The Wildlife News

February 2010

  • Why top predators matter

    Ken Cole

    An in-depth look at new research Top predators such as wolves, lions, and jaguars play very important roles in the ecology. From control of mesopredators like coyotes and hyenas to control of ungulate populations and how they use the land. Why top predators matter: an in-depth look at new research Jeremy Hance mongabay.com

  • Middle Fork Salmon River wolf hunting zone now closed

    Ken Cole

    The Middle Fork zone had a limit of 17 wolves. That is roughly 1/3 of the population estimated to be there. So far there have been 146 wolves killed in the hunt in Idaho. http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/cms/hunt/wolf/quota.cfm Of note is the death of wolf Y239 which was a disperser from the Greater Yellowstone wolf population and the…

  • WY state vet's assurance should calm ranchers on brucellosis

    Ralph Maughan

    It should calm them, but doubtful it will- “It’s difficult to imagine a safer or better home for 14 Yellowstone bison than Guernsey State Park, which was suggested by Wyoming officials to host the animals.” Read the rest of the story in the Casper Star Tribune editorial.

  • Montana hunting initiative aims for access to wildlife

    Ralph Maughan

    Outfitter-sponsored big game licenses for non-Montanans would been done away with by Initiative 161- Hunting initiative aims for access to wildlife. By Michale Babcock. Great Falls Tribune Outdoor Editor.

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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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