Human-made wildlife crossings promote bear mating

On February 21, 2014 By

Bear gals and guys more attractive on the other side of the road?

Now that many wildlife crossings are in place in Canadian national parks of the Rockies (Banff especially), it is clear that they are benefiting grizzly and black bears. They not only prevent them from being killed on the Trans-Canada Highway, they facilitate [...]

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Idaho’s proposed ag-gag law worse than media says

On February 20, 2014 By

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 [...]

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Don’t let drought or other severe weather tempt you to feed wildlife

On February 19, 2014 By

Feeding often makes things worse, especially when done half-heartedly-
Expect predators to show up-

Perhaps millions of Americans feed the birds, squirrels, feral cats, much larger animals too, such as deer. All animals are interested in food and as a population they obviously know how to find it, or they would not exist. They [...]

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Public Hearing on Governor Otter’s “Wolf Control Board” on Monday. Updated

On February 14, 2014 By

The proponents’ expressed intent is for the Wolf Control Board to reduce the Idaho wolf population to 150 wolves.
See update at bottom

A public hearing is scheduled for Monday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise on Governor Otter’s “Wolf Control Board” bill HB470 which establishes a board which would composed solely [...]

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Idaho Intent on Killing Wolves in the Wilderness

On February 12, 2014 By

New plan aims to reduce population by 60% to please elk hunters

POCATELLO, Idaho – In an effort to inflate elk populations for commercial outfitters and hunters, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) hopes to kill 60 percent of the wolves in the Middle Fork area of central Idaho’s Frank Church River of [...]

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Yellowstone Initiates 2014 Wild Bison Slaughter:

On February 12, 2014 By

25 of America’s Last Wild Bison Trapped at Stephens Creek; 20 Shipped to Slaughter


A wild bison is confined in Yellowstone’s Stephens Creek Trap
National Park Service Photo
Click HERE for Print Quality Version

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 12, 2014
Contacts:
Dan Brister, Buffalo [...]

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Idaho Legislature is just full of bizarre and backwards bills

On February 10, 2014 By

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 [...]

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The Time to be Bold is Now

On February 8, 2014 By

5 Keys to Reforming Wildlife Management in America-

Over the years, I have come to realize that the current wildlife management model in America, at the federal level, and particularly, the state level, is broken. The system is such, in which, politics trumps the best-available science, the special interest-minority overwhelms the democratic-majority and the almighty [...]

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Peer Review Panel: USFWS Didn’t Use the “Best Available Science” in Proposed Rule to Delist Wolves

On February 7, 2014 By

Today the US Fish and Wildlife Service released the Peer Review of the proposed rule to delist wolves nationwide and its findings were pretty damning.  The proposed rule relied heavily on the findings of one paper, Chambers et al., which reclassified wolves and recognized the eastern wolf as a new species [...]

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A Consequence of human killing of large animals. Rats to inherit the Earth.

On February 4, 2014 By

Future evolution to make Earth home to variety of rat-like creatures?

What will be the end result of the human tendency to shoot, club, poison, or destroy the habitat of the large mammals, and as they disappear the medium sized mammals as well? Dr Jan Zalasiewicz  at the Geology Department at the University of Leicester (UK) [...]

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey