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  • Conservationists Challenge Helicopter Intrusions in Premiere Wilderness Area

    Press Release

    POCATELLO, Idaho – A coalition of conservationists, represented by Earthjustice, today filed a legal challenge to the decision by the U.S. Forest Service to allow the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) to conduct approximately 120 helicopter landings in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness as part of a program to manipulate wildlife…

  • Oregon Commission delists wolves in the state

    Ralph Maughan

    Only 81 wolves in Oregon, but Fish and Wildlife Commission delists- Today, Nov. 9, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission delisted wolves from protection under the Oregon Endangered Species Act. It was a long meeting before the 4-2 vote to agree with the recommendation of the selected wildlife biologists that the wolf population had met…

  • Speak for Wolves August 7-9, 2015 set to take place in West Yellowstone, Montana

    Brett Haverstick

    Hope you can join us on August 7-9, 2015 at the historic Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana for Speak for Wolves! Friday August 7 6:00pm doors open with music by Neil Haverstick. 7:00pm Screening of OR-7 the Journey with filmmaker Clemens Schenk. Amaroq Weiss of the Center for Biological Diversity will be…

  • Park Service will finally hold meetings on Isle Royale wolves and moose

    Ralph Maughan

    Public meetings slated for July 27-30 and comments due Aug.29- With the all but certain demise of the Isle Royale wolves just ahead and moose population already expanding, the National Park Service says it is working on a plan to deal with the situation. While the wolf population might not yet be entirely gone, the outcome is…

  • Idaho Wildlife Services: Your Comments Needed

    Barrie Gilbert

    News came out last week that taxpayer-funded and woefully misnamed Wildlife Services killed five wild wolves in central Idaho for alleged livestock depredation—another in a long line of such wolf-killing actions by this secretive government agency. Wildlife Services, which Congressman Peter DeFazio calls “one of the most opaque and least accountable agencies” in the federal government,…

  • Open Letter to NRDC about promoting JBarL livestock operations in Montana’s Centennial Valley

    George Wuerthner

    Zack Strong Montana Office NRDC Bozeman, Montana Dear Zack, I just read the article in NRDC’s On Earth about the JBarL ranch in Montana’s Centennial Valley. As the Montana representative, I suspect you had a hand in helping to promote this article. http://www.onearth.org/earthwire/montana-cattle-ranching-wolves Now I know you didn’t write the piece, and may have had…

  • Too many elk in Montana–maybe not enough wolves

    George Wuerthner

    This is ironic. Hunters and livestock owners complain that wolves are decimating elk herds and livestock. Yet the state finds it has too many elk. Of course, some of those abundant elk are in the eastern part of the state where there are few wolves, but much of the western part of the state is…

  • Program set for Speak for Wolves August 7-9, 2015

    Brett Haverstick

    This year marks the 2nd Annual Speak for Wolves near Yellowstone National Park. On August 7-9, 2015 people will gather in the Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana to hear about the need to reform wildlife management in America. The 3-day family-friendly event will feature speakers, panelists, live music, children’s activities and wildlife…

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