The Wildlife News

August 2008

  • Proposed reform to Endangered Species Act gets cool response

    Brian Ertz

    Kempthorne’s ridiculous ESA reform proposal is uniformly disdained by environmentalists.  He claims it’ll help “streamline” the process.  Sorta like “streamlining” the dodo. Proposed reform to Endangered Species Act gets cool response Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman I’ll bet that process would be a whole lot more efficient if these political appointees spent half the time on enforcement as they…

  • Brackett's Racket: Politicized IDFG defends decision to demote Parrish

    Brian Ertz

    Earlier, we explored the “number of factors” suggestion that Virgil Moore, Deputy Director of Idaho Department of Fish & Game (IDFG), was floating around as justification for the demotion of Dave Parrish.  The demotion took place following Parrish’s Letter to the Editor questioning the impact that a windfarm, which promised much financial profit to powerful…

  • What Westerners would love to ask the candidates

    Ralph Maughan

    They say the West is going to be in play for once and and maybe decide the 2008 presidential race. However, the candidates are not really talking about Western issues. Yes, Obama came out against the Cline coal pit mine that would pollute the Flathead River as its runs into the United States. He also…

  • Climate change to fuel wildfires in West

    Brian Ertz

    Seems pretty intuitive to me : Report: Climate change to fuel wildfires in West – SignOnSanDiego.com

  • Fisheries Service Finds Three Pesticides Imperil West Coast Salmon

    Brian Ertz

    Three poisons that cleared the EPA are found to threaten the recovery of 28 threatened or endangered salmon stocks: Fisheries Service Finds Three Pesticides Imperil West Coast Salmon – Media Newswire This news comes right on the hind end of Bush Interior’s attempt to sidestep outside science with endangered species act decisions (Bush to relax…

  • Canadian mine owners, Idaho environmental group cut deal

    Brian Ertz

    The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) has struck a deal with Canadian mine company Formation Capital Corp.’s plans to mine cobalt near Salmon, Idaho. Canadian mine owners, Idaho environmental group cut deal – Rocky Barker – Idaho Statesman The adjacent Blackbird mine superfund site has been polluting waters for a long time highlighting the potential of…

  • Paparazzi in the Woods. Wildlife surveillance cameras

    Ralph Maughan

    Paparazzi in the Woods. Wildlife surveillance cameras. Slate Magazine. By Etienne Benson I think they are a lot less intrusrive than radio collars. RM

  • Montana and Wyoming fires fewer and milder so far this summer

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana and Wyoming fires fewer and milder so far this summer. Billings Gazette. AP. You can add most of the Western states to this list, except for California.

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