The Wildlife News

A Project of Sage Steppe Wild

September 29, 2010

  • New Study Comfirms that Bighorn Sheep Die from Domestic Sheep Diseases

    Ken Cole

    A new study in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases confirms, unequivocally, that the domestic sheep disease Mannheimia haemolytica kills bighorn sheep after the two species co-mingle. This paper has been rumored for the last several months and was cited in the recent Payette National Forest decision to close 60% of sheep grazing allotments on the…

  • The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good

    Brian Ertz

    The Yellowstone Success Story and Those Who Want to Kill It Chip Ward publishes an exceptional piece on the wolf controversy, bringing a compelling focus back to the real issues ~ and values ~ wolf advocates are fighting for : The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good – Published on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 by TomDispatch.com Sadly,…

  • Baucus, Tester introduce bill to return wolf management to Montana [and Idaho]

    Ralph Maughan

    Rancher senators move to amend Endangered Species Act- Although most of the grass roots activity against wolves has come from elk and deer hunters, it has always been the ranchers at the core of wolf hatred.  The reason is that the large ranchers have always believed it is their right to govern the rest of…

  • Reminder: Comments Due on IDFG's Bighorn Sheep Plan Tomorrow

    Ken Cole

    I posted this at the end of August. It’s time to get your comments in. Don’t color outside the lines The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has released its Draft Bighorn Sheep Management Plan which essentially draws lines around existing bighorn sheep populations and prevents recovery to historical habitat. This is a big problem…

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Edward Abbey

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