The Wildlife News

April 2007

  • N. Arizona off-roaders fear near ban

    Brian Ertz

    ATV riders in northern Arizona’s Coconino NF are looking at a ban on off-roading as the scars of their less responsible take a toll on the land. N. Ariz. off-roaders fear a near-ban Published: Arizona Daily Star AP

  • Freudenthal kills proposed water rules

    Brian Ertz

    The Governor of Wyoming killed water regulations passed by a citizen board aimed at curtailing negative effects of coalbed methane water surges in the state. The board insisted the the methane-water increase in quanitity not implicate the quality of the water. Freudenthal claims the board over-reached. Some folks get upset when judges legislate, how about…

  • B.E. Green to edit Wildlife News for a while

    Ralph Maughan

    I won’t be available for about 4 days, so I’m pleased that BE is going to edit this web page for the next little while. Anyone who hasn’t posted to this blog before goes into moderated comments first, and will have to be approved by BE, who will probably check the page once or twice…

  • M44 kills Utah Man's Dog. He sues Wildlife Services for $100,000

    Ralph Maughan

    Too many dogs are lost to the M44 Cyanide devices the federal agency Wildlife Services puts out to kill coyotes, and too often they are non-target species. A Utah man is bound to teach them a lesson, and they really need to learn because the dog’s owner suffered some symptoms of cyanide poisoning too. Story…

  • Wyoming sheep show up with the dread disease scrapie

    Ralph Maughan

    Scrapie was the first discovered prion disease. There are those who believe it was the origin of both mad cow disease and chronic wasting disease, including the human variant of mad cow disease. Sheep kill planned after rare disease found. By Kathleen Miller. Associated Press writer post 1053

  • 'Drilled full of holes?'

    Ralph Maughan

    The gas boys are closing in on the Bridger Teton National Forest and people’s homes now. This is a story about the drilling to come at Bondurant, Wyoming. ‘Drilled full of holes?‘ By Whitney Royster. Casper Star Tribune. post 1052

  • Senator Baucus Berates Recreation Fee Policy

    Ralph Maughan

    Good News! A major Western Democrat is going after the “RAT.” In my view the RAT is just another Bush Administration effort to slowly privatize the public lands. Senator Baucus Berates Recreation Fee Policy. New West. By Bill Schneider. While a number of Western Senators have spoken against the RAT, such as Idaho’s Senator Craig.…

  • Air pollution a growing concern in Gallatin Valley (Bozeman, MT)

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the Bozeman Chronicle by Scott McMillion. Air pollution a growing concern in Gallatin Valley post 1050

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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