The Wildlife News

October 2008

  • Regarding Kempthorne's last minute regs to weaken the ESA

    Ralph Maughan

    Obama has already said he will void it (but that is not always easy to do)- Feds Rush To Ease Endangered Species Rules. 15 reviewers, 200,000 comments, 32 hours to go through all of them. by Dina Cappiello. Common Dreams.

  • Yellowstone Park sees major loss of wolf pups, adults this year

    Ralph Maughan

    Yellowstone wolf population is hit hard this year. Reasons not certain- Back in 2005 after years of major population growth tapering off to stability, the Yellowstone wolf population suddenly crashed when all but 20% of that year’s wolf pups died. While the cause was not determined for sure, most think it was due to canine…

  • Chronic Wasting Disease issue heats up in Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Infected moose in SW of Jackson, plus Forest Service renewal of elk feedgrounds and doubledealing stoke the issue- Wildlife disease debate heats up. By Chris Merrill.  Casper Star-Tribune environment reporter. I have this feeling that the Forest Service and Wyoming Game and Fish are about as trusty as sub-prime mortgage investments. Update. Oct. 22, 2008. Groups…

  • Trust for Public Land helps the Forest Service buy up old mining claims

    Ralph Maughan

    Restoring old mining claims to the public- Old mining claims have a nasty tendency to become remote, jarring, difficult-to-service trophy homes. For years the Trust for Public Lands has helped move old mining claims (federal lands that were privatized and perhaps mined at one time) back into the public estate. John Miller of the Associated…

  • Wyoming wolf weekly. October 13 – 17, 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming wolf news report, Oct 13-17, 2008- I received a second Wyoming wolf weekly in the course of two days. Here is the very latest news as reported by Ed Bangs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Note that the beginning of the report is a duplicate of the last report, but further down…

  • Wyoming wolf weekly. Oct. 6 – Oct. 10, 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming wolf news report, Oct 6-10, 2008- Ed Bangs has produced another Wyoming wolf update today. Here it is. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – – – WYOMING WOLF PROGRAM WEEKLY REPORT To: Regional Director, Region 6, Denver, Colorado From: USFWS Wyoming Wolf Recovery Project Leader, Jackson, WY Subject: Status of Gray…

  • Idaho wolf update Sept. 26 – Oct. 17, 2008. Phantom Hill wolf-sheep project worked!

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest wolf news from the Idaho Fish and Game Department- It looks like efforts to keep the Phantom Hill wolf pack from killing domestic sheep in the headwaters of the Big Wood River/Boulder/Smoky Mountains north of Ketchum, Idaho was highly successful. Only one sheep was killed by a wolf during the summer…

  • A weird grizzly-hunter (shooting?) story

    Ralph Maughan

    What really happened in this interaction and supposed shooting of grizzlies by a hunter? Outcome of grizzly attack a mystery, hunters urged to carry pepper spray. By John McGill. Glacier Reporter.

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