Report: Drilling squeezes hunters, habitat. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press writer. Casper Star Tribune.
In the old sense of the phrase, the real wolf at the door in the West is the energy industry.
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Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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Follow the money. It applies here too.
I’m getting things set up here to host a roundtable discussion on the common threats to wolves, ranching, hunting, and conservation efforts in western lands. This will of course be one of the issues discussed.
It scares the hell out of me that the people on the casper star tribune comments section actually defend energy companies just to put down wolves and environmental “activists”. i think part of me wants to see wyoming get completely destroyed by drilling so all of these people can get exactly what they wish for…