The Wildlife News

July 3, 2007

  • Idaho Fish and Game says it will continue to monitor eagles in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    With the impending declassification of the national symbol of the United States — the bald eagle — in the news release below, Idaho F & G gives an overview of the current status of eagles in Idaho. The major factor in the decline of the bald and the golden eagle was the long-lasting, primitive insecticide,…

  • Horse Creek fire has been contained.

    Ralph Maughan

    I was reporting on this major fire in the Wyoming Range before I went to Central Idaho for five days — The Horse Creek Fire in the Wyoming Range. Since then, it has doubled in size, but containment is now 100%. Containment does not mean a fire is out. It means the fire’s spread to…

  • Although unlikely, cougar is biggest threat for animal attack locally — Utah

    Ralph Maughan

    This story in the Tooele (TA will a) Transcript Bulletin brings some perspective on the Utah bear attack. The same is true in Idaho where there are also wolves. Bear maulings in the form of grizzly bear reactions and bison gorings change the equation a bit in Wyoming. The most dangerous large animal by far…

  • Dead and Dying Cattle Litter Gila Region, Drawing Mexican Wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    This is a news release from the Center for Biological Diversity. Dead and Dying Cattle Litter Gila Region, Drawing Mexican Wolves After looking at the central Idaho range and mountains, it is obvious to me that cattle in Idaho are going to die this summer for lack of water, forage, and neglect. No doubt scavenging…

  • Big fire on south slope of Uinta Mountains outruns, kills 3, threatens many structures and small communities

    Ralph Maughan

    This Utah fire is hot, big, deadly, and growing fast. Fires are breaking out all over the Intermountain West and there hasn’t even been a lightning storm. It’s going to be quite a summer. Story. Help on the way for Utah’s weary firefighters. Hundreds from all over nation fight raging Neola North blaze. By Christopher…

  • Organism ID'd that may be killing bighorn sheep

    Ralph Maughan

    It is a bacteria called mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. It is apparently common in domestic sheep and goats, but easily causes fatal pneumonia in bighorn sheep. Story Organism ID’d That May Be Killing Bighorn Sheep. By Keith Ridgler. AP. (as printed in the Seattle Post Intelligencer). “All indications are that the domestics are passing diseases and killing…

  • Madison Arm (near West Yellowstone) evacuation lifted

    Ralph Maughan

    I was gone for about a week, looking BLM and Forest Service grazing allotments, and other things far better (congratulations on your marriage “BE”!). In the meantime, a large fire broke out near Horse Butte, threatened many homes and structures and the town of West Yellowstone. That fire is now contained at close to 4000…

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