The Wildlife News

April 2011

  • Rammell trial delayed pending new investigation

    Ken Cole

    I think that most people think that poaching should be punished. Rammell seems to think that most people feel just the opposite and that they might side with him. I doubt he’s right and I think that this will make thing much worse for him. He doesn’t seem to be getting much sympathy either. Rammell…

  • Northern Utah, the land of filthy air

    Ralph Maughan

    Worst in the country in the winter- “Oh ye mountains high and the clear blue sky . . .”  These are words from a Mormon hymn that isn’t sung in church much anymore. I don’t know the reason, but it is appropriate because northern Utah has slowly developed the dirtiest air the country in the…

  • Ivanpah solar project would disturb thousands of desert tortoises

    Brian Ertz

    The Ivanpah solar thermal project consists of 5.4 square miles of high quality habitat for the Endangered Species Act protected desert tortoise, a fact that developers (and some investors) underestimated resulting in the temporary suspension of activities on phases 2 and 3 of the project site due to construction activities exceeding the incidental take limit…

  • BLM told by public not to develop western oil shale

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s a dirty and marginal source of fossil fuel energy- Oil sands of Alberta are bad enough, but they look good compared to Western oil shale. Its development will produce little, if any, net energy,  while leaving much waste and giant pits. It takes a lot of water too, and the deposits are in the…

  • YNP snowplows encounter deepest snow in 13 years

    Ralph Maughan

    Crews run into snow 22 feet deep on average at Sylvan Pass- Yellowstone plow crews encounter deep snow at Sylvan. By Martin Kidston. Billings  Gazette Wyoming Bureau. The north and the west entrances are currently open to the public.

  • If Star Wars was made by environmentalists..

    Brian Ertz

    Derrick Jensen, a controversial environmental activist most known for advocating the end of civilization, tells the story of the original Star Wars, as made by environmentalists:

  • Yellowstone bears and wolves fight over carcasses

    Ralph Maughan

    Their ancient struggle apparently has little effect on their populations- That’s the conclusion of Dr. Doug Smith who heads the Park’s wolf program. I think that might well be true overall, but Yellowstone Park is a small place when it comes to major predators.  With the wolf population in the Park as small as it…

  • Sweden. A deplorably wrong headine: “Wolf attacks Mother Walking with Child in Sweden”

    Ralph Maughan

    Trouble with it is the wolf did not attack the mother or the child (in a carriage)- I guess dogs actually killing a person are just not interesting enough. How about this article from Treehugger (A Discovery Company)? The headline is “Wolf Attacks Mother Walking with Child in Sweden.”  Notice how cleverly written it is…

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