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Idaho

  • Idaho megaload foes win Dalton Open Government Award

    Ralph Maughan

    Credit to two local citizens who have taken on the world’s most profitable corporation, oil octopus Exxon-Mobil and others- Ah, some credit to two average folks fighting the international oil companies to try to save the economy, scenery, fish and wildlife of the area around U.S. Highway 12. Idaho megaload foes win Dalton Open Government…

  • Idaho F&G kills Lolo wolves from helicopter

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho politicians’ long hoped for campaign to kill Lolo wolves has begun with small “success”- Idaho F&G kills Lolo wolves from helicopter. Lewiston Tribune. “. . . the hunting has been halted because it hasn’t been as successful as expected, an Idaho Department of Fish and Game official says.” After about decade, Idaho Fish and…

  • Wild pigs becoming a problem in Southern Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    I hope they can eliminate every last one of these exotic pests. Until recently Idaho was free of them. I wonder about the history. How did they get into Idaho? Wild pigs becoming a problem in S. Idaho. KTVB. By Scott Evans

  • Idaho Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion north of Rexburg

    Ralph Maughan

    Cougar wanders through ag country and is illegally shot- Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion. Rexburg Standard Journal. By Joyce Edlefsen.

  • Debris flow creates a big rapid on the Salmon River (central Idaho)

    Ralph Maughan

    The new “Black Creek Blowout” could be the biggest rapid on the river- This is big news for all who float or boat the main fork of the Salmon River below the Corn Creek put-in. I’d like to know more about what caused this blowout on April 1. White water created on Salmon River by…

  • Fate of ExxonMobil megaloads at stake in Boise hearings

    Ralph Maughan

    Four day hearing on the future of the tar sands equipment megaloads are underway in Idaho’s capital city- Residents on Highway 12 and recreation businesses are rallying against the megaloads. Fate of ExxonMobil megaloads at stake in Boise hearings. By John Miller. AP in the Missoulian.

  • Megaloads have no place in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Rivers United editorial in the Idaho Statesman- Megaloads have no place in Idaho. By Bill Sedivy. Idaho Statesman.

  • Language of the “Wolf Disaster Declaration” published.

    Ken Cole

    Language of the “Wolf Disaster Declaration” published. Bill Status: H0343. It is not the same language as contained in the legislation we posted in February. It essentially provides for a disaster declaration if there are more than 100 wolves in Idaho. “[T]he legislature finds that public safety has been compromised, economic activity has been disrupted…

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