Limit on rainbow and brook trout abolished (with exceptions)- With the exception of some popular roadside rivers such as the Madison, Firehole, and lower Gibbon River, limits on the number […]
Bill would allow ranchers to voluntarily end their grazing allotments in exchange for private compensation
Rural Economic Vitalization Act reintroduced- The Rural Economic Vitalization Act (REVA) would allow private parties to pay willing ranchers to relinquish their grazing permits on public lands, and then the […]
Alvord Cutthroat Trout, Not Extinct After All?
Alvord cutthroat trout were a subspecies of cutthroat trout native to the Alvord Basin of southeast Oregon that many believe went extinct in their pure form shortly after they were […]
My Yellowstone Experience
Readers of The Wildlife News might be interested in my new book, My Yellowstone Experience. Yellowstone is near and dear to many of our hearts here at The Wildlife News, […]
BLM Abuse of its Public Trust Duty – Conservationists Win Duck Creek Case
Western Watersheds Project and Wild Utah Project had a significant win this week on the Duck Creek allotment of Utah. In the longest running administrative grazing appeal hearing in the […]
Wildlife Services maybe to get more money to deal with feral swine
More dollars to deal with these destructive invasives might get into federal budget- The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) gives the good news that federal appropriations might go up this […]
Conservation scientists oppose efforts to remove federal protections for wolves across the lower 48 states
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell received two letters today from conservation scientists criticizing a draft Rule that would remove protections for wolves across the lower 48 states. One letter came from […]
US Fish and Wildlife Service sued by Western Watersheds over the legal implication of grizzly bear disappearance
USFWS called “wrong” to say no grizzlies had been killed on Sheep Experiment Station on Idaho/Montana border, Continental Divide Area Boise, ID. On May 17, 2013 the Western Watersheds Project, Cottonwood […]