The Wildlife News

June 2009

  • Environmentalists baffled by Obama's [legal] strategy

    Ralph Maughan

    One of the easiest ways to get rid of bad policies is ignored by the new Administration- Passing new laws is hard, and it is controversial. Issuing executive orders is less so, but still difficult. Settling suits against laws and regulations you don’t really support anyway is below the radar screen. It hard for conservationists…

  • We shouldn’t manage Montana’s wildlife like a giant game farm

    Ralph Maughan

    Marty Essen asks for balanced management of our forests and wildlife- We shouldn’t manage Montana’s wildlife like a giant game farm In response to some recent anti-wolf letters in local newspapers, I’d like to offer an alternative point of view. Blaming the wolf for fewer elk, without considering other factors, is disingenuous at best. Here’s…

  • Barker: Death of celebrity wolf may be an omen

    Ralph Maughan

    Statesman environmental reporter writes confusing story about Wood River Valley and the wolf pack that lives there- Barker: Death of celebrity wolf may be an omen. Idaho Statesman Rocky Barker, who was written numerous books and articles about conservation, seems to have let some kind of barely suppressed animosity toward Idaho’s Wood River Valley motivate…

  • Livestock gets greenhouse gas exemption on Climate Bill

    Brian Ertz

    Scientists have been speaking about how regulation to ensure greenhouse gas emission reductions needs to be comprehensive to work.  Unfortunately, Obama folded to the Big Ag lobby on one of the most significant sources of greenhouse gas emissions : THE INFLUENCE GAME: Excuse me! Lobby wins on burps – AP  One contributor to global warming —…

  • Rare Washington wolf pack behaving itself

    Ralph Maughan

    According the human perceptions, wolves near Twisp, WA are not causing trouble- Rare Washington wolf pack behaving itself. By K.C. Mehaffey, The Wenatchee World. I haven’t heard any news about the prosecution of the local family that poached a couple of these wolves. Most of the comments in story are quite positive.

  • Distributed renewable energy makes economic & ecological sense

    Brian Ertz

    No need for much Renewable Energy development on Our Public Lands In early April, we discussed planned massive solar development projects on public lands underway in Southern California with Basin & Range Watch‘s splendid native plant & wildflower photo essay Last Spring at Ivanpah.  The essay bloomed across environmental listserves everywhere and, combined with many…

  • Mike Hudak's Podcast: Politics Trumps Science in Rangeland Management

    Ken Cole

    How they do it. In this 15-minute audio presentation, Mike Hudak explains how ranchers use politicians to intimidate land managers from the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management into providing rancher-friendly livestock management that is often detrimental to wildlife. Hudak cites passages from his book Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching…

  • New FS Chief Tidwell gives thoughts in Missoulian interview

    Ralph Maughan

    New USFS chief to address climate effects, watersheds. By Rob Chaney of the Missoulian. Earlier. Gail Kimbell out; Tom Tidwell in as new Forest Service Chief. June 17, 2009

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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