Billionaire tea party funders effort to kill CA emissions law-
We posted about this repeal effort earlier, but a good article about the Koch Brothers by a California minister.
Passing Prop. 23 would send California Reeling Backwards. Syndicated Columnist, Author, Pastor of the Resurrection Community Church Oakland, CA
Continue Reading →Progress on Antelope Creek blaze, but smoke hinders tourism-
Antelope fire now over 3000 acres. Island Park News.
The Yellowstone country is just getting too crowded to use in the summer, but every fall natural and prescribed fires are making that time of year bad too. Any opinions on this?
Continue Reading →Good News ! :
Supposedly extinct red fox discovered near Yosemite National Park – LA Times
Continue Reading →Obama’s Abandonment of the West
Doug Peacock continues to enrich the debate over grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem :
Global Warming, Killer Bears? Doug Peacock, Counterpunch
Biologists sometimes like to quibble that losing the grizzly because of the collapse of whitebark pine forests may be the least of our ecological worries. Ecosystems […]
Continue Reading →Oregon wolves and livestock:
This is a followup to our earlier story in the Wildlife News. Oregon range rider hired to watch out for wolves, quits. September 17, 2010
Farewell to one of my top five: Wolf range rider. By Cassandra Profita. Ecotrope.
Boss says range rider quit for economic reasons. By […]
Continue Reading →Both prescribed and wildfires are burning-
I think the Antelope Fire on Mt. Washburn is reburning the burn from 1988 or at least some spots immediately nearby that were missed by the big fire. I took many photos of the 1988 burn on the mountain, during and after.
Fires grab attention. Jackson Hole Daily. […]
Continue Reading →What about willows?
One of the main criticisms I’ve heard is that the story fails to mention studies indicating measurable changes in willow growth. Willows, a riparian species, have really made a comeback in many areas where wolves are present and have increased the habitat for birds, beavers and fish.
Continue Reading →Dust from livestock grazing in the southwest reduces water runoff in the Colorado River Basin by 5%
An interesting study has been released by the Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies which explains that spring runoff from the Colorado Rockies has been compressed into a shorter period of time due to high levels of dust […]
Continue Reading →Preemptive killing didn’t stop the outbreak.
After wildlife officials killed many bighorn sheep last winter, in the Yakima River Canyon, to prevent the spread of deadly pneumonia, the outbreak continues to kill most of the newborn lambs.
Deadly illness spreading among bighorn sheep .
Seattle Times
Continue Reading →Best known for ruling on the wolf, judge is concerned about the disappearance of concern for the common good-
This is a interesting and lengthy bio of Montana’s best known federal judge.
Who is Judge Don Molloy? By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer
I certainly agree with the Judge on his greatest concern. […]
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