April 2010
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28 wolves killed in control since the beginning of the year The Idaho Wolf Management Progress Report has been released by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. So far the report says there have been 28 wolves killed for 14 livestock animals taken. This doesn’t make sense when you consider that last month’s depredation…
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The federal authorization for each state to reduce wolves to 100-150 animals puts northern Rockies wolves on a spiral toward extinction. Interesting opinion piece about the inadequacies of the States’ wolf management plans. Montana, Idaho and Wyoming Wolf Policies Foreshadow Extinction By Michael J. Robinson, Guest Writer for New West
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2 of the 4 wolf packs have disappeared and the overall population has dropped from 24 to 19 wolves The interactions of wolves and moose on Isle Royale National Park have been studied for decades. In recent years the wolves, due to their low genetic diversity, have exhibited malformed vertebra and other deformities related to…
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Conservationists accuse each other of distorting elk and wolf data. This article is about the recent public fight between the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Defenders of Wildlife. I think part of the reason that the feud has heated up is because of the use of words like “annihilation” when referencing wolves and elk. I…
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Is this a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act? After being told by the US Fish and Wildlife Service that their plan to oil the eggs of nesting pelicans amounted to an eradication program, the Idaho Fish and Game has proceeded to introduce skunks and badgers onto Gull Island in Blackfoot Reservoir to eat…
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Information is needed to understand who the program benefits and how many livestock are grazing public lands The program that is heavily subsidized by the public to the tune of $123 million annually is veiled in secrecy. Welfare ranching of public lands, simply put, is the subsidized destruction of our public lands for the benefit…
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Only 1500 birds left in the state Habitat destruction and fragmentation has caused a severe reduction in sage grouse numbers in South Dakota. Livestock grazing and energy development, especially wind, is a serious threat to the remaining birds there. The birds are behaviorally disposed to avoid tall vertical structures because they provide perches to predators.…
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May be reintroduced to Alaska as an experimental, non-essential population. Alaska wants to reintroduce wood bison from Canada but they are currently listed as an endangered species by the USFWS. In response there is an effort to classify them as an experimental, non-essential population under the 10(j) rule so that there will be less protection…