The Wildlife News

A Project of Sage Steppe Wild

February 28, 2007

  • Mark Rey, Public Lands Enemy No. 1?

    Ralph Maughan

    Bill Schneider asks if Mark Rey, Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources & Environment (he rules over the Forest Service, and the chief forester has no choice but to be his lackey) is the member of government hardest on public lands now that Richard Pombo, ex-chair of the House Resources Committee, was put out to…

  • Wolf advocates dominate first delisting hearing

    Ralph Maughan

    The first public hearing on the delisting of the wolves in the Northern Rockies was held Feb . 27 in Cheyenne, and it was dominated by people who oppose delisting. This was the only Wyoming hearing planned, but a second hearing at Cody was recently announced under pressure from Wyoming’s lone US Representative Barbara Cubin,…

  • Yet another removal order issued for a rare Mexican wolf

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the Las Cruces Sun-News. AP

  • Coyotes at Chicago's O'Hare cause delays

    Ralph Maughan

    This story is from USA Today. It’s a bit humorous in a way, despite the obvious danger. This most persecuted canid has truly conquered North America. Coyotes at Chicago’s O’Hare cause delays.  By Judy Keen. One person quoted in the article says the coyotes are venturing closer and closer to cities. That’s wrong. They live…

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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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