The focus has been on the bighorn sheep versus domestic sheep case, but Greta Anderson of the WWP’s Arizona office won an case before an administratrive law judge today — Western Watersheds Project v. Bureau of Land Management and intervener Byner Cattle Corporation.
Here is the order. Byner Complex Order October 2009
Continue Reading →Two Programs and an interview.
Tonight (Thursday, October 15th) Idaho Public Television will focus on wolves in Idaho. They will start off the night with an episode of Outdoor Idaho and open up discussion about wolves following the program on Dialogue where you can call in to ask questions of the panelists.
Panelists include:
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Ruling protects bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon.
The BLM Partridge Creek Allotment has been closed to sheep grazing to protect bighorn sheep from domestic sheep disease. This is a big victory for bighorn sheep in the Salmon River Canyon. These sheep are native sheep and have seen drastic declines over the years due […]
Continue Reading →Study indicates 5000 mature individuals are needed for population viability
Conservation Targets Too Small To Stop Extinction
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This determination could have profound implications for the protection of many species. Many biologists use a number of 2000 individuals in a population for maintenance of viable populations over the long term. In the Northern […]
Continue Reading →Noisy and getting noisier
Noise pollution threatens animals
“Sounds produced by vehicles, oil and gas fields and urban sprawl interfere with the way animals communicate, mate and prey on one another.”
Continue Reading →Just one wild horse left on Flathead Lake’s Wild Horse Island, but there is no shortage of horses that could repopulate the island-
The Missoula Independent did a feature on the contentious issue of the management of the wild (or feral) horses of the West.
Alone on the Range. Only one wild horse remains […]
Continue Reading →Wants to get kids into nature, great! Otherwise interview is a lot of nothing-
New director: All of us should visits parks. Jarvis ranks protection, management of resources among his core values. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily.
Continue Reading →Will there be a similar flight for opponents of the mining? No.
A state owned plane carrying Lt. Gov. Brad Little, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, House Assistant Majority Leader Scott Bedke, deputy Attorney General Clive Strong, and mining lobbyist Jack Lyman for a tour of eastern Idaho phosphate mining areas was paid for by mining […]
Continue Reading →Unfortunately she had three cubs-
Choteau (show toe). This took place on the plains on the Rocky Mountain Front. Despite the mention of Teton County, it is Teton County, Montana not Teton County, Wyoming or Idaho. This pheasant hunter was from Alaska.
Story: Bird hunter kills sow grizzly north of Choteau. Choteau Arcantha.
The […]
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