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Montana FWP

  • Hoskins: Illegal plan just makes Turner richer

    Ralph Maughan

    Robert Hoskins’ op-ed on FWP giving the quarantined bison to Ted Turner- Op-ed in the Casper Star Tribune. Illegal plan just makes Turner richer. By Robert Hoskins

  • Montana FWP study finds mixed impacts of wolves on ungulate populations

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally, a real study, and released to the public- Not surprisingly (to me anyway) the effect of wolves on elk populations varies by area and presence of other predators such as grizzly bears. In addition hunters affect elk more than wolves. When considering wolves and ungulates alone, I take this report to be generally quite…

  • Slaughter of Hog Heaven Pack condemned by Montanans and wildlife groups

    Ralph Maughan

    State and feds’ behavior called “outrageous” “unnecessary”– Story: “Montanans, wildlife groups condemn state, feds for wolf pack slaughter.” Missoulian. The coalition (Wildlife Watchers and Big Wildlife) issuing this statement also said the action left many questions unanswered and that the public must be given specific formation about the killing of so many wolves.

  • Montana wolf news. Massacre by the Wildlife Services

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana FWP oversees wiping out a pack of 27 wolves- Wildlife Services has killed 19 members of the Hog Heaven Pack over a three day period. The news reports said the pack originally had 27 members. Now it is gone. This is 8 per cent of Montana’s wolves for scattered killings over the year. I’ve…

  • Questions arise over tallies of wolf depredation figures in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Claim is that more are killed than reported- Yes, and given Wildlife Services’ seeming intent to reduce wolf populations by control after “depredations”, it seems just as likely the depredation figures are inflated. At any rate, the cost is small. Many people as individuals have lost far more in the decline of their retirement funds,…

  • Longtime Schweitzer friend tapped to run Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks

    Ralph Maughan

    Schweitzer’s old roommate will run the state’s wildlife agency- Maybe someone from Montana could tell us if this is a hopeful appointment. Because the old head of the agency was appointed by the right wing Governor July Martz, I’d speculate that this will be an improvement. Story: Longtime Schweitzer friend tapped to run FWP. By…

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