Off With His Hat
Finally some sanity ~ it’ll be interesting to see whether Obama has the integrity to follow through (not holding my breath):
Obama: Interior reforms too slow ~ By Dan Berman, Politico
White House insiders say Salazar has fallen out of favor and speculate that he will be gone after November’s midterms. Obama […]
Continue Reading →Proposed Montana wolf hunt, now on hold, would have significantly reduced state’s wolf population-
Scientists: Wolf Hunts More Deadly Than Previously Thought. By Virginia Morell. Science Insider. Link is now fixed!
Here is the actual scientific paper. Meta-Analysis of Relationships between Human Offtake, Total Mortality and Population Dynamics of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus). […]
Continue Reading →Using satellites to produce energy could eliminate the need for other power sources but how do you get the energy back to earth? Beam it.
This idea has been around for a while but it could have profound impacts that aren’t well understood. I find these kinds of stories fascinating and I think they relate […]
Continue Reading →A new study in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases confirms, unequivocally, that the domestic sheep disease Mannheimia haemolytica kills bighorn sheep after the two species co-mingle. This paper has been rumored for the last several months and was cited in the recent Payette National Forest decision to close 60% of sheep grazing allotments on the […]
Continue Reading →The Yellowstone Success Story and Those Who Want to Kill It
Chip Ward publishes an exceptional piece on the wolf controversy, bringing a compelling focus back to the real issues ~ and values ~ wolf advocates are fighting for :
The Big Bad Wolf Makes Good – Published on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 by TomDispatch.com
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Continue Reading →Rancher senators move to amend Endangered Species Act-
Although most of the grass roots activity against wolves has come from elk and deer hunters, it has always been the ranchers at the core of wolf hatred. The reason is that the large ranchers have always believed it is their right to govern the rest of […]
Continue Reading →I posted this at the end of August. It’s time to get your comments in.
Don’t color outside the lines
The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has released its Draft Bighorn Sheep Management Plan which essentially draws lines around existing bighorn sheep populations and prevents recovery to historical habitat. This is a big problem […]
Continue Reading →Twenty-one more dead bighorn-
Pneumonia persists in Anaconda bighorns. Montana Standard.
Seems to me like Western Watersheds Project is about the only private organization doing anything to stop the spread of this disease that is taking such an awful toll.
Continue Reading →The 2006 Memorandum of Agreement has EXPIRED.
The State of Idaho and Wildlife Services have been operating outside of the law since relisting has occurred. It appears that the State of Idaho has no management authority over wolves now that they have been re-listed under the ESA. This is evidenced by the Memorandum of Agreement […]
Continue Reading →Beers’ “news” column in AgWeekly classic example-
You don’t like your minister. So you make up a completely false rumor, one that is sure to spread. “Did you know the minister’s wife makes porn films?” “You don’t!” “Well people are talking about it.”
Soon the congregation will be talking.
I don’t like to link to […]
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