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  • Powerful Washington State legislator criticizes Dept. of Fish and Wildlife for killing off the Wedge Pack

    Ralph Maughan

    What a difference a state can make- When you leave Idaho for Oregon, it seems like more Idaho for a long distance. The same is true to a lesser extent in Washington State, but this story certainly shows, politically speaking, for the conservation of a controversial endangered species, Olympia is not like Boise, Idaho; Helena,…

  • Battle over Bighorn, part II

    Ralph Maughan

    Battle over Bighorn: Opposing views on disease and economics. This is part II. By Sven Berg. South Idaho Press – – – – – – I posted part I earlier. Here is it again. Battle over Bighorn, part I. – – – – – – There is more on this on the Western Watersheds Project…

  • Defenders statement on stakeholders.

    Ralph Maughan

    Defenders of Wildlife sent out the news release below November 26, 2007 because Idaho and Fish and Game was saying that they were part of the “stakeholders” and strongly implying that they, therefore, had actually helped build the wolf population plan and agreed with it. I imagine that Fish and Game did this because it…

  • Rumor of high level Idaho meeting to conspire against recent bighorn sheep victories

    Ralph Maughan

    There is a rumor that top Idaho state legislators met today in Boise with the Governor’s office of Species Conservation, the Bush Forest Service, the Bush BLM, Idaho Fish and Game, and perhaps one member from the Federation for North American Wild Sheep to strategize how they can stop the spreading legal victories by Advocates…

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