Rotenone has been used a number of times on carp at this national wildlife refuge, but it never gets them all. Once again there over a million carp. Is there any long term solution?
Explosion in carp numbers have caused big drop in birds at eastern Oregon refuge. By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian
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Continue Reading →Will hurricanes add to the on-going unnatural disaster?
Hurricane season begins June 1, and its peak is late August when the the relief wells might have finally stopped the oil gusher. Hurricane Season Raises New Fears. By Kenneth Chang. New York Times.
I recall that last year the hurricane season was quite mild in […]
Continue Reading →My opinion is the “spill” could be a gift to bring down the Cheneys, oil companies, “drill baby drill”-
With a huge natural disaster there is political danger, but also political opportunity. For the people living on the Gulf, and the fish and wildlife, it is all downside. For the President there is a mighty […]
Continue Reading →Shooting wolves in prime recreation country near Boise, ID-
Although wolves have inhabited the the foothills and mountains north of Boise for a decade now, this is the first time they are known to have killed livestock (8 lambs, 3 ewes). The two wolves are not part of a pack.
Hopefully Wildlife Services is taking […]
Continue Reading →Bob Abbey, BLM director is taking over Minerals Management Service. RL Miller looks at Abbey’s past in the revolving door-
Mr. Abbey Goes to Washington, Cleans Up MMS. Or Not. By RL Miller. Daily Kos.
Is a man who hasn’t reformed the BLM the one who will reform MMS?
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Continue Reading →One bottleneck is crucial to the continuation of the many thousand year seasonal migration from Jackson Hole to the Red Desert-
We haven’t discussed this for a couple years. There is an especially good article on Trapper’s Point constriction in Wyofile.com
The Trappers’ Point Antelope Trail – A Precarious Wildlife Corridor. By […]
Continue Reading →Do you have ideas?
Yellowstone National Park is doing an environmental assessment and thinking of ways to improve the historic entrance to Yellowstone Park— “An environmental assessment will be prepared in coming months, looking at subjects including vehicle circulation, congestion, and parking; pedestrian safety; signage, and vegetation challenges; all while preserving the historic nature of […]
Continue Reading →Not sure what this will mean for BLMs programs, if anything–
Bob Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management to take over running MMS. Huffington Post.
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Continue Reading →I’d say this is a minor victory. The Stockgrowers wanted even more severe “management” of bison that we already have to witness.
Stockgrowers’ Suit Over Bison Management Dismissed. Matt Gouras. Associated Press Writer
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Continue Reading →The famed runs of salmon are expected to return after two dams are removed but will they be as big?
The Elwha Dam and Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River of the Olympic Peninsula were built in violation of an 1890 law which required fish passage facilities on dams “wherever food fish are wont […]
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