July 2007
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While Congress has largely disappeared as a threat to the ESA with the defeat of Richard Pombo and change in party control, the Bush Administration is still trying to gut the act. Their methods are 1. to reduce the administrative protections governing the species (that is, weaken the details because it is often the details…
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As folks may recall, Wyoming’s US Senator Craig Thomas died recently. Thomas was moving to protect the Wyoming Range mountains from oil and gas leasing and development. His replacement is appointed Republican John Barrasso. Barrasso responds in the article below, saying that he too wants to protect the area, but worries about the oil companies…
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As you may know, the Jonah were are talking about here is not the guy eaten by the whale, but a whale of a gas field SW of Pinedale, WY, out in the high desert, or at least what was a desert before it became a vast industrial sacrifice zone. With all the gas leases…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…