Wild Bill’s column in New West. I should add that so far this year, grizzly encounters of all kinds seem to be way down although their population is not. Much […]
Disappearce of cougars in Zion NP has led to a general ecological decline
I always wondered why the Virgin River looked so oddly entrenched and actively eroding in Zion NP. It may be an indirect effect of the loss of the cougar. As […]
Yellowstone, still noisy after all these years
Brodie Farquhar is writing in New West about the snowmobiles in Yellowstone, which are supposed to be much quieter now with their 4-stroke engines. I didn’t realize this, but the […]
Drilling the heart out of the West
In the past five years, the Bush administration has leased 35 million acres of federal land for oil and gas drilling — the equivalent of 15 Yellowstone National Parks.
It’s wrecking the West.
It’s violating the law — courts have held the government ignored the National Environmental Policy Act’s requirement to weigh environmental consequences of the leases.
And this policy isn’t producing energy independence. The U.S. Geological Survey’s rough inventory for the entire West adds up to about 8 billion barrels of oil.
Hunters blast away at decoy elk at Union Pass (WY)
“A young bull elk decoy in a closed hunting area off Union Pass Road looked too good to resist for a number of hunters whom Wyoming Game and Fish cited […]
Proposition 2 on Idaho ballot opposed
There are many copycat measures in other states. I have heard of almost no non-paid support for prop 2, which would by trick not only take away the protection you […]
Earthquake swarm under Old Faithful.
The quakes were numerous but small. Story in the Billings Gazette.
Latest wolf news on YNP northern range. Slough/Druid encounter?
I talked with Rick McIntye, and he had a lot of news I hadn’t heard. Here it is in no particular order: 1. The Leopold Pack split-off, formerly called the […]