From the Casper Star Tribune, Story about water wells in the Pinedale and Jonah gas fields being contaminated by benzene and other hydrocarbons. Well Probe Points to Trucks. By Whitney Royster.
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Continue Reading →More on the RAT. By Greg Lewis. Tucson Citizen.
Who are the interests behind the pay-to-use-your-public-land philosophy?
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Continue Reading →This sounds very serious. It could spread.
Ebola-like virus killing fish in Great Lakes. USA Today. By Dennis Cauchon.
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Continue Reading →This is a piece from Writers on the Range. Why would a federal agency trash its libraries? Jeff Ruch. The Bush Administration calls it “de-accessioning” their library.
There have been a lot of stories about this action. This is the first posting I have made.
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Continue Reading →I’m a but unsure this is news because every winter and spring the class of elk that wolves find the easiest to kill in Yellowstone seems to vary, but here is the article
Yellowstone wolves again eating older elk. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
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Continue Reading →State calls off coyote hunt. By Matt Christensen. Times-News writer.
The South Hills are not in South Central Idaho like the article says. They are in extreme southern Idaho.
Shooting coyotes by paid employees from aircraft to reduce their numbers is not properly called “a hunt”
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Continue Reading →For delisted grizzlies, future is now. By Mike Stark of the Billings Gazette.
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Continue Reading →Wild Bill has another insightful article on the ill effects of the “RAT.” FS Digging Its Own Grave. By Bill Schneider. New West.
Being from SE Idaho, I don’t get hit with the RAT as much as most folks, but recently in Arizona I really felt its sting.
I wanted to explore Oak Creek […]
Continue Reading →Rocky Barker has another story on the recent mauling near Tetonia, Idaho. He places it in the larger context of delisting, and the lack of preparation by Idaho to manage the Yellowstone area grizzlies, which, nevertheless, they are slated to do beginning May 1.
Grizzly conflicts likely to rise: States take over management […]
Continue Reading →On May 1, the grizzly bears of the Greater Yellowstone will lose their status as a “threatened species” protected by the Endangered Species Act.
They were one of the first animals listed — way back in 1975. Conservation groups have already given the USFWS a 60-day notice that they will be sued if they delist.
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