Peregrine falcons make dramatic 30-year comeback in Idaho and elsewhere
Rare birds of prey returned to wild. Peregrine falcons make dramatic 30-year comeback. Idaho Mountain Express. By Greg Stahl.

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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They still shoot them as they sit on powerlines on county roads up here.
How do I know? I had to witness it firsthand…after they were shot unfortunately.
They still shoot them in “the protected area” in Idaho — The Snake River Birds of Prey area.
That’s where the story took place about the local shooters who were so enthusiastic that they took shots at the National Guard training nearby.