With all of the talk about “smart grid technology” and “green” energy recently you may wonder if the two are really what they are claimed to be. Here is […]
House backs Hell's Canyon sheep bill
Now it’s up to the Governor. This bill is not just going to affect bighorn sheep in Hell’s Canyon, it affects bighorn sheep throughout the state. It is political game […]
Yellowstone Northern Range wolf update. April 2009
Kathie Lynch’s latest trip to Yellowstone found early spring wolf denning triumph mixed with tragedy- Yellowstone Wolf News. April 4-12, 2009. By © Kathie Lynch. “Spring” in Yellowstone means a […]
Midvale residents say Gov. Otter has abandoned rural Idaho
Otter pushes for road money, but residents gripe about feds, wild sheep Here in Idaho the legislature has gone into overtime because Governor Otter vetoed 35 appropriation bills over the […]
Senate OKs new bill to help resolve sheep conflict
Will this save the collaborative group? The new bill, SB1232, passed the Senate but will it save the Bighorn Sheep Domestic Sheep Advisory Group? Some of the members of the […]
Changing attitudes stymie elk managers
As elk hunters in Montana let out a bellow for wolf “control” right alongside their friends in other western states – elk distribution and populations in Montana demonstrate a soaring […]
Officials to reconsider sheep grazing
Nez Perce National Forest will write a new EIS to reconsider sheep grazing in the Salmon River Canyon. The Allison-Berg Allotment, which lies east of Riggins, is in occupied bighorn […]
Idaho wildlife refuges, hatcheries get stimulus
Salazar has annonced $275,000,000 (275-million) of the stimulus money for National Wildlife Refuges and fish hatcheries. It’s good news that $1.7 million went to Idaho. Over a million of it […]