From the daily archives: Sunday, March 1, 2009
Happy Birthday, Grand Canyon National Park! By Ray Stern. Phoenix New Times.
Continue Reading →They’ve been saying the same thing for years. How many times can elk be wiped out and their numbers stay generally the same?
Wolves in the sights: Hunters complain predators are wiping out elk. By Michael Jamison of the Missoulian
Continue Reading →Pete Zimowsky, of the Idaho Statesman, speaks out against the anti-bighorn sheep bills.
“In my 40 or so years of hunting and fishing in the West and covering wildlife issues, I have never seen such anti-wildlife bills. I think hunters, wildlife photographers, jet-boat and rafting outfitters and conservationists should be outraged by these bills and [...]
Continue Reading →West-central Idaho resort to close due to judges decision.
This resort was first conceived as Valbois then Westrock, and now Tamarack. From the beginning people questioned whether there was funding to back up the plans.
At the time it was being proposed Governor, and now former Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne, along with other [...]
Continue Reading →Again, it’s not about disease, it’s about control over land, wildlife and people. Bison in quarantine near Gardiner.
Photo © Kim Acheson, Buffalo Field Campaign
Used with permission.
While I think that the quarantine plan is misguided I do believe that those bison in the program should be allowed to roam freely as [...]
Continue Reading →2013-2014 Wolf Slaughter
Idaho Hunting 169 Idaho Trapping 78 Idaho Illegal 9 Idaho Control-IDFG 16 Idaho Control-WS 73 Idaho IDFG-authorized 3 Idaho Legal take 3 Idaho Unknown 5 Idaho Vehicle 3 Montana Hunting 138 Montana Trapping 73 Montana "other" 94 Wyoming Hunting 63 Wyoming "other" 25 Wisconsin 257 Minnesota 237 Michigan 23 TOTAL 1269 View Spreadsheet
