Whatever happened to the vaunted new May 15 tolerance date?
Supposedly it would be different this spring. Bison would allowed to migrate out of the Park and onto Horse Butte free from harassment until at least May 15. The reality is pretty much like recent years. Brutal Montana Department of Livestock agents and Yellowstone Park […]
Continue Reading →Exploration can begin immediately-
BLM authorizes Grand Canyon uranium exploration.By Eric Bontrager. New York Times.
BLM Defies Congress, Authorizes Grand Canyon Uranium Exploration. by Mcjoan. The Daily Kos. “This is not a positive development from Salazar’s Interior Department.”
In my view Obama’s public land policies are turning out to be no better than […]
Continue Reading →Obama names nominee to oversee national forests. By Jeff Barnard. Associated Press Environmental Writer.
This is the major nomination all interested in the U.S. Forest Service have been awaiting. Wilkes is a career civil servant, currently serving in Mississippi. The article suggest that this appointment means Obama puts a low priority on the issues […]
Continue Reading →Because WY is not part of the delisting, ranchers might lose their legal ability to shoot wolves attacking their livestock-
What an irony!
Wolf delisting might hinder Wyo. ranchers. Herdsmen can’t protect livestock, lawyers say. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
Continue Reading →Pikas are disappearing from the alpine areas of Great Basin and may be listed due to climate change.
People who frequent the alpine areas of Idaho may be familiar with these small relatives of rabbits. Pikas live in boulder fields where they harvest herbaceous plants and carry them into their dens. You can often hear […]
Continue Reading →You don’t want to alarm a livestock guard dog-
While some folks in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming worry about being attacked by wolves, the real danger of attack by a canid is the livestock guard dog. Your risk goes up a lot if you are accompanied by a pet dog.
Pete Zimowsky of the Idaho […]
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