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In their December 29th editorial in the Billings Gazette, Scott Talbott of the Wyoming Game and Fish and Harv Forsgren of the U.S. Forest Service wrote that hunting was another step towards grizzly bear recovery.
To read their editorial, go to this link: Guest opinion: Hunting another step toward grizzly bear recovery.
Specifically, the [...]
Continue Reading →Did non-violent protest work here?
The news is that Tim de Christopher is getting out of a California federal prison a bit early, after 18 months instead of 2 years. He will serve out the last 6 months in a Salt Lake City halfway house. Presumably there in work release they will try to have [...]
Continue Reading →SAGE GROUSE: PROXIMATE AND ULTIMATE CAUSES
When I was in college, one of my favorite courses was animal behavior. One of the more memorable lessons I learned was the difference between proximate and ultimate causes of behavior. Proximate and ultimate causes of events are important to distinguish.
For instance, say a researcher finds that sedimentation [...]
Continue Reading →Montana Dept of Fish, Wildlife and Parks maintains wolverine trapping.
At their August 2, 2012 Commission meeting, the Montana Dept of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MDFWP) commissioners voted to continue trapping wolverine, despite a petition from eight environmental groups and one individual George Wuerthner (me) to halt trapping. The groups– which included Friends of the [...]
Continue Reading →The sighting of a man or woman who has fashioned a goat costume and taken to the mountain to be among the wild goats of northern Utah has prompted the awe and adoration of at least one wildlife activist known to readers of The Wildlife News.
‘Goat man’ seen among wild goats in northern [...]
Continue Reading →Understanding Montana’s Wolf Policy Decision
George Wuerthner
On July 12, 2012, the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MDFWP) Commissioners voted 4-0 to increase wolf hunting in the state, expanding the hunting season and permitting the trapping of wolves for the first time as well. The goal is to reduce wolf numbers across the [...]
Continue Reading →Federal Judge Douses the Flames – For Now
Custer County Commissioners have been rattling their sabres over a central Idaho road closure enforced by the Bureau of Land Management. The closure occurred 12 years ago after a landslide and prevents off-road-vehicles (ORVs) from access to the Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area.
Despite being given the [...]
Continue Reading →A Wind developer in southern Idaho has hit a two-year road-block that casts significant doubt on whether the wind project sited in pristine sage grouse habitat along the border of Nevada will ever be developed at all.
BLM defers China Mountain decision for two years – Elko Daily Free Press
“stupid bird.”
We’ve covered [...]
Continue Reading →Editors note 5:30 PM MST 2/22/2012: we have learned that this “wolf kill bill” will probably move no further in the Oregon Legislature — it is probably dead for the year, though it is possible that legislative “tricks” could possibly push it further.
Full release:
Activists Take Over OCA Meeting and Call Attention [...]
Continue Reading →Oregon Wild announces contest to name the wolf, now just “OR7″, that has crossed the state, maybe headed for California-
The conservation group Oregon Wild just announced a two-part contest for Oregon children and teenagers to suggest names for “OR-7”. This lone wolf’s 300 journey across Oregon has captured the imagination of many. Here is [...]
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