Energy leasing advances. Controversy fails to stop Bridger-Teton. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide.
Earlier story on this (April 23). Wyoming Governor: Forest deal ‘suspect’. Federal government gave energy company broad influence over study of Wyo. Range. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
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Continue Reading →First new wilderness in state in 2 decades is easily accessible. By Jennifer A. Dlouhy. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The new Wild Sky Wilderness Area is 106,000 acres. It failed in the last Congress when House Resources Committee Chair Richard Pombo killed at. Due in part to strong action by conservationists across America, he is no […]
Continue Reading →Anti-wolf activist to stand trial. Idaho Mountain Express.
Update May 1. A No Contact Order that says Gillett cannot come within 300 feet of Stone or within 100 feet of her vehicle, has been extended for four more months. If Gillett violates it, he will be arrested and taken to jail.
Also unknown […]
Continue Reading →If you are not familiar with Kofa, it is huge, almost 700,000 acres.
However, the bighorn have been struggling there, but their numbers are now increasing, a fact the AZ F & G ignored as they announced, but may not honor, a one-year moratorium on removal of desert cougars in the area (perhaps 3 are […]
Continue Reading →State starts building wildlife-friendly roads. Sheep overpasses, elk collars: Call it road ecology. By Glen Creno. The Arizona Republic.
There have been quite a few similar stories in recent years. What I’d like to see is a study (other than Banff National Park where there have been a number) showing the magnitude of these […]
Continue Reading →The web has made the world a small place, but a lot of elected and other officials don’t understand that.
Years of borrowing have also made the Dollar a weakling compared to the Euro. International tourists help the American economy a lot, but a number of Wyoming officials are not exactly friendly and try to […]
Continue Reading →State Management of Wolves a Recipe for Conflict. By George Wuerthner. New West.
Wuerthner is absolutely correct, but then are the state politicians interested in minimizing conflict?
The answer is clearly “no.” If the politicians were interested in minimizing conflict, they would allow the federal government to keep managing wolves. The local politicians would […]
Continue Reading →The lawsuit has been filed with a request for an immediate injunction to suspend state management. The suit was filed in the Montana federal district court in Missoula.
Conservation Groups Sue Over Wolf Delisting. Backpacker Magazine.
Environmental, conservation groups challenge wolf delisting. By Matthew Brown, Associated Press in the Idaho Statesman.
At least […]
Continue Reading →The various bison killing agencies have announced they will kill no more bison around Yellowstone this spring. They did not mention whether they would haze the starving animals off of greening areas such as Horse Butte.
They indicated that although the number had been cut in half, there would be no problem regenerating the herd […]
Continue Reading →Today, Monday April 28, EarthJustice is expected to file a lawsuit trying to overturn the delisting of wolves one month ago — the handover to virtually unrestricted state management. Wyoming management has resulted already in at least ten, and probably many more, dead wolves from what was the state’s population of 188 wolves. The photos […]
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