The Wildlife News

March 2007

  • "Sin City's" water grab

    Ralph Maughan

    “KT” has commented extensively on this blog about how Las Vegas is grabbing water from underground for hundreds of miles in all directions so that these environmentally misfit fountains, lakes, and square miles of commerce in the hot desert can continue to grow and grow. Now Ted Williams has written about it in his blog.…

  • Big Burns Vs. Forest Thinning

    Ralph Maughan

    You have all seen those photos of forest fires that stopped abruptly when they reached a stand of thinned timber. That can be very misleading. There are plenty of times when the thinning made no difference, and George Wuerthner has some of these “politically incorrect” photos. Wuerthner is on tour speaking in community after community…

  • The long life of one wolf [B7M] embodies the story of wolf recovery in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    On Jan. 17, I posted my story on the death of Idaho wolf B7M. Today Rocky Barker at the Idaho Statesman wrote a long feature article tying this very long-lived wolf (the oldest yet?) into the Idaho wolf recovery story. It is an amazing story! The long life of one wolf embodies the story of…

  • New Cody Group, "Shut out of Yellowstone," seeks to keep Sylvan Pass open through winter.

    Ralph Maughan

    This new group is completely fuzzing the issue. The Park Service wants to abandon plowing the pass and triggering artificial avalanches along the route because of the high cost, danger, and declining use. These folks are not being shut of the Yellowstone, they are having a remarkably large subsidy discontinued. Good. Yellowstone Park needs the…

  • Alaska Board of Game now deliberating whether to hunt grizzlies at McNeil Falls

    Ralph Maughan

    This has been an international issue — the proposal to open this bear congregation are (during salmon spawning) to hunting. I posted an earlier article on this. Most recent story  KTUU TV. Alaska.

  • FDA Set to Approve Cow Antibiotic, Despite warnings it will harm people

    Ralph Maughan

    FDA approval of cefquinome, a 4th generation cephalosporin, a class of antibiootics used as a last ditch against human infections, is about to be approved for use in cattle despite warnings from the American Medical Association. Story in the Washington Post. By Rick Weiss

  • Illegal snowmobiler in Jewel Basin survives 8 hrs under avalanche. Will face penalties

    Ralph Maughan

    This happens every winter, some folks ride illegally into an area closed to snowmobiles and meet an avalanche. Jewel Basin is in the Swan mountain range, east of Kalispell, Montana. Story no. 1.  Story in the Casper Star Tribune Story no. 2.  Illegal and ill-equipped snowmobiling. Montana Avalanche Victim Survives An 8 Hour Burial. By…

  • USFWS begins a review of the status of the mountain lion in the Eastern U.S.

    Ralph Maughan

    This kind of review is required by the endangered species act t0 see if the the Eastern Cougar is truly extinct. Some of the many sightings have no doubt been of escaped captive cougars. Cougars from the West are also claiming the territory. I would not be surprised if the the Service concludes that any…

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Edward Abbey

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

Jim Fowler

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