The Wildlife News

January 2008

  • Idaho Fish and Game news release on wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    I just got this. “Buffaloed” posted part of it as a comment. I am putting all of it up. The “control” of the Buffalo Ridge Pack is a total outrage and a preface to what we will see with total state control. This has been one of Idaho’s most visible wolf packs, and one that…

  • Groups file lawsuit against the new 10j rule

    Ralph Maughan

    As expected, a number of conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in the Montana federal district court to set aside the new 10j rule on wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming that was just published. They are Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, Defenders of Wildlife, Natural Resources Defense Council,  Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Humane…

  • Livestock industry has no use for wildlife, period

    Ralph Maughan

    Earlier, I posted this as a comment, but I think the issue is important enough this it be a post. – – – – – I don’t think people realize that the western livestock industry and many outfitters have a mindset that does not value wildlife at all. All animals, including wildlife, are valued only…

  • Weasel-like fishers reintroduced in Olympic National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Weasel-like fishers reintroduced in Olympic National Park. AP. Seattle P-I. Here is more. It’s from the National Park Service. Proposed Fisher Reintroduction.

  • The Still-in-Danger Gray Wolf (NYT editorial)

    Ralph Maughan

    The New York Times continues to be excellent in cutting through the propaganda issued by the government about it’s new 10j rule on wolves, as well as the forthcoming delisting. The Still-in-Danger Gray Wolf. Opinion of the New York Times. 

  • Ethanol plants struggle in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    Despite the continuing hype, ethanol from corn is neither environmentally friendly, nor economically friendly. Ethanol from plant material that is not grown with such energy intensity may have a bright future, but technology needs to advance. Ethanol plants struggle. Idaho State Journal. AP

  • Project on I-90 has reduced wildlife slaughter near Bozeman Pass

    Ralph Maughan

    For years, this is something I hoped they’d do. It seems to be a success and the cost has been amazingly low. Project prevents wildlife casualties. By Christine Uthoff. Bozeman Chronicle City Editor

  • How public wildlife became something for sale

    Ralph Maughan

    Everyone should read this, in part because I think a major effort to privatize wildlife and to have livestock associations assume de facto control of state wildlife departments is afoot. How public wildlife became something for sale. By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette Outdoor Editor This article is precisely about what Robert Hoskins, Mack Bray and…

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