The Wildlife News

August 2009

  • Alaska's Rat Island apparently rid of its namesake pest

    Ken Cole

    Unfortunate side effect to poisoning effort was the loss of 43 bald eagles and many other birds. Alaska’s Rat Island apparently rid of its namesake pest By Erika Bolstad | McClatchy Newspapers

  • Western Watersheds spreads bighorn campaign to Arizona

    Ralph Maughan

    Rocky Barker notes this morning the Western Watersheds now is busy trying to prevent the transmission of disease from domestic to wild sheep in Arizona. . . . some important additional information. WWP now has an office in Arizona. . . also an office in Montana (Missoula), and Wyoming, Utah and California. They have several…

  • Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case

    Ken Cole

    BLM and DuPont held accountable for killing crops which neighbor public lands by applying Oust in southern Idaho after wildfires. Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case Associated Press

  • Colorado wildlife experts get aggressive going after smart bears

    Ralph Maughan

    25 “problem” bears have been killed this year, but to little apparent effect- Colorado wildlife experts get aggressive going after smart bears Aggressive tactics weighed to control nuisance bruins By Bruce Finley The Denver Post Bear tags have also been increased by 75%. This, however, seems to target bears that are not nuisances. Time to…

  • More good news on gas leasing in the Wyoming Range

    Ralph Maughan

    24,000 more acres won’t be leased- This is on top of the near million acres in the Wyoming Range, Salt River Range, and Commissary Ridge recently withdrawn from leasing by Congress in the Omnibus Public Lands Act. BLM cuts energy leasing in Wyoming Range. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily.

  • 75,000 cattle die in the West each year from high altitude

    Ralph Maughan

    Cattle are similar to people. Many don’t thrive at high altitude. A large number even die from high altitude pulmonary edema- The article below is about attempts to breed altitude resistant cattle. I’d rather see “slow elk” off  the mountain meadows at 8500 feet or higher. Cattle focus of high-altitude research in NM. By Melanie…

  • Open thread

    Ralph Maughan

    Discuss what you want-

  • Bighorn Roundup 8/23/09

    Brian Ertz

    After the Marie Bulgin scandal rocked the Bighorn world many of us had hoped that the issue of disease transmission from domestic sheep to bighorn sheep might be largely resolved in the public debate.  Recent news stories suggest otherwise. Likewise, there continues to be a lot of political posturing and spinning going on. Below are…

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