Ken Salazar is reportedly leaving his post as Secretary of Interior in March of this year. His legacy includes a failed delisting of wolves in Idaho and Montana, which was […]
Cascadia Wildlands » Identifying and Dealing with the Anti-wolf Forces (PG-13)
I came across a blog posting this morning that I thought the readers of The Wildlife News would be interested in. Bob Ferris of Cascadia Wildlands has written a great […]
State Agency Game Farming Is Not Compatible with Ecosystem Integrity
State Agency Game Farming Is Not Compatible with Ecosystem Integrity With the delisting of wolves from protection under the Endangered Species Act, management of wolves has been turned […]
Morality and Violence in Animals and Humans
After the horrific tragedy in Newtown Connecticut, ecologist and animal advocate Marc Bekoff penned an essay in which he argued that “cruelty, violence and warlike behaviors in other animals are […]
Endangered Species Act Protection is Proposed for Gunnison Sage-grouse
Hailey, ID. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed an Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing rule and critical habitat designation for the Gunnison sage-grouse that will designate the species as […]
Montana wolverine trapping ignores ethics and biology
Due to petitions of a number of environmental groups, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) appears likely to list the wolverine under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Once found […]
Wolves spotted next to Advanced Test Reactor Complex in the middle of the Arco Desert
Could no hunting zone of the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) could prove haven for Idaho’s persecuted wolves? The vast (900 sq mil), sprawling INL has many nuclear reactors, but there […]
Likely wolverine protection as a threatened species serves to keep Montana’s wolverine trapping season closed
Move makes Montana’s wolverine season doubly dead- In a surprise move last Monday (Jan. 7), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that on Jan. 18 it would […]