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Idaho

  • Nez Perce Tribe quits Idaho bighorn working group

    Ralph Maughan

    New state law on bighorn undermines the working group process, tribe says- This is good news about the sorry situation. Everyone should quit this group set up to make it appear that the Otter Administration gives a damn about bighorn. Bad news! And on top of this a bighorn mixed with domestic sheep (on private…

  • NYT uses Boise to illustrate the recessionary spiral and its aftermath

    Ralph Maughan

    The importance of this feature article is how irrelevant the governor and the rural dominated legislature are to the economic well being of most Idahoans- Free Fall’s Over, but Where Are We Landing? By Peter S. Goodman. New York Times. This article is a bit unusual for this blog, but a continuing theme here is…

  • Pelicans in Idaho versus Yellowstone Cutthroat — rare bird versus rare fish?

    Ralph Maughan

    No. That’s a story line intended for the media. The reality is more prosaic- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has just made a controversial decision to make a big reduction in pelicans at Idaho’s two pelican nesting colonies. They are at Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge on the Snake River and Blackfoot River Reservoir in…

  • Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?

    Ralph Maughan

    Ignorance again rides high in the saddle as politicians in Idaho vilify the wolf- Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf? Stephen Augustine. The River Journal.

  • New grizzly bear plans released for Selkirk and Cabinet Mountains

    Ralph Maughan

    Comments will be taken until June 22- Grizzly protection proposed. Plan would limit public’s access. Becky Kramer. Spokesman-Review It is irritating that the headline for the new plan to save the grizzlies in these two disjunctive grizzly populations of northern Idaho and NW Montana should be negative in tone. After a  brief  look at the…

  • Rare pelicans to be "managed" (killed) in Idaho

    Brian Ertz

    Notice: for those who want to comment on this, the comment period has been extended until noon on May 12, 2009.  You can also provide oral testimony to the Fish and Game Commission the evening or the 13th. The Fish and Game Commission meeting begins at 7:00PM in the ISU Student Union Bldg – Big…

  • Wolves were delisted today, May 4

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolves in Northern Rockies and Great Lakes officially delisted May 4, 2009- Will delisting be better the second time around? Today for the second time in the Northern Rockies, wolves were delisted with all management decisions handed over to the states of Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming where delisting  will not take place under…

  • Study: Wolverine in Sierra most likely from Idaho

    Ken Cole

    Two sightings of the same wolverine in the same area a year apart. There are very few wolverines in Idaho but they have been known to travel very long distances across fairly diverse landscapes. Study: Wolverine in Sierra most likely from Idaho The Associated Press

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