September 2009
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Here’s a classic- As I mentioned in an earlier comment, I got a new camera today. I headed to the mountains south of Pocatello to try it out and came back with a disgusting photo (as well as some attractive landscapes).
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Bam Bam gets the boot: G&F relocates popular bighorn sheep over concern for his, public’s safety . Trib.com Here’s a story that I missed. Bam Bam was the last sheep in the group that was transplanted to this area. The rest of his heard was lost due to disease. He became a YouTube star this…
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This has been an ongoing controversy as wildlife managers have built giant water tanks within wilderness, allegedly to help Kofa bighorn sheep. Instead, the bighorns avoid the water tanks. The Kofa National Wildlife Refuge has also been planning to kill Kofa mountain lions to decrease predation on the bighorn sheep. It’s a classic example of…
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Are the wilds of the Upper Green a place for sheep? By Ken Cole and Ralph Maughan Grizzly mauls sheepherder; kills dogs, sheep. By Joy Ufford with Derek Farr. Sublette Examiner This is bad. A poor shepherd got seriously hurt. With all the media attention on sheep ranchers there is too little attention to the…
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They read the article in Nature we posted last week! Feces on feedgrounds could spread wasting disease. Officials call for phaseout of feeding elk herds. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide. At least we heard from some groups and officials about the direct implications of the study in Nature, but what about this…
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Calls Dam Breaching a “Last Resort” “The administration’s passing reference to dam breaching as a ‘contingency of last resort’ defers all necessary economic, infrastructure and other studies, making this ‘contingency’ an illusion,” said Samuel N. Penney, the chairman of the Nez Perce American Indian Tribe, which has traditionally fished the Columbia. New Federal Plan for…
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24 misdemeanor counts put one Blackfoot, ID man in jail; others fined- The men “involved in hunting in closed areas, transferring tags, purchasing resident licenses while residing outside of Idaho, hunting without the proper tag, killing elk in excess of the bag limits, and hunting with the use of motorized vehicles.” Idaho Fish and Game…
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Bitterroot Valley resident tracks growing deformities by examining road kill- New West has a story today about the likely effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on deer. Bitterroot Rebel With a Cause. Genetic, Genital Damage in Montana Wildlife? (bad link is now fixed). By Joan Melcher. New West. Almost half of the bucks had structural abnormalities.