The Wildlife News

November 15, 2006

  • Druids are returning more and more to their old haunts. Sloughs are wary.

    Ralph Maughan

    While they are often still out of sight up in the Lamar River, upstream from Lamar Valley, the 15-member Druid Pack appears to be reclaiming their old territory after they were marginalized in recent years by the surging Slough Creek Pack. Today the third encounter of the year between the two pack was inferred, although…

  • What Idaho Fish and Game says about the hunting season

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game put out the following news release today about the hunting season. It was written by a wildlife officer from Grangeville. That’s in North Central Idaho (Clearwater River area). It’s not hard data, rather impressionistic. I wonder why the officer comments on the effects of wolves on elk and moose hunting, but…

  • Buffalo Field Campaign says "no habitat, no hunt" as second Montana bison hunt begins.

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana’s second bison hunt began today. I agree with the Buffalo Field Campaign and I oppose it, not because I’m against hunting bison but because Montana’s government will not provide the bison with any habitat. They shoot bison that leave Yellowstone Park. Essentially they are leeching off the American public. My personal view is that…

  • The Colorado Cutthroat trout to be reviewed for ESA listing

    Ralph Maughan

    The Colorado Cutthroat trout has been in decline (along with most sub-species of the cutthroat). As is the usual case, decline of habitat and competition from non-native fish are the causes of likely decline. Like most potential listings nowadays, it required a federal judge to tell the USFWS to do its job and do a…

  • Harvey Manning, megahiker of Pacific Northwest dies.

    Ralph Maughan

    I’ve written three hiking guides. It was a lot of hiking/backpacking. The walking and writing record of Harvey Manning is beyond my ability to comprehend. But Manning was more than an author of hiking guides, his record in conservation work is impressive too. Story on Manning from the Post-Intelligener.

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears soon to be delisted

    Ralph Maughan

    The grizzly bear recovery in the Greater Yellowstone has been a great success, but most activists I know fear for its long run future, not because it isn’t really recovered, but because every predictable trend about the grizzly bear’s habitat points downward. In addition, habitat corridors allowing dispersal to central Idaho and Northern Montana have…

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