The Wildlife News

May 2009

  • Three Wolf Moon T-shirt. Get yourself that special gal or guy!

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s much cheaper and takes less time than learning to play guitar- From the Washington Post. It’s Made of 100% Cotton; Its Sales Are 99% Ironic. By Mike Musgrove. It looks like this is going viral. Look at Amazon.com

  • Commissioners work with feds to head off grazing lawsuits

    Brian Ertz

    Central Idaho threatened/endangered fish habitat is threatened by public land livestock grazing.  Federal managers drag their feet.  WWP threatens to file suit. Many folk don’t realize the impact to native fisheries habitat that livestock grazing can and does have.  The Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and other land and wildlife management agencies work diligently to avoid…

  • Hayes is finally confirmed to number two Interior Post

    Ralph Maughan

    Some concessions to Robert Bennett (R-Utah) on oil and gas leases was needed- Here is the story. Senate GOP releases hold on Interior nominee. Politico. Salazar probably had to agree to look into offering tghe oil and gas leases next to the national parks that the courts and he had killed. Grrrrr. The New York…

  • Former National Park Director gets appointment to Interior Post

    Ralph Maughan

    Robert G. Stanton will be Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Management, and Budget- Stanton was National Park Director under Clinton Here is the news release from the Department of Interior: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today appointed former National Park Service Director Robert G. Stanton as Deputy Assistant…

  • One of the worst poachers in Montana history goes to the Pen

    Ralph Maughan

    Steve Slavinsky will do five years in Montana State Prison- ‘Serial wildlife killer’. By Jodi Hansen Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer. Should he have received a stiffer sentence?

  • Game management

    Ken Cole

    Brucellosis is perpetuated by Wyoming feed grounds “If we could get rid of feed grounds and reduce population, we could solve much of our brucellosis problem,” Tom Roffe said. Game management By DANIEL PERSON Bozeman Daily Chronicle

  • Wisconsin wolf population shows unexpected growth

    Ralph Maughan

    Folks thought it was reaching a natural carrying capacity- Wisconsin wolf population surges. By Lee Bergquist and Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel I thought it was leveling off, but then population growth or decline of relatively small populations of any animal are subject to random events like favorable weather.

  • Take a hammer to the 1872 Mining Act

    Ralph Maughan

    “The 137-year-old law is a legacy of a bygone era in the West” Folks have been trying to change this law my entire life and long before that. Will this be the year? If so, how much can it be changed? The Oregonian thinks change is now politically possible. The 1872 Act has long been…

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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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