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  • Group launches initiative to ban trapping in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana Trap-Free Public Lands gathers signatures for ballot initiative- Group launches initiative to ban trapping in Montana. New West Unfiltered By Anja Heister and Connie Poten

  • Western states take aim at antler gatherers

    Ralph Maughan

    More people are gathering antlers. The recession makes some of them desperate for money. The end result is trouble for wildlife- About a month ago I posted an article about this in Wyoming, but the issue is bigger than that. Overzealous antler gatherers face a new flurry of regulation by U.S. Western states trying to…

  • Report on Idf&G Commissioner's Coeur D'alene Meeting, Nov 2009

    Ralph Maughan

    “The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times” by Ken Fischman, Ph.D. Vice Chair & Spokesman Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” (first sentence in Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Tale of Two Cities.”) It was the “best of times” because NIWA and other wolf advocates…

  • WildEarth Guardians Seeks End of Aerial Gunning, Poisoning of Wildlife on Public Lands

    Ralph Maughan

    Obama asked for executive order- This is clearly something the President could do quickly to rehabilitate his tarnished image on wildlife. Ironically, it was President Richard Nixon who in 1972 issued Executive Order 11643 banning the use of poisons to control predators on Federal land. Reagan later weakened this. In addition, there is plenty of…

  • New Web site launched to track wildlife along Interstate 70 in Colorado

    Ralph Maughan

    Wildlife is the third most common reason for crashes on I-70- Story 1. New Web site launched to track wildlife along Interstate 70. Sky Hi Daily News. Story 2. Colorado officials and advocates conserving wildlife by stopping roadkill. By Caroline Griesel. Examiner How many readers have hit large animals? Maybe I should ask how many…

  • Downed powerline electrocutes deer, wolf, other animals

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana powerline down, had lethal juice in it for several months- A snag fell across the line, bringing it the ground. Downed power line near Eureka electrocutes more than a dozen animals. AP in the Missoulian

  • Noise pollution threatens animals

    Ken Cole

    Noisy and getting noisier Noise pollution threatens animals “Sounds produced by vehicles, oil and gas fields and urban sprawl interfere with the way animals communicate, mate and prey on one another.”

  • Should You Run or Freeze When You See a Mountain Lion?

    Ralph Maughan

    New study disputes the conventional wisdom to stay put or risk triggering lion’s instinct to pursue- The study was based on what 185 people did who were attacked by mountain lions. The data was from 1890 to 2000. It came from the U.S. and Canada. I can see from the abstract on which the article…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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