March 2007
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I posted an earlier story about the plant to dump cattle on this rare ungrazing wildlife area owned by Washington state. March 23, 2007. Sweetheart deal in Washington State will dump cattle on criticial state ungrazed wildlife area. One has to wonder what overcame Washington’s governor to sign onto this pointless destruction. The cattle lobby…
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Wyoming Game and Fish has released a story claiming for the first time that they have data showing wolves are hurting elk cow:calf ratio. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Here is a link to the WY Game and Fish web site where you can find a link about the study. Unfortunately, it…
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Earlier I posted a very long time series of statistics on Idaho hunts. The news for 2006 has been released, the the elk hunt figures were about the same as the last two years. Hunters tagged 20,257 elk in 2006, down slightly from 21,520 in 2005 and 20,925 in 2004. This success rate was 19.5%;…
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Montana officials, were given the bum’s rush in with complaints to the B.C. government about the forthcoming Cline open pit coal mine near Glacier National park inside British Columbia. Governor Schweitzer has taken the matter to the national level in Canada. Schweitzer is requesting a review under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act saying he has…
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This from over at Carnivore Conservation. . . Bush administration reinterprets species law: officials say endangered wildlife will be helped, activists plan to sue. Actually I don’t think this is Bush, but rather Kempthorne. As governor of Idaho he even opened an office of species conservation, the focus of which was anything but species conservation.…
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The House Natural Resources Committee continues to give voice to interests that were suppressed during reign of the Pombo, the corrupt former committee chair. Drilling critics get D.C. hearing. By Judith Kohler. Casper Star Tribune. UPDATE, 3-29 Energy boom hurts wildlife, lands access, advocates say. By Noelle Straub. Billings Gazette Washington Bureau. A diverse group…
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This is an essay by Dave Foreman of the Rewilding Institute. It appeared in New West. Landscalping: The Arrogance of Modern Resourcism Foreman is correct, I think that some conservation groups have given into resourcism, with the Nature Conservancy being a prime example. To quote Foreman, the principles of resourcism are: 1) Professionalism—Trained experts are…
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After 30 years, the grizzlies of the Greater Yellowstone are to be delisted, but there are 5 other populations of grizzlies in the lower 48 states. They are years away from delisting, even the largest, those of the Northern Continental Divide ecosystem (Glacier NP, Bob Marshall Wilderness and surrounding lands). Grizzlies in northcentral Montana might…