The Wildlife News

A Project of Sage Steppe Wild

February 7, 2010

  • Why must Utah be kept free of wolves?

    Ralph Maughan

    Opinion by Kirk Robinson. Western Wildlife Conservancy in Salt Lake City- Why must Utah be kept free of wolves? Salt Lake Tribune.

  • More on the beleaguered bighorn

    Ralph Maughan

    Four Montana herds, two in Washington plagued by disease- Here is another update on the pneumonia killing  so many bighorn. The article also gives the total estimated bighorn populations of Idaho, Montana, and Washington. Hard times hit area bighorns. By Rich Landers. Spokesman-Review. “The Payette National Forest [in Western Idaho] recently released a draft proposal…

  • Have you run across any interesting news? Feb. 4 – 11

    Ralph Maughan

    If so, post the URL, name of the story and the newspaper, magazine, etc. it comes from and a few of your thoughts- This idea came from Ron Kearns. Others thought it might be a good idea. It  may be a way to avoid the pitfalls of an open forum. Let’s try it. Note that…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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