Montana

  • First four oil megaloads get "go ahead" by Idaho Dept. of Transportation

    Ralph Maughan

    If first four loads don’t go up and over smoothly, battle will likely last for a generation- The megaloads for the Billings, MT oil refinery now have a go ahead from Idaho, and will probably get one quickly from Montana. Highway 12 itself has been slippery to very slippery except in its lower portion.  Parts…

  • Imperial Oil/Exxon big rigs EA gets unfriendly reception at meeting

    Ralph Maughan

    A University of Montana economist and others tear EA apart- It’s amazing to me that they think they can get approval by doing a mere environmental analysis report (EA) for over 200 megaloads on Montana’s highways.* At any rate, University of Montana economist Steve Seninger and others showed the huge defect in the EA’s claim…

  • Latest Wyoming (federal) wolf update- Jan. 7, 2011

    Ralph Maughan

    Federal wolf update is only official wolf news out there now- Here is the latest update from Ed Bangs office, the only government folks in the West who seem to be regularly producing data now.  It says it’s for Wyoming, but it also gives Yellowstone Park news, Oregon news and other wolf news. There is…

  • MT Fish, Wildlife Parks aerial survey shows increase in Bitterroot mule deer

    Ralph Maughan

    Result might be due to change in hunting rules- Eyes in the sky: FWP aerial survey counts Bitterroot deer on the ground. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic. The figures look good.

  • Eleven convicted of poaching Montana elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Yet another story of two-legged wolves taking down elk- 2010 seems to have been quite a year for elk poachers in the Rocky Mountains.  Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued this news release.  Versions of it are circulating in the media. News release: Elk Poaching Case Nets Nearly $40,000 in Fines & Restitution. Monday, January…

  • Western Washington's bighorns slammed by disease

    Ralph Maughan

    Another 2010-was-a-deadly-year-for-bighorn story- The culprit is almost entirely pneumonia, and almost all of it, maybe all of it, comes from domestic sheep and goats.  The Western Watersheds Project, and closely related groups like Advocates for the West, are  just about the only organizations that are willing to step forward, tell the truth, and go after…

  • Greater Yellowstone Coalition proposes protections for Absaroka-Beartooth Front

    Ralph Maughan

    Plan might copy relatively successful effort to conserve Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front- Given the very scenic nature of much of the A-B Front, in a way it is surprising this proposal didn’t emerge earlier. Personally, I think it is a great idea. Story in the Billings Gazette on plans to conserve the Absaroka/Beartooth Front.  

  • Carter Niemeyer strongly questions Wildlife Services report.

    Ken Cole

    Calls recent Montana report “misleading”. Carter Niemeyer’s recent book “Wolfer” described, in great detail, the inner workings of Wildlife Services for whom he worked as their Montana western supervisor from 1975-1990 and as their Montana wolf specialist for the following 10 years until he took a post in Idaho as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife…

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