put them Out of Business. This is an important article : In Loneliness, Immigrants Tend the Flock – The New York Times * Also, check out Captive Labor. Environmental Costs Domestic sheep ranching on public land is subsidized in many ways – environmental costs associated with…
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Rocky Barker takes note : Two months before Obama’s inauguration, cattle ranchers declare a new ‘War on the West?’ This aggressive political posture in response to the prospect of change has been characteristic of livestock associations throughout the West since the beginning of their history. The survival of their influence, relative to the public’s interest…
Residents voice concerns about the protection of steelhead and bighorn sheep, but Commission chair says reducing protection of wolves more important- Fish and Game: delist wolves again. KLEW-TV. Lewiston, Idaho
The message to employees is clear at Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG) – when it comes to development projects on public lands that threaten wildlife – keep your mouth shut. David Parrish, Magic Valley regional supervisor for IDFG former Magic Valley regional supervisor for IDFG, has a problem – a political problem. Parrish…
I’ve haven’t posted a BFC update for a while, and it’s time. RM Update: related. State vet: Brucellosis came from elk. By Jennifer McKee. Helena Independent Review State Bureau – – – – – –
This is another great report by Kathie Lynch. Unfortunately, it looks like wolf watching in the Park might now be pretty slow until autumn. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – Yellowstone wolf field notes, July 8 -10. By © Kathie Lynch The Druid Peak pack finally moved their pups to their rendezvous site!…
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.