Will we now see a quick bloodbath in Idaho? Some stories from other media are now showing up. 3/6 Feds to proceed with wolf delisting. Wyoming wolves will remain listed under the ESA. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express. 3/6 Salazar OKs wolf removal from endangered list. AP. By Matthew Brown and John Flesher. 3/6…
Friends of the Clearwater sent out this Action Alert: In January 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) adopted the revised regulations of section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This new rule substantially supports justifications for killing reintroduced, endangered gray wolves to nominally protect herds of elk, deer, and other wild ungulates…
Bishop, below responded to Montana State Sen. Joe Balyeat who has proposed legislation cut off relations between Montana and the federal government on wolves. – – – – – – Sen. Joe Balyeat [Bozeman Chronicle Dec. 30] proposes legislation to sever Montana’s ties with federal agencies on wolf management. He fears that allowing the wolf…
Today is the 35th anniversary of the ESA. Michael J. Robinson wrote the essay below for this forum- Thirty five years ago today, on December 28, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon signed into law the Endangered Species Act, intended not just to stave off extinction, but more broadly to conserve the ecosystems on which endangered…
This was leaked to me. It is what any Idaho Fish and Game employee is supposed to tell the public or the media if the ask about Judge Molloy’s decision. RM – – – – – Talking Points for Federal Court Decision on Wolves Federal District Judge Molloy issued a preliminary injunction against wolf delisting…
This news release was issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today (July 22) in the wake of Judge Malloy’s decision returning the wolf in the Northern Rockies to the endangered species protections of various kinds (from experimental, non-essential to endangered, depending on the area). Those wolves in extreme northern Idaho and NW Montana…
The lawsuit has been filed with a request for an immediate injunction to suspend state management. The suit was filed in the Montana federal district court in Missoula. Conservation Groups Sue Over Wolf Delisting. Backpacker Magazine. Environmental, conservation groups challenge wolf delisting. By Matthew Brown, Associated Press in the Idaho Statesman. At least 37 wolves…
I’m getting a lot of comments telling people to go back to wherever and don’t mess with Wyoming, or that people in Wyoming or Idaho, or wherever are idiots. I live in Idaho and have for about 40 years, for those who are interested. These unpleasant comments don’t advance any discussion, and starting today I…
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.