The Wildlife News

December 2009

  • American Prairie Foundation is building a wildlife reserve larger than Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    “Prairie Project” is buying up ranches in NE Montana- We have been posting about the natural restoration of wildlife to the high plains as its human population reaches a critical point after generations of population decline. I was not aware of the Prairie Project. Of course, the down-in-heels land barons don’t like it, but they…

  • Western states take aim at antler gatherers

    Ralph Maughan

    More people are gathering antlers. The recession makes some of them desperate for money. The end result is trouble for wildlife- About a month ago I posted an article about this in Wyoming, but the issue is bigger than that. Overzealous antler gatherers face a new flurry of regulation by U.S. Western states trying to…

  • Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act Gets First Hearing

    Ralph Maughan

    Senate committee gathers testimony on the Senators “wilderness bill”- Tester’s Forest Jobs and Recreation Act Gets First Hearing. By Courtney Lowery. New West. Here is the video of the full hearing.

  • Facts revealed on the killing of the Basin Butte Pack

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game lists the facts behind the kill order- There are a small number of livestock owners that run most of the cattle in the Stanley area, and not surprisingly it was because of losses of their cattle. All told, ten wolves were shot in the Basin Butte Pack over the course of…

  • Victory for Western Watersheds Project on cutthoat trout

    Ralph Maughan

    Western Watersheds Project wins appeal in Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest overturning a grazing decision for the Franklin Basin Allotment in northern Utah- Over the years the popular Franklin Basin area of the Cache National Forest in Bear River Range just south of the Idaho border has been increasingly pummeled by cattle and sheep. One result has…

  • Wyoming wolf numbers increase and offset the decline in Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    YNP Park wolves are down another 6 % this year, but there was a 12% increase outside the Park in ’09- Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. There are 4 full-time packs in Jackson Hole and one part-time pack. The year’s population results appear to be a small increase in…

  • Wolves to be tracked, darted, collared in Frank Church Wilderness

    Ralph Maughan

    Forest Service will cave to Idaho Fish and Game’s plan to grossly abuse the concept of Wilderness- Even though 90% of the comments received were opposed to Idaho Fish Game’s plan to violate the Wilderness Act because they want a better count of the number of wolves in the Frank Church Wilderness, this week the…

  • Scotland's deer are changing shape due to hybridisation

    Ralph Maughan

    Scotland’s wild red deer have bred with Japanese sika deer, serving to reduce their size- Red deer are similar to American elk, wapiti. Ironically a concern in the U.S. is red deer from “hunting” ranches escaping to breed with elk. Scotland’s deer are changing shape due to hybridisation. By Jody Bourton. Earth News reporter. BBC

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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