A textbook example of how do it wrong? A couple hiking to Wapiti Lake in Yellowstone Park surprised a grizzly bear and soon the man was dead. The woman had […]
PBS Newshour: Cowboys vs. Gray Wolves: Predator Once Again Prey
Anti-wolf extremists seek to threaten reporting on wolves- It seems like a fair piece to me, although the report consistently overestimates the number of wolves. There are no longer 1700 […]
Changes in Brucellosis Rules Remove Some Leverage from the Montana Livestock Industry
Changes help livestock industry overall but does it change much on the ground for wildlife? Last week it was announced that another herd of cattle had likely become infected with […]
Idaho congressional delegation behaves as expected on grizzly bears
Risch, Crapo, Labrador introduce bill to allow people to defend themselves during grizzly bear attacks — a cynical redundancy! They already can. We knew Idaho’s congressional delegation would try to […]
ODFW vs. Wildlife Services on who determines if a wolf killed the cow.
There is a fight going on in Oregon between wolf advocates and ranchers. Nothing new right? Well, this one has a twist. As it stands now, Oregon Department of Fish […]
House measure would waive 36 environmental laws within 100 miles of borders
GOP-backed bill tries to give Homeland Security a pass on environmental laws within 100 miles of international borders for “national security” The “National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act (H.R. […]
Nearly everyone celebrates dam removal on Elwha River Olympic National Park
Now could the 4 dams clogging the lower Snake River be removed? The 105 feet high Elwha Dam and the 210 foot high Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River will […]
Illegally shot, wounded grizzly kills hunter on the Idaho-Montana border near British Columbia (updated)
Rare grizzly of the Cabinet-Yaak, wounded, apparently turns on hunter’s partner and kills him- Note that the story below has been superseded. The hunter who ended up dead was shot […]