The Wildlife News

March 19, 2010

  • Eliminate Grand Canyon aircraft noise. Fight McCain amendment

    Ralph Maughan

    For years Senator McCain has posed as a friend of restoring quiet over the Grand Canyon- It’s not true, and on Monday the U.S. Senate will vote on his amendment that would lock in the noise for a lot more time, according to the Sierra Club. Of course you would be wise to do your…

  • Don't blame wolves for elk hunting woes

    Ralph Maughan

    Editorial by the Casper Star Tribune- Tribune editorial says wolves not decimating NW Wyoming elk, wolves were introduced in fact so they would affect elk, but wolf management is needed. Here is today’s editorial on the day before the anti-wolf rally in Jackson, Wyoming.

  • Yellowstone bison population stable too

    Ralph Maughan

    Both elk and bison currently stable- Yesterday I did a long post on the stabilization of the elk population on Yellowstone’s northern range, but I didn’t mention another important development, the recovery of the bison population to a bit over 3000 animals. Growth between 2008 and 9 has been slow. In the past years, the…

  • Lone, lovelorn wolverine baffles scientists

    Ralph Maughan

    How did a (probable) Idaho wolverine end up in the Sierra of California? Lone, lovelorn wolverine baffles scientists. By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer

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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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