The Wildlife News

June 19, 2008

  • Bush returns to orginal premise of his presidency — help oil companies

    Ralph Maughan

    Brian Ertz posted a story several days ago about this topic. This is my take. In the last week we have had the President’s answer to high energy prices, drill for domestic oil, and develop oil shale deposits. The primary economic result of this will be to enrich the oil companies even more. They don’t…

  • Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership sues to halt drilling on Pinedale Anticline

    Ralph Maughan

    Good for this basically Republican group, the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership. News release from TRCP. “TRCP Sues Interior Department over Mismanaged Wyoming Energy Project. Multiple violations of federal law drive sportsmen’s group to action on Pinedale Anticline, currently targeted for greatly expanded drilling and development” Matthew Brown’s AP story.  Group sues to block drilling.

  • Project [Phantom Hill wolf pack] seeks peace among sheep and wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Project seeks peace among sheep and wolves. Diverse group says collaboration could be a model for other wolf-occupied areas. By Jason Kauffman. Idaho Mountain Express Staff Writer. This high profile project is a semi-official attempt to keep both sheep and the very popular Phantom Hill wolf pack alive. The pack’s territory is mostly in the…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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