The Wildlife News

May 2011

  • Protecting the Millionaire/”Buckaroo” Way of Life

    Brian Ertz

    For those looking for a laugh, the Idaho Statesman‘s relentless infatuation with Cowboy Custom & Culture never fails to disappoint: Documenting the Idaho buckaroo way of life – The Idaho Statesman Owyhee County rancher Paul Nettleton adds that “cowboys dance in bars and ride in rodeos. Buckaroos herd cows day in and day out. They’re…

  • Welcome to the new Wildlife News!

    Ralph Maughan

    Well we finally did it. There will be bugs. In fact this is a test post. We are sorry that the comments you made today were probably lost in the transition. We plan to do a lot of new things now that we have the News on our own server. Ralph Maughan

  • Wild American Bison “Stolen” From Yellowstone National Park

    Ken Cole

    Here is a news release from the Buffalo Field Campaign. Don’t know if the bison were exactly stolen, but there was no public comment when it looks like they should have had one, and whole idea of birth control for bison or any wildlife is controversial. Ralph Maughan THREATENED WITH POPULATION CONTROL USDA-APHIS Intends to…

  • Megaloads video: Giant rig opponents say its your land, water and air versus Exxon

    Ralph Maughan

    Exxon Mobil is the world’s most profitable corporation- A new video about their megaloads through Idaho and Montana to their vast toxic pits in Alberta- Oil companies have colluded with the Idaho’s and Montana’s governors so they can make even more profits than if they built the machinery for the toxic Alberta tar sands mining…

  • Have you come across any interesting wildlife news? May 29, 2011

    Ralph Maughan

    This replaces the 29th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog-

  • Republican’s Climate Solution: Clear-Cut the Rain Forest

    Ralph Maughan

    Dumb, dumber, and damn dangerous- Republican’s Climate Solution: Clear-Cut the Rain Forest. By John Collins Rudolf. New York Times. If he is so stupid he doesn’t know trees suck up carbon dioxide, not emit it, what about his views on the economy, medicine, national defense? Has there ever been a time in America when science…

  • Renewable Energy Industry CEO looks to the future

    Brian Ertz

    Suggests government policy/subsidies – not free market – give wildlife conflicting, utility-scale projects an edge over distributed generation NRG Energy CEO David Crane, lead investor in the controversial Ivanpah Solar Thermal Energy Project, discusses why giant utility-scale renewable energy projects are economically viable and what the future might look like for renewables with a reduction…

  • Niemeyer’s “Wolfer” wins prestigious book award

    Ralph Maughan

    Carter Niemeyer’s memoir, Wolfer, has won the 2011 IPPY (Independent Publishers Book Awards) gold medal for regional nonfiction. Since its release, I have run into quite a few folks who have read it. All of those I met commented on its evenhandedness. Many said their eyes were opened about the pressure that is applied to…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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