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All, that is except for the increasing boring deer and elk and some exotics-
The Wildlife News has not paid a lot of attention lately to the state of New Mexico, but it appears the state wildlife mangers and governor have the same attitude as Idaho, but New Mexico is a more advanced case.
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Continue Reading →S.1337 goes far beyond criminalizing videos of Idaho CAFOs-
It’s a threat to outdoor travel and recreation-
By now readers might have received some alerts about S. 1337 which is before the Idaho legislature. It is being portrayed as a threat to documenting what goes on in concentrated animal feeding operations in Idaho. It [...]
Continue Reading →Controversial wildlife bills are only part of it-
Most of the attention by those interested in wildlife in this year’s Idaho legislature have focused on Governor “Butch” Otter’s 2-million dollar wolf killing bill as it continues to advance toward law. Nonetheless, there are other [...]
Continue Reading →Bozeman, Mont.—Conservation groups entered into a settlement agreement today that will require the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to prepare a new Biological Opinion before grazing domestic sheep this summer in southwest Montana. Cottonwood Environmental Law Center, Western Watersheds Project, Continue Reading →
Only difference is this time they might get some real money to waste-
Although the appropriation of $35-million to chase Greater Yellowstone elk and bison and try to vaccinate them against brucellosis might seem like a new issue to some, it has been around a long time.
Today the Missoulian has an article on it. Continue Reading →
Deep within the Senate version of the “Farm Bill” there is hidden a section that provides $35,000,000 to vaccinate wildlife, primarily elk and bison in the Greater Yellowstone Area (see pages 1127-1130 of S.954). Section 12101, titled “Wildlife Reservoir Zoonotic Disease Initiative” would amend another law to provide, for 5 years, $7 million in funding annually to address [...]
Continue Reading →An article in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle today discusses several recent incidents where small farm flocks of domestic sheep and goats have come into close contact with bighorn sheep and, in some cases, have caused large die-offs of bighorn sheep due to the pneumonia caused by pathogens transmitted from the domestic animals. In other [...]
Continue Reading →Marv Hoyt of Idaho Falls cited for illegally killing 2 elk and wasting the meat-
Editorial
I must have known Marv Hoyt for over 30 years, and sometimes worked with him on Greater Yellowstone issues. He has always been an avid fly fisher. I knew he hunted too.
He was an early volunteer for the [...]
Continue Reading →There are a lot of wildlife related stories.
Washington Post and Wildlife Services-
There have been many efforts to raise public perception of the depredations of the misnamed federal agency “Wildlife Services,” which might have been named that so that folks will confuse it with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or a state fish [...]
Continue Reading →The USDA Wildlife Services Wildlife Specialist “Mistook” it for a Coyote
The Endangered Species Act affords protection against unauthorized take of the Mexican gray wolves, and makes it a criminal offense to kill one. 16 U.S.C. §1540(b). The Final Rule for the reintroduction of Mexican gray wolves codifies the prohibition against killing the wolves and [...]
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2013-2014 Wolf Slaughter
Idaho Hunting 169 Idaho Trapping 78 Idaho Illegal 9 Idaho Control-IDFG 16 Idaho Control-WS 73 Idaho IDFG-authorized 3 Idaho Legal take 3 Idaho Unknown 5 Idaho Vehicle 3 Montana Hunting 138 Montana Trapping 73 Montana "other" 94 Wyoming Hunting 63 Wyoming "other" 25 Wisconsin 257 Minnesota 237 Michigan 23 TOTAL 1269 View Spreadsheet
