The Wildlife News

March 1, 2009

  • NW Montana hunters at local rally complain predators are wiping out elk

    Ralph Maughan

    They’ve been saying the same thing for years. How many times can elk be wiped out and their numbers stay generally the same? 😉 Wolves in the sights: Hunters complain predators are wiping out elk. By Michael Jamison of the Missoulian

  • Call Idaho legislators about anti-bighorn sheep bills

    Ken Cole

    Pete Zimowsky, of the Idaho Statesman, speaks out against the anti-bighorn sheep bills. “In my 40 or so years of hunting and fishing in the West and covering wildlife issues, I have never seen such anti-wildlife bills. I think hunters, wildlife photographers, jet-boat and rafting outfitters and conservationists should be outraged by these bills and…

  • Tamarack to close next week

    Ken Cole

    West-central Idaho resort to close due to judges decision. This resort was first conceived as Valbois then Westrock, and now Tamarack. From the beginning people questioned whether there was funding to back up the plans. At the time it was being proposed Governor, and now former Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne, along with other…

  • Bison relocation plan deemed ‘too risky’

    Ken Cole

    Again, it’s not about disease, it’s about control over land, wildlife and people. Bison in quarantine near Gardiner. Photo © Kim Acheson, Buffalo Field Campaign Used with permission. While I think that the quarantine plan is misguided I do believe that those bison in the program should be allowed to roam freely as wildlife. This…

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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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