The Wildlife News

November 2008

  • Massive Omnibus public lands bill killed by filibuster threat

    Ralph Maughan

    Senator Coburn (R-OK) threatens filibuster. Reid pulls omnibus public lands bill- There was a lot of good and bad in this bill, but it is dead; and some of the good areas won’t be around to save in a year or two when this comes up again in some form. Public lands bill looks dead…

  • Kathie Lynch: Northern Range wolf upate

    Ralph Maughan

    The Druids are doing well . . . the rest, not- Kathie Lynch just wrote one of her detailed and descriptive wolf updates. It follows below. Please note her plea for donations to the Park’s wolf program. Thanks Kathie! – – – – – – – – Yellowstone wolf notes posted on Nov. 16, 2008.…

  • Bush admin screws bighorn sheep

    Ralph Maughan

    Mark Rey orders APHIS testing of bighorn sheep reintroductions- This is a slap at Western Watersheds Project for shutting down disease spreading domestic sheep operations in bighorn territory of Idaho. It is also another attempt to try to subordinate Forest Service authority over wildlife to APHIS, the livestock friendly agency that should concentrate on foreign…

  • Western Watersheds Project beats plan to increase grazing in Arizona's Whetstone Mtns.

    Ralph Maughan

    Water developments for cows are beaten back- Water developments on public lands may sound good, but the reality is they are almost always intended to increase grazing of livestock. These encasements, troughs, tanks, and pipelines do not benefit wildlife. Instead they often turn a spring, or an area of small springs or seeps, full of…

  • Cattle ranchers declare a new 'War on the West'

    Brian Ertz

    Rocky Barker takes note : Two months before Obama’s inauguration, cattle ranchers declare a new ‘War on the West?’ This aggressive political posture in response to the prospect of change has been characteristic of livestock associations throughout the West since the beginning of their history.  The survival of their influence, relative to the public’s interest…

  • Good news. Three coal plants planned for Nevada may have been killed

    Ralph Maughan

    The worst of the three is the 1500 megawatt plant slated for Ely, Nevada- Up in Smoke: Environmentalists say future of three proposed Nevada coal plants in jeopardy. By Phoebe Sweet. Las Vegas Sun. An EPA decision and the bad economy probably means they are dead. – – – – Perhaps most importantly, the EPA…

  • West Yellowstone: Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center opens new River Valley Wolf Habitat

    Ralph Maughan

    Center has become important tool for teaching about wolves and grizzlies- Grizzly & Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone opens new River Valley Wolf Habitat. West Yellowstone News.

  • Genetic study on Greater Yellowstone grizzlies in the works

    Ralph Maughan

    GYE grizzlies are probably not very diverse- Unlike the wolves, which currently have fine genetic diversity, Greater Yellowstone grizzlies are likely not diverse. Nevertheless, a study is underway to see if any unrecognised interbreeding between GYE bears and those from the north has taken place. Bears to get study. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News…

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