The Wildlife News

March 2009

  • Maughan, others on public TV wolf special in Idaho Thursday eve

    Ralph Maughan

    Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s move to delist the wolves in Idaho and Montana will be the topic of  a one-hour special edition of “Dialogue.” This Thursday evening, I will be appearing alongside an interesting line-up of key players on both sides of the debate., so I hope you’ll tune in and call in your questions about…

  • Idaho 2008 Wolf Conservation and Management Progress Report Released

    Ken Cole

    Slightly greater detail than weekly reports The Idaho Fish and Game and the Nez Perce Tribe has released the Idaho 2008 Wolf Conservation and Management Progress Report. This report contains more information than has been given in the IDFG weekly updates. You can download the entire report here: Idaho 2008 Wolf Conservation and Management Progress…

  • Idaho senate committee approves Fish & Game fee hike

    Ralph Maughan

    Looks like ID Fish & Game may get their tag fee increase- Key Idaho Senate Committee approves increase 8-1. Idaho Statesman staff.

  • Big Public Lands Bill Goes Another Round in the Senate

    Ralph Maughan

    As expected the new bill easily beat the U.S. Senate filibuster yesterday- Omnibus bill attached to a new vehicle moved through the Senate filibuster last night by a vote of 73 to 21. Final passage in the Senate will come soon and take it back to the House. Story in New York Times blog, “The…

  • Stalk-leaved Monkeyflower (Mimulus patulus)

    Brian Ertz

    Mimulus patulus Occurence & Habitat Springs and seeps are unique habitats that occur where subterranean water emerges from an aquifer. In the semi-arid and arid west, these unique sources of water are particularly important ‘oasis’ habitats for wildlife, especially during drought and heat.  Their relatively consistent temperatures and chemistry provides for  “hotspots” of biological diversity – many of the more fragile…

  • Latest wolf news from Idaho Fish and Game. March 1-15, 2009

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest news as written by Idaho Fish and Game. It has a wolf and livestock mortality table. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – – IDAHO WOLF MANAGEMENT PROGRESS REPORT To: Idaho Fish and Game Staff and Cooperators From: IDFG Wolf Program Coordinator, Steve Nadeau Subject: Status of Gray Wolf…

  • Grizzlies using Banff NP wildlife crossing structures more each year

    Ralph Maughan

    Five crossings by grizzlies in 1996 have grown to 177 last summer- Grizzlies using highway crossings. By Cathy Ellis. Rocky Mountain Outlook. They clearly are working. It would be nice if some of stimulus money here in the U.S. went into wildlife crossings. They are as shovel ready as other highway projects.

  • Let us Praise—and Keep—the Dead

    Brian Ertz

    Dead trees are critical components of a healthy forest ecosystem George Wuerthner writes about the value of dead trees and how removing them can lead to impoverished forest ecosystems : Let us Praise—and Keep—the Dead – George Wuerthner, Forest Magazine

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