The Wildlife News

December 14, 2009

  • Are there grizzly bears in Washington state?

    Ken Cole

    The efforts to re-introduce grizzlies to Washington and Idaho have been stalled for political reasons Joel Connelly talks about the rate of recovery efforts for grizzly bears in the country, and specifically the North Cascades and Bitteroot Mountains of Washington, Idaho and Montana. Are there grizzly bears in Washington state?. By Joel Connelly. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

  • Lessons from Aldo Leopold's historic wolf hunt

    Ralph Maughan

    The nation’s legendary conservationist saw the value of preserving wildness. Perhaps someday politicians will too- Opinion in the LA Times. By James William Gibson

  • Are more deer killed on Utah roadways than by hunters?

    Ralph Maughan

    Both seem to be around 20,000 a year, but the road kill number is less exact- Females are 72% of the road kill. Human fatalities are 4 – 6 a year Roadkill threat: Utah deer herds taking a hit. It’s possible that more of the animals are killed by vehicles than hunters. By Brent Prettyman.…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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