In the old Soviet Union, being a scientist was a dangerous thing unless discoveries upheld the Party’s ideology- Doubt GOP will be put scientists in a gulag. They will just […]
Movement of giant oil equipment through Montana sparks Missoula protest
Oversized, outsized equipment protest. . . the first of years of citizen anger against environmental disruption and traffic delays? It seems to me that this will not be a one […]
One reason why domestic sheep are such disease ridden menaces?
Sheep laden with germs and parasites are more likely to produce lambs than less diseased sheep- I don’t know if this is a strange result of evolution or due to […]
Leaving Las Vegas: Will Sharon Angle turn out the lights?
Will the resource-sucking “sin city” be reclaimed by the desert? Everyone knows at least a little bit about Las Vegas. To many visitors, Las Vegas is Nevada. In terms of […]
Idaho Gov. Candidate Allred: "On public lands, to me, wildlife populations have to take priority"
Public land ranchers concerned about candidate’s position that public lands ought be managed to preserve Idaho’s wildlife heritage Idaho’s Gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred, challenger to “Butch” Otter, recently drew a […]
WWP & Wolf Recovery Foundation: “Wildlife Services” slaughter of wolves in Idaho is Unlawful
Advocates for the West‘s Laurie Rule (best known for her esteemed success in the Payette National Forest on behalf of bighorn sheep) has filed another brief on behalf of Western Watersheds […]
Greater Yellowstone grizzly numbers top 600 for first time
Record population is reached amidst a year of bear food stress and many mortalities- This is a replacement of the original article (it’s more complete). Grizzly numbers hit new high […]
Bitterroot: Where have all the elk gone?
Elk pop. of West Fork of Bitterroot has dropped 21 % in four years. Wolves live there too. Therefore wolves must be responsible? This seems to be the current argument […]