The Wildlife News

March 2009

  • Is the RV headed for the history books?

    Ralph Maughan

    Are RVs viable in a time when their builders may go bankrupt, gas prices can skyrocket, and seniors lose their retirement funds? The RV’s last roundup. Salon Magazine. By Mark Schone, with additional research by Ben Travers

  • Senate Passes Lands Bill One More Time

    Ralph Maughan

    This time just over half the Republicans voted for it too- Senate Passes Lands Bill One More Time. By Kate Phillips. New York Times. The article indicates that this time the House will not reach for the procedural ease of the suspension of the rules procedure. They will consider the bill, I think, under “regular…

  • Permanent Damage From Temporary Logging Roads

    Brian Ertz

    George Orwell is likely spinning in his grave when it comes to all the linguistic mischief that gets thrown around by politicians and land managers doing their best to cut down our forests, “manage”, “control”, and “harvest” the wild. Think “Healthy Forest” Initiative, removing that troublesome “fuel”, “wildlife friendly fences”, and “thinning and cleaning the…

  • Distemper devastates Yellowstone wolves

    Ken Cole

    Wolf population has dropped by 27% in Yellowstone. Distemper devastates Yellowstone wolves. Powell Tribune

  • “Cleanup” worsens selenium contamination at Smoky Canyon

    Ralph Maughan

    Poisonous legacy of phosphate mining in SE Idaho not contained- One issue I wish folks would follow most closly is the massive contamination of soil and water by phosphate mining in the big Western phosphate field centered in SE Idaho. The one organization working hard on this and doing a good job is the Greater…

  • Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2008 Interagency Annual Report

    Ken Cole

    All 3 states and the FWS reports available. The annual reports of all three of the recovery states have been released. There is a wealth of information in these reports about various packs. The minimum estimate of wolves in the three states is 1645, a 9% increase over last year. In Idaho there are 846…

  • Balyeat bill would cap wolves in state

    Ken Cole

    Senate Bill 183 would limit the number of wolves in Montana to 225. Montana State Senator Joe Balyeat (R-Belgrade) has introduced Senate Bill 183 which would limit the number of wolves in Montana to just 225. Currently the estimated number of wolves in Montana is around 500 according to the recently released Montana Gray Wolf…

  • American Carnivores Evolved To Avoid Each Other, New Study Suggests

    Ralph Maughan

    Bears and canids overlap the most- American Carnivores Evolved To Avoid Each Other, New Study Suggests. ScienceDaily

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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