Ed. note: Bob Jackson was a notable backcountry ranger in Yellowstone Park for 30 years. I covered a number of stories about him on my old web site.
Now he is a private bison rancher.
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Why is Yellowstone Destroying its bison herd?
By Bob Jackson.
I spent 30 years in Yellowstone […]
Continue Reading →This is a great improvement over their first proposal, which was pathetic, and, once again, this new proposal was strongly influenced by the effect of disgraced Julie MacDonald, the deputy assistant secretary of Interior who was far too friendly with industry lobbyists.
So many species have advanced, although not yet to the final stage since […]
Continue Reading →Here is a conterintuitive story.
Polluted Prey Causes Wild Birds To Change Their Tune. Science Daily.
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Continue Reading →Here is another of Kathie’s Yellowstone wolf reports. For me these are a great antidote for all the bad news outside the Park.
The wolves’ season of romance (excuse me, “mating season”) is much more complex and extravagant than biologists used to think.
Ralph Maughan
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YNP WOLF Field Notes, Feb. 16-24, 2008
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U.S. Agriculture Undersecretary Mark Rey walked out of federal court a free man Wednesday in Missoula, wearing not an orange inmate’s jumpsuit but the gray business suit with American flag lapel pin he had donned for his contempt hearing.
Ag chief cleared of contempt. By John Cramer the Missoulian
The federal judge wasn’t happy, […]
Continue Reading →U.S. to reconsider prairie dog status. By Clair Johnson. Billings Gazette.
Once again there is more endangered species fallout from the corrupt reign of Jule MacDonald’s period as a Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Interior. A status review will begin for the white tailed prairie dog.
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Continue Reading →The tribe is unhappy that the bison hunt was ended Feb. 15, so that the serious slaughter of bison could be begin.
The solution to the entire controversy is to let the bison roam outside Yellowstone Park, but that will be over Montana Department of Livestock’s stinking corpse.
Story in the Billings Gazette. By Mike […]
Continue Reading →For release. February 27, 2008
Contact:
Suzanne Asha Stone, Defenders of Wildlife, (208) 424-0932
Louisa Willcox, Natural Resources Defense Council, (406) 222-9561
Franz Camenzind, Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance, (307) 733-9417
Kristina Johnson, Sierra Club, (415) 977-5619
Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 534-0360
Jon Marvel, Western Watersheds Project, […]
Satan’s Dog. Is the gray wolf entangled in a war of symbols? By Ben Cannon. Planet Jackson Hole.
This article shows the insular nature of the western anti-wolf cause, and it makes me resentful too in the other direction. How dare this old fool pretend to speak for the West?
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Continue Reading →A bitter row between US wildlife groups and the Bush administration has broken out over a federal decision to end protection for grey wolves in Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. Removal of protection means wolves can be hunted again.
This is from the U.K. newspaper, the Guardian Unlimited. There is nothing new in the article. I […]
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