The Wildlife News

May 9, 2007

  • Hayden Pack finally dens; Druids get bumped from their den site.

    Ralph Maughan

    The wandering Hayden Pack finally denned. They went back to their traditional den near the Hayden Valley, which is also near the busy Canyon area in the Park. People and wolf wise, this has never been a good den site because there is a lot of traffic nearby. The pack has always produced small crops…

  • Small-town Utahns fight proposed large coal-fired power plant

    Ralph Maughan

    If all goes according to plan, Utah will expand electrical production in the next several years by more than 2,000 megawatts. Almost all of it will come from coal-burning power plants, according to the DAQ. Three of the state’s largest plants are slated to expand: Hunter in Emery County, Bonanza in Uintah and IPP in…

  • Residents near Horse Butte (NW of West Yellowstone) tell MT governor that Montana DOL trashes their property rights

    Ralph Maughan

    Note. This was posted to Yellowstone.net. I modified it a bit. Private landowners near Horse Butte, a peninsula of public land a few miles west of Yellowstone Park, have had to band together to protect their property to try to stop the thuggish tactics of the Montana Department of Livestock. The created HOBNOB–Horse Butte Neighbors…

  • Julie MacDonald's actions face House Natural Resources Committee probe today

    Ralph Maughan

    Folks will recall that MacDonald was, until May 1, a high-ranking Interior Department political appointee who has been implicated in rewriting scientists’ reports about endangered species, changing their substantive content. I think the whole point of her job was to make sure species didn’t get listed as threatened or endangered. Legacy of Scientific Fraud Honed…

  • Guest Opinion: How best to manage wolves in Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    This is by Dr. Franz Camenzind, executive director of the Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance. It appears in today’s Billings Gazette. His summation reads: We can either come together and manage wolves like other wildlife species, or we can continue to argue and waste time and money in court and get nowhere. For now, I urge…

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