Another 2010-was-a-deadly-year-for-bighorn story- The culprit is almost entirely pneumonia, and almost all of it, maybe all of it, comes from domestic sheep and goats. The Western Watersheds Project, and closely […]
Wyoming to spend $9.7M to protect pronghorn
Finally, it looks like a real effort to keep antelope bottlenecks west of Pinedale from closing- Over the years, we have written about the Trapper’s Point pronghorn migration bottleneck a […]
Hearing officer says "yes" to first 4 oil megaloads
The next 200 or so loads are still on the table- Boise attorney Merlyn Clark, hearing officer on the oil megaloads that will use U.S. Highway 12 across north central […]
Greater Yellowstone Coalition proposes protections for Absaroka-Beartooth Front
Plan might copy relatively successful effort to conserve Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front- Given the very scenic nature of much of the A-B Front, in a way it is surprising this […]
What does a blizzard on the U.S. East Coast mean for global warming?
Stronger winter storms are the indirect result of global warming- There are a lot of people who tend to think snowy weather means there is no global warming (they tend […]
Elk herd prospers on Hanford, WA nuclear reservation
Dry country elk herd’s major difficulty said to be agricultural damage- I didn’t know anything about the elk in this part of Washington state. I’m glad learn that a herd […]
Anatomy of a medusahead invasion
An annual grass worse than cheatgrass Medusahead grass has the ability to take over a landscape like cheatgrass but nothing will eat it after it dies and dries out in […]
Oil company megaloads to stay at port in Lewiston for Christmas
Idaho activists successfully delay megaloads into 2011- Hearing officer does not issue a decision on the international oil company megaloads sitting at the Port of Lewiston, Idaho. Decision will be […]