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  • Western Watersheds Project beats plan to increase grazing in Arizona's Whetstone Mtns.

    Ralph Maughan

    Water developments for cows are beaten back- Water developments on public lands may sound good, but the reality is they are almost always intended to increase grazing of livestock. These encasements, troughs, tanks, and pipelines do not benefit wildlife. Instead they often turn a spring, or an area of small springs or seeps, full of…

  • Western Watersheds petitions for ESA protection of the Sonoran desert tortoise

    Ralph Maughan

    Since 1987 population has declined by 51%-Western Watersheds Project and WildEarth Guardians petition for ESA status and the designation of critical habitat  News story in the Arizona Daily Star. Endangered status sought for Sonoran Desert tortoise. By Tony Davis Here is the news release from the petitioners- – – – – – – Federal Protection…

  • Western Watersheds opens major Montana office

    Ralph Maughan

    The Western Watersheds Project has opened its Montana office. About 50 enthusiastic folks attended the word of mouth opening last night in Missoula. Montana operations will be run by attorneys Tom Woodbury and Summer Nelson. Woodbury has a number years’ experience in Montana and Idaho conservation battles and Nelson is a new graduate at the…

  • Big Western Watersheds Project victory on Slickspot Peppergrass

    Ralph Maughan

    There have been a lot of posts here on the failure to protect and add the beautiful range plant, slickspot peppergrass to the endangered species list. Once again, the federal courts have told the Administration to get off its butt. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was ordered by Idaho federal judicial district to reconsider…

  • Judge Winmill holds feds to sage grouse deal

    Ralph Maughan

    U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service has wanted to back out of a court mediated deal to conduct and complete a “status review” on the sage grouse by May 2009. A status review looks at the the scientific literature to see if adding a species to the endangered or threatened species list is warranted. Earlier…

  • Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Sheep Grazing in Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Ralph Maughan

    For years the U.S. Sheep Experimental Station, headquartered at Dubois, Idaho (not Dubois, Wyoming) has been grazing sheep in the top of the Centennial Mountains and elsewhere in the general area, and with no environmental analysis. After yet another successful lawsuit by Western Watersheds and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Advocates for the…

  • Bighorn advocates butt heads

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a long summary of where the bighorn sheep controversy in Idaho stands and who is saying what. I think it’s a useful article for bringing folks up to date. Bighorn advocates butt heads. By Lynea Newcomer and Kathleen Turner. The Wood River Journal

  • Idaho Fish and Game slaps at Jon Marvel. Is their account credible?

    Ralph Maughan

    This has been in the news the last two days. I didn’t put the story up early because I knew Brian Ertz was right there when this alleged incident took place, and had all the details. He told me about it the day after the wolf meeting. At the time, I thought “end of story”…

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