The Wildlife News

November 2010

  • Has the Japanese Whaling Fleet Surrendered?

    Ken Cole

    Activism at work. I’ve never written about this here but I have been following this campaign for many years and I have been acquainted with a number of people who have volunteered for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society over those years. Of all of the anti-whaling groups out there they are the most effective but…

  • Former Gov. candidate Rex Rammel could face charges for allegedly killing elk

    Ken Cole

    Wow!! Who’s next? Who knows? If there is a conviction in this case, it might solidify my theory that anti-wolf advocates are behind the decimation of elk herds 😉 Recall, Rex Rammel is the politician who joked about “Obama tags“. He also had a run in with then Governor and now Senator Jim Risch after…

  • Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight by Stimulus

    Ken Cole

    Big Energy companies with criminal records given billions in stimulus funds to wreak havoc on our public lands and wildlife. The Center for Public Integrity has issued a stinging report on how the Obama Administration has bypassed the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when issuing permits for energy and other projects which involve federal lands…

  • Montana elk hunters around Yellowstone Park have a generally successful season

    Ralph Maughan

    Madison Valley most successful.  Number of deer killed down slightly- Elk hunters successful in 2010. Bozeman Chronicle. By Daniel Person. In addition hunting was good in Northwestern Montana. Here’s the story. Ideal conditions close hunt season. By JIM MAN. The Daily Inter Lake Daily. Weather helps western Montana hunters close out big game season. Missoulian.…

  • Governors seek 'road map' for N. Rockies wolves

    Ken Cole

    Talk about burying the lead, it appears that Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar would back efforts to gut the Endangered Species Act. Ken Salazar met with the governors of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming yesterday and, while Wyoming remains intransigent on the wolf issue, he appears to have sent the message that he supports a legislative…

  • Spring Valley, Nevada

    Brian Ertz

    Where NOT to hastily site an Industrial-scale Wind Energy Project Just north of Great Basin National Park, east of Ely in Eastern Nevada, lies a public landscape called Spring Valley. Spring Valley is a miraculous place, renowned for its magnificent skies and as critical habitat for sagebrush obligate species such as sage grouse and pygmy…

  • Wolf Politics

    Ken Cole

    The New York Times Weighs in on the wolf issue. The New York Times doesn’t like the proposed legislation which would remove protections from wolves either. Either [bill] would set a terrible precedent, opening the door for special-interest groups to push other inconvenient species off the list. The bills would undercut one of the primary…

  • Critical habitat for polar bears is finally designated

    Ralph Maughan

    187,157 square miles of Alaskan land and (mostly) ocean to be for the bears- U.S. Firms Up ‘Critical Habitat’ for Polar Bears. By Felicity Barringer. The Green Blog in the New York Times. Here is the web page on this from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Dept. of Interior). This is very important, but…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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