Officials assess refuge herd at mid-winter. Mortalities are down, but officials worry about high numbers, warmer temperatures. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
An amazingly small number of elk have perished as of mid-winter at the National Elk Refuge. However, the snow is deep, meaning it will probably melt out late and will get […]
Continue Reading →The annual, and always controversial count of elk on the Yellowstone northern range has been released. The northern range of Yellowstone extends well north of Yellowstone Park itself.
The news article concludes on the basis of speculation by a couple biologists that more elk are now living north of the Park due to the long […]
Continue Reading →Western National Parks polluted by toxics from nearby and far away. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press
Continue Reading →As I speculated in a number of threads, the hot new issue over guns in the national parks is indeed a political invention for this presidential campaign with the primary intent to stop a large number, over 60, relatively low controversy land protection measures that had been rolled into an omnibus bill.
Those promoting “the […]
Continue Reading →Michael Garrity gives a thoughtful account of The Political Viability of NREPA citing the Speaker of the House and Chairman of the Natural Resources committee’s support.
A lot of good things may be on the horizon for those willing to push.
Continue Reading →Livestock’s war on wildlife is heating up. One day after the final wolf delisting rule (2/21/08) the Capital Press, Ag’s favorite rag, published that
Producers push for more livestock protection [wildlife killing] funds (2/22/08 – Subscriber Only) :
The article reports that cattle and sheep industry people are asking the Subcommittee on Agriculture, […]
Continue Reading →‘Barb’ commented on a post that Ralph wrote a year ago today. It deserves to be reposted on its first birthday.
At Potamogeton Park, Madison Range, Montana. Gallatin National Forest. Photo by Ralph Maughan
Continue Reading →A lot of bad news recently concerning buffalo being captured for slaughter to appease Livestock.
This press release from the Buffalo Field Campaign:
CITIZEN TAKES ACTION TO SHUT DOWN BISON TRAP
“I called, I wrote, and no response…This is my response.”
For Immediate Release, February 25, 2008
Contact: Buffalo Field Campaign, Stephany Seay […]
This has got to be one of my favorite stories. It is too rare these days that public officials are directly held to account. The court date for Rey is set for Tuesday.
Agriculture chief may face jail time
As the story illustrates, and we’ve gone over before, Rey spent much time with […]
Continue Reading →Michael Robinson certainly knows about Wildlife Services. His book, Predatory Bureaucracy, gives the history of this agency’s war on wolves and other wildlife from the greatest to the least on behalf of the livestock history.
After you read this book and see how this agency has managed to survive under various names to go […]
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