March 2007
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Only 18 people spoke. 12 favored delisting. Those opposing delisting took that position not so much because of what would happen in Montana, but because of the negative stance of Idaho and Wyoming toward wolf management. Story on delisting in the Great Falls Tribune Story in the Helena Independent Record. Here is an example why…
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Billings Gazette reporter Mike Stark has finally done the needed spade work to come up with the story of how mange was spread into the canid population of the area, including now one wolf pack in Yellowstone. Mange threatening wolves. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette.
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The great effort to clean up or abolish the Idaho elk farms have come down to a dispute between the elk farmers who want a little regulation and those who want none. Story: Seeking compromise, House Speaker holds up elk bill: Game breeders disagree among themselves on how stringent proposed regulations should be. Idaho Statesman.…
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This is in Science Daily (adapted from a news release issued by University of Utah.) Yellowstone’s Quiet Power
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Every so often someone drops by the blog and adds to an old thread. . . so old no one reads it. This one is so choice I thought I’d bring it forward and give it a special place of its own. This is an example of part of the problem we have in Idaho. …
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Although Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks took a lot of heat last year for the mystery canid that killed lots of livestock for many months in NE Montana, it turns out it was a domestic wolf that someone turned loose. Story by Mike Stark in the Billings Gazette. The fact that they were able to…
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Kathie Lynch has a detailed new update of the activities of Yellowstone wolves on the northern range of the Park. Thanks Kathy! By Kathie Lynch © Nine days of wolf watching in Yellowstone (Feb. 17-25, 2007) brought the reward of seeing wolves from six packs (Druid Peak, Slough Creek, Agate Creek, Oxbow Creek, Hellroaring, and…
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At the last minute, the Wyoming passed a wolf bill. The bill would give the governor power to negotiate boundaries where the wolf would be protected somewhat in the state. Because the governor has this generic power anyway, it’s hard to say if this bill has any practical meaning. Pete Jorgensen, D-Jackson, voted against the…