From the monthly archives: July 2008
The following report is by Idaho Fish and Game Department. It is put out once every two weeks. RM
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IDAHO WOLF MANAGEMENT
BI-WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT
To: Idaho Fish and Game Staff and Cooperators
From: IDFG Wolf Program Coordinator, Steve Nadeau
Subject: Status of Gray Wolf [...]
Continue Reading →Ron Judd. Seattle Times columnist writes about Washington’s wolf pack.
The Methow’s “Lookout Pack,” as it’s being called, is the first verified litter — emphasis on “verified” — in this state since the gray wolf was hunted to extinction in the 1970s. But [...]
Continue Reading →Do bighorn sheep roam the Pioneers? Project seeks to determine if these elusive mountain climbers occupy rugged range. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mounain Express.
Continue Reading →Wildlife Services has done away with easily accessible national tolls of the all the wildlife it kills for the livestock industry and others. Now, you have to tally up the state tabs and do the math yourself yourself – carnivore “controls” keeps trending upward :
Agency makes it tough to keep tabs on animal [...]
Continue Reading →“Uncle” Ted Stevens, the uncivil, anti-conservation, senatorial spokesman for Big Oil from Alaska, has been indicted on 7 felony charges.
Bye bye to another real villain! He will lose general election or the primary, but he is going to be gone.
Kate Sheppard. Senator Ted Stevens’ (Non-) Environmental Legacy — And The Alaska Senate [...]
Continue Reading →Wildfires strengthen. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide.
Although the unusually early California wildfires have cast a pall over much of Nevada and Idaho for a month, the wildlfire season in the interior is finally underway.
Continue Reading →Need a good laugh that isn’t funny? The Elk Vaccination Follies. By Bill Schneider. New West.
“FWP has doubled the elk quota around Yellowstone with minimal public input and is now talking about capturing 350 elk in the Paradise Valley to test the prevalence of brucellosis, which is commonly believed to be very low.”
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Continue Reading →Wyoming, Idaho and Montana put their planned wolf hunts on hold. By Bob Moen. Associated Press writer
Continue Reading →Fire burns 800 acres, closes road in Yellowstone. By the Billings Gazette Staff and Associated Press.
The powerline caused fire is near LeHardy Rapids. This is the first large Yellowstone Park fire of the season.
Continue Reading →25 Ted Turner Bison Die of Anthrax. By Jennifer McKee. Billings Gazette State Bureau
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Aug. 5, 2008, update. Anthrax on Turner ranch prompts road closure. By Jessica Mayrer. Bozeman Chronicle staff writer.
Montana DOL, so vigilant about brucellosis has finally decided maybe anthrax is a danger to people!
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