The sage grouse population of Idaho has been in steep decline for years. It is now getting to the point where hunting has declined to a one-week season where hunters are limited to one bird a day. It seems a bit odd to me that there isn’t more outrage by the hunting community over this [...]
Continue Reading →We ran a story on this earlier — they are going to shoot a lot of wolves because tar sand mining is ruining the mountain caribou habitat. Now this in the Huffington Post.
Wolves, Caribou, Tar Sands and Canada’s Oily Ethics. By Chris Genovali. Executive Director, Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Continue Reading →Twin Falls Ranger District’s Trout Creek, habitat for the Yellowstone cutthroat trout, was among the locations found damaged by livestock grazing when Don Oman became the district ranger in 1986. In this video, Mr. Oman describes the dramatic environmental improvement that occurred after livestock were excluded from a short segment of the creek.
Don [...]
Continue Reading →Declining habitat the problem-
Wyoming energy development is causing a big decline in Wyoming’s deer herds with subdivisions a weaker second cause. The long-term problem is discussed in this detailed article in the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. By Shauna Stephenson
I can’t help but think that a lot [...]
Continue Reading →Montana judge’s ruling saves Lochsa River and local Idaho and Montana residents-
Imperial Oil, Canadian spawn of ExxonMobil has announced they are going to try to break down the size of their tar sands-bound megaloads so that they won’t have to use narrow, winding, scenic U.S. Highway 12 through North Central Idaho and then [...]
Continue Reading →Some current cooperation with the Sierra Club suggests so-
Solar companies need to do offsets to reduce harms, and hopefully at times they can improve wildlife habitat. Here is a recent hopeful story. Solar companies learn to play nice with environmentalists. By Ucilia Wang. Gigaom.
Continue Reading →Trevor Butterworth takes a look at the double-standard for wildlife protections Wind Developers are allowed to play by as compared to other energy industries. Regulations to prevent huge impacts to birds and wildlife are “voluntary” and often written by the Wind Industry itself.
Op-Ed: A mighty wind - Trevor Butterworth – The Daily
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Continue Reading →The National Wildlife Federation published a report demonstrating that Pronghorn and Mule Deer look to be in appreciable decline in Wyoming and Colorado. Looks like Sage-grouse are plummeting as well.
Habitat concerns, as well as Oil & Gas impacts, look to be among the culprits but I find it particularly interesting that the report does [...]
Continue Reading →Humans, pets at increased risk of dangerous interactions-
Texas is in a very severe drought and wild animals are getting desperate for water and will take big risks.
Drought causing Texas wildlife to act out of character. By Shannon Tompkins. Houston Chronicle.
Governor Rick Perry has a policy to deal with it and [...]
Continue Reading →Several articles are relevant-
Oil spill into Montana river raises scrutiny about nation’s pipelines. By Matthew Brown and Garance Burke. Associated Press. It turns out there are many oil pipelines under our rivers, great and small. They are subject [...]
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