In June 2006 the new Basin Butte wolf pack killed a cow calf near Cow Camp road north of Stanley, Idaho. I didn’t give it much of a chance; but today it consists of 3 adult wolves, 4 yearlings (5 until the other day) and 5 new pups. It has left the numerous summertime sheep […]
Continue Reading →The large population of elk, and whether and how to reduce it inside Rocky Mountain National Park, continues to be a political controversy. There is pressure to use “qualified sportsmen,” but, on the other hand, a substantial number of elk migrated out of the national park last year, and of those that left quite a […]
Continue Reading →It looks like the Forest Service is being super careful now. Story in Salt Lake Tribune.
. . . and here is a Tribune editorial. Wildlife encounters: Develop and learn strategies for survival
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Continue Reading →Most conservationists are celebrating the defeat of two amendments to the new energy bill that would have authorized $200 million in grants or $10 billion in direct loans for coal gasification/liquefaction projects.
Coal state senators are pushing this as a “clean” method of using the vast coal deposits, many believe use of coal, is not […]
Continue Reading →I have been reporting for some time about the corruption in the Bush Department of Interior, the major land-management department of the federal government. One of those reported was J. Steven Griles, number two in DOI under Gale Norton. He was recently convicted for has dealings with corrupt lobbying Jack Abramoff. Now he is trying […]
Continue Reading →There is an emerging controversy in Oregon. Hundreds of bears are killed each year for the timber industry because some bears damage trees.
A man stumbled upon what they had been hiding. Man stumbles upon bears killed during tree damage season. KGW.com
. . . and the followup
Continue Reading →“The grandfather of an 11-year-old boy who was killed by a black bear blamed authorities today for not warning that the hulking animal was believed to have harassed another group of campers at the same site hours earlier.” Story in the Statesman-Journal.
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