The Wildlife News

June 2009

  • Sonoran Desert National Monument preservation effort moves forward

    Brian Ertz

    Last Friday WWP won a reversal of a previous court decision that would have held that Presidents have the authority to designate – but not direct management of – national monuments. Preservation and the President: A Positive Development in the Sonoran Desert – Ti Hays, PreservationNation Last Friday, in a positive development, a federal district…

  • Burning Questions

    Brian Ertz

    Why the National Fire Plan is a Trojan Horse for Logging Earlier Ralph noted a new study that suggests fire mitigation work in the US may be misplaced.  Along those same lines, George Wuerther shares an account of one experience he had digging deeper into the rationale & motive of some “fuels reduction” projects :…

  • IDFG: Bighorn sheep testing will be done at the Caine Vet Lab.

    Ken Cole

    Samples taken from killed bighorn sheep will be tested at center embroiled in controversy. From an Idaho Fish and Game press release dated June 15 comes information that samples from the bighorn sheep killed last week will be tested at the Caine Veterinary Teaching and Research Center in Caldwell, Idaho. The Center’s director, Dr. Marie…

  • Young grizzlies out on the plains, east of Interstate 15 in Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Is the move out of the mountains due to the long winter and wet spring? We’ve been talking about grizzly south of Interstate 90 in Idaho,  but a more obvious movement is the presence of two or more grizzly bears out on the plains, well east of the Rocky Mountain front. Young grizzlies push farther…

  • Bobcat fur coats raise trapping concern in West

    Ralph Maughan

    Russian and Chinese demand pushes up pelt prices for this medium sized wildcat’s hide- While there seem to be a lot of  bobcats in the United States, the population size is pretty much a guess. Most of the concern over trapping increase is in the Western states. Bobcat fur coats raise trapping concern in West.…

  • Phantom Hill Wolf Pack loses "Papa", the pack's alpha male

    Brian Ertz

    What will this mean with 4 domestic sheep bands scheduled to turn out on top of the Phantom’s home range in the next week ? Idaho’s Phantom Hill Wolf Pack has lost its alpha male, B333. He was hit by a vehicle north of Ketchum over the weekend and was found dead by Ketchum resident…

  • Fire Mitigation Work In Western US Misplaced, Says New Study

    Ralph Maughan

    Only 11 per cent of federal efforts have been near homes or offices- This won’t come as any surprise to those of us who have watched the BLM and Forest Service conduct preemptive (“prescriptive”) burns and vegetation thinnings. Most of the fire reduction work I see is deep in the forest land, although often fairly…

  • Nez Perce Tribe concerned about UI vet center, leader

    Ralph Maughan

    Controversy continues- Nez Perce concerned about UI vet center, leader.  The Associated Press in the Idaho Statesman. The Tribe says that it is losing credibility in the University of Idaho Caine Veterinary center when it comes to the accurate reporting of the outcome of tests of bighorn sheep and domestic sheep tissues. The Tribe has…

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