Rich East Asians spur demand for wildlife parts- Organized Crime Is Wiping out Wildlife, Report Finds. Science Daily. More enforcement effort is badly needed. Of course, the U.S. appears to […]
Highline Trail finally opens in snowy Glacier National Park, Montana
It is almost a month and a half late! Highline Trail, Ptarmigan Tunnel open in snowy Glacier National Park. By Tristan Scott. The Missoulian
Kathie Lynch: Wolves and Wildflowers Highlight Yellowstone’s Summer Bounty
Kathie Lynch reports on bounty of summer life among the wolves, bison, elk, bears and vegetation of Yellowstone Park- Story copyright © Kathie Lynch 2011 There is only one word to […]
More on leaky oil pipelines
Several articles are relevant- Oil spill into Montana river raises scrutiny about nation’s pipelines. By Matthew Brown and Garance Burke. Associated Press. It turns out there are many oil pipelines […]
Controversy over rules for watching Grand Teton NP grizzly bears
Photographers don’t like the new rules promoted because of the people watching GB 399, 610 and cubs- Photographers now have to keep further back– Jackson Hole Daily. By Thomas Dewell.
Mike Simpson’s “extinction bill” defeated by House Democrats plus some Republicans
Effort by Idaho Republican to cut all new endangered species listings is stripped out of the critical 2012 Interior Budget Bill- Dicks’ amendment to DOI Appropriations bill in the House […]
Babbitt Blasts Wilderness and Roadless Area Release Act
H.R.1581 Bruce Babbit, former Secretary of the Interior in the Clinton Administration, claims that the wolf delisting rider was the wake-up call that brought him back into the foray on […]
DeChristopher sentence spurs outraged charges of Utah hypocrisy (updated)
DeChristopher and Noel, a tale of two crimes. Salt Lake Tribune. This is about the difference in the sentence given DeChristopher versus a notorious Utah plunderer of historical antiquities on […]