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  • Footloose: Montana Dog Owners Find Wild-Animal Traps Put Pets in Harm’s Way

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana Dog Owners Find Wild-Animal Traps Put Pets in Harm’s Way. By Jim Robbins. New York Times.

  • Important Bison News release

    Ralph Maughan

    Maybe Montana’s governor is going to finally do something. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 CONTACT: Sarah Elliott 406-444-9725 MEDIA ADVISORY Governor, Yellowstone Park Superintendent to Make Announcement about Interagency Bison Management Plan – Tomorrow at Gallatin Airport (HELENA) – Governor Brian Schweitzer and Yellowstone Park Superintendent Suzanne Lewis will make a historic announcement…

  • Hunting is just one way to manage wolf packs. Idaho and Montana both use non-lethal techniques too.

    Ralph Maughan

    The use of non-lethal aversive and proactive techniques with wolves is discussed in this article in Plenty Magazine. Story by Nicole Scarmeas. I hope both states continue to use non-lethal because the case of the Buffalo Ridge Pack in Idaho seemed a bad omen. Then there’s Wyoming . . . such a sad case!

  • . . . and the legacy of mining from the past.

    Ralph Maughan

    W.R. Grace agrees to $250-million dollar cleanup for past asbestos mining near Libby, Montana. New York Times. Note that this notorious health hazard has been the subject of hundreds of of articles since 2000. Many people in the area have died from the asbestos contamination in town and from working the now closed mine.

  • Montana approves wolf hunting season

    Ralph Maughan

    This was expected, and it isn’t really the news. Story in the Casper Star Tribune. Montana approves wolf hunting season. By Eve Byron. Lee News Service The news is that Montana rejected things like trapping wolves (a grave danger to grizzly bears and dogs) and the use of artificial lures, baits, scents, electronic calls, aerial…

  • Defenders of Wildife gives Montana a grant and Montana takes over wolf compensation

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the version of the story from the Missoulian. State set to take over wolf kill payments. By Perry Backus of the Missoulian. “Over its 20-year history, the Defenders of Wildlife have made 276 payments to Montanans totaling more than $317,000 for 336 cattle, 689 sheep, 16 livestock dogs and 15 other animals, including…

  • Wolves are bringing tourists and money to Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    This is based on the work of University of Montana economist John Duffield. Wolf tourism in Yellowstone region. Wolves are bringing tourists and money to Montana. Update: Here is Duffield’s original paper in the Jan. 2008 issue of Yellowstone Science. duffield-economic-impacts.pdf

  • Guest Opinion: Public, private property lost to brucellosis policy

    Ralph Maughan

    Finally an essay how Montana and Wyoming’s brucellosis policy tramples on private property rights. By Glenn Hockett. Billings Gazette. Guest Opinion: Public, private property lost to brucellosis policy. He also points out the continuing frenzy over brucellosis  amidst the lackadaisical approach to other livestock diseases.

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