Elk breeders push to relax rules. Legislature close to rejecting the breeders- White-tailed deer and the parasitic meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) coexist fairly well. They have fought each other to […]
Idaho Legislature is just full of bizarre and backwards bills
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 […]
A woman who wasn’t born in Idaho too radical an idea for Idaho Fish and Game Commission?
Idaho Senate Resources committee votes not to confirm Gov. Otter’s nomination of Joan Hurlock- Although once a woman sat on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, Nancy Hadley of Sandpoint 1997 […]
Lazy ATV hunters in Idaho lose battle in state legislature
ATV interest groups wanted legislature to prevent Idaho Fish and Game from closing any areas to ATVs during hunting season- This is been a very contentions issue in Idaho and […]
Revealed! Key legislative backer of oil industry fracking in Idaho holds oil and gas leases that could be become lucrative. (Updated)
Resources chair pushes through oil and gas legislation that may make his oil and gas leases valuable- Part of Idaho is like so many other places in America where a […]
More on the plan in the Idaho legislature to auction the best big game tags
Even the anti-wolf crowd have this plan to enrich big landowners figured out- The outcry over the plan in the legislature to sell a number of big game tags to […]
And in the end, hysteria triumphs in Idaho Legislature
” . . . our Legislature has completely abandoned reasoned discourse.” Editorial basically says Idaho legislature has gone bonkers. And in the end, hysteria triumphs in Idaho Legislature. Magic Valley […]
Will the (bighorn) "kill bill" mean an end of collaborationism in Idaho?
If Otter signs the bill, many think it will kill more than bighorn sheep- It seems the preponderance of views in this forum is against collaboration in the Northern Rockies […]