From reintroduction to statewide hunt? Fish and Game releases draft plan to hunt wolves throughout Idaho. By Jason Kaufmann. Idaho Mountain Express.
One of the places Idaho Fish and Game won’t be holding a public hearing is the Wood River Valley: Hailey, Ketchum, Bellevue, Sun Valley, the largest population of mountain folks in central […]
Continue Reading →Kathie Lynch has written another great update on her wolf observations on the Yellowstone Park Northern Range. Ralph Maughan
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Yellowstone wolf notes. Nov. 21-25. Copyright Kathie Lynch.
Five days in Yellowstone, November 21-25, 2007, brought unbelievably frigid temperatures and many, many wolves. Frost was definitely on the Thanksgiving […]
Continue Reading →The genetics of bears apparently has been changed more over time by hunting and other human activities than by natural macro-changes like ice ages.
Continue Reading →UPDATE – The hours for the hearing in Jerome ID have changed to 6 – 9 PM. Also note that the current understanding is that no verbal comments are going to be taken at these meetings.
Originally, a meeting in Boise was set for this Thursday in Boise from 5 – 8 pm – […]
Continue Reading →The National Park Service, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service [APHIS], Forest Service, Montana Department of Livestock and Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks will hold this meeting. Story.
Continue Reading →Montana knapweed researcher sees work paying off. By Perry Backus. Missoulian.
Aside from cheatgrass, the spread of the knapweeds: spotted knapweed, diffuse knapweed, Russian knapweed, and yellow starthistle, is probably the biggest exotic noxious plant problem in the West.
Like cheatgrass, its adverse effects are often unappreciated by the casual observer of wildlife or […]
Continue Reading →Idaho Fires lead to higher avalanche danger. KTVB 7.
Much of the vast area burned is steep and turns into avalanche country when the trees are removed, even partially. The same will be true in parts of Montana where there were many fires.
Right now snow pack is generally low.
Avalanche center current reports.
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Continue Reading →Guest Opinion. Billings Gazette. Wolf in the Rockies: Carnivore recovery or token effort?
Finally, someone who doesn’t mention the “poor ranchers.” Of course, it’s a guest opinion.
Continue Reading →Some good news for the vast, but increasingly threatened boreal region of Canada.
Canada creates huge protected forest reserves. Area as big as 11 Yellowstones offers buffer from oil, mining. AP in MSNBC.
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