The Wildlife News

A Project of Sage Steppe Wild

October 15, 2006

  • Photo of a WY gas well. Thousands are underway in the area

    Ralph Maughan

    Drilling for gas on The Mesa (Pinedale Anticline). Pinedale, WY and Wind River Mountains in the background. Photo by Ralph Maughan. One well takes up a fair amount of space and disturbance. Over 3000 wells are planned in the Green River Basin beneath these mountains.

  • Shooter bull elk from yet another Idaho shooter ranch gets out

    Ralph Maughan

    A bull elk from the Pine Mountain “Ranch” in Eastern Idaho has escaped. It was shot by state officials after wandering about 10 miles. The ranch said they didn’t know the 7-point antlered bull was missing. Earlier 160 or so domestic elk broke out of another Eastern Idaho shooter elk operation, making international news. Read…

  • Kempthorne Likely to seek Changes in the Endangered Species Act

    Ralph Maughan

    Secretary of Interior, Dirk Kempthorne (former governor of Idaho) is likely gearing up to change the ESA. Of course as DOI Secretary he can’t pass any laws, but he can undertake the writing of new regulations. Story in the Great Falls Tribune As a US Senator he was one of the few Republicans who sought…

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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

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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