Montana

  • Official: Montana Wolf hunt was effective

    Ralph Maughan

    The real story is that 40% of the wolves in Montana were killed this year- Official: Wolf hunt was effective. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press The rule of thumb is that wolves can withstand annual mortality of about 30 per cent of the adult wolves, and the population will remain stable. The article below indicates…

  • Forest Service finally closes Horse Butte to livetock grazing

    Ralph Maughan

    There haven’t been cattle on it for 8 years, but now it is officially closed to grazing- Despite the absence of cattle on the butte, its official status as a grazing allotment allows Montana Department of Livestock and the Montana Stockgrowers Assn. to bleat about the dangers of brucellosis from the bison that migrate out…

  • Two Views of the Tester Forest Jobs and Recreation Bill, a.k.a., "Wilderness Bill'

    Ralph Maughan

    Prominent Montana economist discusses bill on Montana public radio- Tester Forest Bill. Two Views of the Tester Forest Jobs and Recreation Bill. By Dr. Tom Power. Montana Public Radio. I’m not sure what to think about the logging part of Tester’s bill either. If you look at it one way, it represents the worst top…

  • Government wolf updates

    Ken Cole

    Recently, there have been a few government wolf updates published. Wyoming Status Reports (which sometimes have information from states like Washington, Oregon, Utah and Colorado): 11/27/2009 11/13/2009 10/30/2009 Idaho, as has been the case since wolves were delisted in the first time in 2008, has provided little information other than numbers. Their reports don’t mention…

  • FWP files brief against relisting wolves

    Ken Cole

    Montana does not want wolves to be relisted Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks has filed its brief in the wolf delisting lawsuit arguing that wolves should not be relisted under the Endangered Species Act. Two stories: FWP files brief against relisting wolves Billings Gazette State FWP to Molloy: Wolves are recovered, should be delisted Missoulian

  • Big game animals scarce in once-popular hunting district along Gallatin River

    Ralph Maughan

    This is the story about hunting district 310 that a lot of SW Montana hunters are upset about- Big game animals scarce in once-popular hunting district along Gallatin River. By Brett French. Billings Gazette.

  • FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot

    Ralph Maughan

    Pneumonia in important SW Montana herd spreads- FWP biologists, volunteers cull sick bighorns in East Fork of Bitterroot. By Perry Backus. Ravalli Republic. Damn those domestic sheep! – – – – This story earlier on this blog. Bighorn sheep near Darby, MT dying of pneumonia.

  • More water release from dams could bring new cottonwoods on the Upper Missouri River

    Ralph Maughan

    Cottonwood along the Upper Missouri in Montana all date before the dams. Some are two centuries old- More flow could bring back trees. By Karl Puckett. Great Falls Tribune Staff Writer

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Edward Abbey

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