Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say rules on PTHV permits must be tightened up-
I’ve seen it most of my adult life — perfectly healthy folks competing with one another to claim a handicap so they won’t have to walk. Whether it is access to a good parking place, or using a vehicle on [...]
Continue Reading →Idaho lawmakers hope to dissuade public access to judicial review of state megaload approvals by forcing them to post huge sums of money before access to court is granted.
Idaho bill targets anti-megaload lawsuits – Spokesman Review
BOISE – Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, has introduced legislation requiring anyone who files a lawsuit against a [...]
Continue Reading →Finally, it looks like a real effort to keep antelope bottlenecks west of Pinedale from closing-
Over the years, we have written about the Trapper’s Point pronghorn migration bottleneck a number of times. There has been growing awareness that the thousands-of-year-old antelope migration from the Wyoming high desert over the Gros Ventre each year, down [...]
Continue Reading →A lot of large wildlife is killed on U.S. 20 in Island Park, Idaho — a very long, but narrow town-
Island Park, Idaho boasts the longest main street in America. This simply means it is a small population, incorporated community hugging a federal highway for a long way through wildlife rich forest. A lot [...]
Continue Reading →Wildlife teach their young about tunnels under U.S. 93 on the Flathead Reservation-
Cameras show wildlife use Highway 93 North overpass and tunnel. By Vince Devlin. Missoulian
Not the first time we have posted a story on these tunnels, but their use keeps growing.
Continue Reading →This is an area where many wildlife collisions occur each spring and fall.
Good news for deer and elk which cross the highway to and from winter range. I’ve had a few close calls here myself.
Wildlife underpass to be built on Idaho 21 this summer.
Idaho Statesman.
Although proven to work, WY high value wildlife crossing projects failed to get funding-
Ambitious Wyo big game underpass plan takes hit. By Jeff Gearino. Casper Star Tribune Southwest Wyoming bureau
It is especially sad to see pronghorn crossing projects at Trapper’s Point near Pinedale denied. This bottleneck is a huge threat to the [...]
Continue Reading →“Wilderness Wolf Watchers” Coalition seeks an Injunction/Temporary Restraining Order preventing the landing of helicopters
Chief District Judge B. Lynn Winmill is set to hear oral arguments on the Frank Church Wilderness/Helicopter Landing litigation this afternoon. The “Wilderness Wolf Watchers” Coalition seeks an Injunction/Temporary Restraining Order preventing the landing of helicopters in the Frank Church [...]
Continue Reading →Finally an effort to penalize mudbogging as a major crime-
Udall, Salazar propose big fines for big damage on federal lands. By Howard Pankratz. The Denver Post
Continue Reading →Action was meant to protect wolverine and the wilderness quality of this wilderness study area-
The Forest Service has settled a lawsuit by Wildlands CPR of Missoula and Friends of the Bitterroot regarding the terms of the Montana Wilderness Study area act of 1977 regarding allowed uses of one of the study areas in the [...]
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