Is there a new pack of wolves near Lake Chelan?
By K.C. Mehaffey
World staff writer
Here is the final outcome of the trial we posted about — the one on the Georgia father and son who left a dying horse and abused others in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness.
Ravalli County jury finds Georgia men guilty of abusing horses on wilderness trip. Missoulian.
They […]
Continue Reading →400 dead this winter in an “unprecedented” series of events
Populations of bighorn sheep are struggling with pneumonia throughout the west. Washington, Nevada, Montana, and most recently Utah are having outbreaks of pneumonia which have resulted in the deaths of 400 or more bighorn sheep.
Statements like the following are often made about the outbreaks.
“While […]
Continue Reading →Only one Druid is known to remain-
Down to one wolf. I guess that means the end of the wolf pack. The Druid Peak wolf pack was formed in the release enclosure back in 1996. Most of the wolves came from the same pack in British Columbia, but not all. For example the big alpha […]
Continue Reading →Howl Colorado.org gets a very interesting and important interview-
If you are interested in the politics and history of government animal killing for the livestock industry, Robinson’s book, Predatory Bureaucracy is a must. I think this interview with its author is too. Also, interviews are easier to digest than a grim journey through a long […]
Continue Reading →Note that this replaces the second edition. That edition can be found slowly moving down into the “bowels” of the blog.
Continue Reading →Beetle kill, fires and fungus have greatly reduced the high altitude pine-
Anyone following this forum for a while knows the story of the plight of the whitebark pine. Now the Natural Resource Defense Council has sued to put in on the endangered species list.
Group sues over whitebark pine endangered petition. By Mead […]
Continue Reading →It failed, as it should-
Story in the Salt Lake Tribune. Senate rejects move to bar new monuments. By Thomas Burr. The Salt Lake Tribune.
Continue Reading →Privatization of Public Bison
On 2/2/10 Montana’s wildlife agency, Fish, Wildlife & Parks (MFWP) announced their decision to send all 88 quarantined Yellowstone bison to the private lands of billionaire Ted Turner. The Yellowstone bison were part of a state-federal Quarantine Feasibility Study, which had the stated goal of placing brucellosis-free bison on public […]
Continue Reading →Obama’s supposed list of new national monuments was just a DOI brainstorming session-
Last week Fox News reported with bells and whistles that the President might create a large number of new national monuments on federal land in Western States. I didn’t bother to link to the story because the leaked document clearly looked some […]
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