January 2007
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Plan to delist wolves still faces obstacles. Legal challenges could delay federal proposalto give control to Idaho and Montana by year’s end. By Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman. Here the story as told by Idaho’s largest newspaper
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Wisconsin Ag News Headlines. Rural Groups React Positively to Removing Wolf Protections What an informative article. It says “rural groups” and then speaks of the Safari Club and the Bear Association. Only the Wisconsin Cattlemen’s Association seems rural to me. It tells us that the wolf herd in Wisconsin is 500 animals. Wolf “herd?” It…
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Here is a good article on the dieoff of whitebark pine and grizzly bears. In the Rockies, Pines Die and Bears Feel It. New York Times. By Charles Petit.
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It is expected that lots of data has been collected that will allow management more by science and less by barroom and rumor from coffee at the diner. Story in the Billings Gazette. AP It seems that people can think more rationally about cougars than they can about wolves.
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Federal wolf plan turns a blind eye to the law and stewardship of the species FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE • January 29, 2007 For more information contact: Rob Edward | 303.447.8655 ext. 2# Boulder, CO – Despite being protected by federal law for over 30 years, gray wolves in the lower forty-eight states presently occupy less…
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As expected, today the Department of Interior announced the proposed delisting of wolves in Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming because of their failure to come up with an adequate wolf conservation plan. Flat-out delisting of wolves in the Great Lakes States was announced. Here is the news release wolfnrs012907.pdf Update 1-30-2007. Feds to delist…
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Gov. Schweitzer Hears From Montanans Opposed To Bison Policies. Residents, Hunters, and Bison Advocates Communicate Distaste with Current Bison Management. Here is the latest news from the Buffalo Field Campaign. HELENA, MONTANA. Montana residents from Yellowstone’s gateway communities in Gardiner and West Yellowstone, along with hunters and members of Buffalo Field Campaign, will meet with…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Later this week in Paris, climate scientists will issue a dire forecast for the planet that warns of slowly rising sea levels and higher temperatures. But that may be the sugarcoated version. USA Today. Now that even George Bush is conceding there is global warming, and a “conclusive” report to be out…