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Idaho

  • Scenic BLM roadless area next to Mt. Borah draws Western Watersheds lawsuit

    Ralph Maughan

    Western Watersheds Project sues BLM to protect the Burnt Creek roadless area from livestock abuse- Ever since I returned to Idaho in 1971, one place I wanted to see was Burnt Creek in the high colorful foothills on the east side of the Lost River Range. It has been selected as a wilderness study area…

  • F&G expects to finish bighorn plans on time

    Ken Cole

    The Idaho Department of Fish and Game was directed to work with domestic sheep producers to develop “best management practices” to keep bighorn and domestic sheep apart. The problem lies in the fact that history shows that it takes only one interaction between the two to transmit disease to bighorn sheep and that interaction can…

  • Former US Sen. Larry Craig opens consulting firm for energy issues

    Ralph Maughan

    Disgraced Idaho senator to try to cash in as lobbyist like many other ex members of congress- Former US Sen. Larry Craig opens consulting firm. The Associated Press in the Idaho Statesman. No doubt 3 years ago he thought his retirement, if it ever came, would be a lot more lucrative. Perhaps it will still…

  • ID Fish and Game/outfitter ad campaign to drive hunters from Idaho yields success

    Ralph Maughan

    Survey of non-resident hunters shows perception of wolf impact biggest factor in not buying elk tags- As early as nine years ago, Idaho elk outfitters begin to tell the world that wolves had killed almost all the elk in the state. For the last two years Idaho Fish and Game Department honchos have joined in.…

  • A new twist in dam removal on the Snake River

    Ken Cole

    Recently Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced that in talks about salmon recovery that dam breaching should be on the table. It’s not an endorsement of dam breaching but it is a departure from former Senator Craig’s stance. On top of this development comes a letter to politicians signed by several business owners in Lewiston and…

  • Idaho's calls of the wild help improve 'howlbox'

    Ken Cole

    Research into wolf howl boxes advancing but I doubt it will reduce collaring of wolves for the benefit of livestock interests. Idaho’s calls of the wild help improve ‘howlbox’ BY JOE JASZEWSKI – Idaho Statesman

  • Idaho Fish and Game Postpones Public Hearings on Wolf Hunting Quotas

    Ken Cole

    The Idaho Fish and Game held it’s recent Commission meeting in McCall over the last two days but failed to take up one item on its agenda. The Commission did not discuss wolf hunting even though they are likely to start hunting wolves starting September 1st. They plan to take up the subject at their…

  • Kim Trotter: Arguments for rebuilding Teton Dam don't hold water

    Ralph Maughan

    Some bad ideas just won’t die- My first involvement in a conservation battle was trying to stop the building of the Teton Dam. We lost. It failed in June 1976 as it was filling for the first time. It killed eleven and cost a billion dollars in damage payouts. It would have been a money…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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