January 2011

  • More reporting about the bighorn/domestic sheep disease study Other than the study itself, this is the first time that I’ve heard Dr. Srikmaran talk about last year’s study which confirms that domestic sheep diseases kill bighorn sheep. “I am not that happy about this finding. Some people’s livelihood depends on domestic sheep,” [But the] “organisms…

  • Note that this replaces the 20th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog.   Please don’t post entire articles here, just the link, title and your comments about the article. Most of these violate copyright law. They also take up too much space.

  • Motorbikes, ATV interests rebuffed for large roadless area between Glacier N.P. and Bob Marshall Wildlerness- Judge upholds ban on motorized travel in Badger-Two Med. By Karl Puckett.  Great Falls  Tribune Staff Writer. I’ve only been there twice, and just into it a little way.  My impression is that it isn’t quite as rugged as the…

  • Some would say this guy had it coming- What is it with these wolf-hating, deer and elk poachers? Of course, Nugent is famous.  He’s in another category from most of these poachers. This news is from August. We had missed it, but no one mentioned it in the long discussion of the subject. Guess that…

  • Here is an excerpt from Carter Niemeyer’s “Wolfer,” a book that is generating a lot of thought and discussion- From New West. An Excerpt from “Wolfer: A Memoir.” By Carter Niemeyer.

  • A high tech, on-line, real life, killing platform creeps out Georgians- A weird and disgusting array of cameras and shotguns linked to the Internet was discovered in Georgia. Before the government got around to checking it, the apparatus had been taken down — disappeared — but a photo of it remains. Only in Georgia: Internet-controlled…

  • A reason not to take Russian wolf tales seriously? Siberian hunters chase 400-strong wolf pack. RT Question More. A wolf pack 400 strong?  Tales from the Russian woods. In reality there are probably several wolf packs killing some ill kept horses. Outlandish wolf stories have come from Russia for centuries.  Recently a book about Russian…

  • Fee is only $1.35 to graze a calf cow pair for a month. Obama Administration Refuses to Reform Public-lands Grazing Fee For immediate release – January 18, 2011 Contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, 520.623.1878 Mark Salvo, WildEarth Guardians, 503.757.4221 Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, 928.310.6713 Brent Fenty, Oregon Natural Desert Association, 541.330.2638 Ronni…

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