The Wildlife News

May 2011

  • Idaho Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion north of Rexburg

    Ralph Maughan

    Cougar wanders through ag country and is illegally shot- Fish and Game looking for culprit who shot lion. Rexburg Standard Journal. By Joyce Edlefsen.

  • Interior to Publish Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Delisting Rule

    Brian Ertz

    Salazar announces wolves delisted in Rockies and hunting can begin – Idaho Statesman Wolves will be delisted in the Northern Rockies except Wyoming on Thursday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said. The rule would reinstate the 2009 decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to delist the gray wolf in Idaho and Montana, eastern Washington, eastern…

  • Oregon’s assumptions on cougar hunting misplaced

    Brian Ertz

    George Wuerthner critiques the assumption that cougar hunting will decrease conflict with humans. Oregon’s assumptions on cougar hunting misplaced – George Wuerthner, NewWest.net Oregon, like many western states, allows cougar hunting. Part of the justification for hunting is the assumption that killing cougars will reduce livestock losses and increase public safety.  There is, however, growing…

  • Montana proposes 220-wolf hunting quota for 2011 season

    Ralph Maughan

    If filled, the quota will result in estimated 25% reduction in state wolf population- Montana’s wolf hunt is expected to be easier on the state’s wolf population than Idaho’s. With the congressional delisting of the wolf in the Northern Rockies, Montana and Idaho can pretty do what they want in terms of wolf quotas. State…

  • Darwin Award Averted. Webcam catches tourists walking on Old Faithful

    Ken Cole

    While not as amusing as the two who tried to urinate into the geyser a few years ago, this was still just as stupid. You can watch the web cam here: Old Faithful web cam Webcam catches tourists walking on Old Faithful. The Associated Press

  • Oregon: USFWS issues kill order for 2 Imnaha Pack wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Kill order, called “retribution”- Because there are not many wolves in Oregon, this is a big deal. The pack has 10-14 members.  There was one other wolf pack known on the Oregon/Washington state border in 2010 — the Wenaha Pack. It might have 6 members.  USFWS has ordered capturing and “euthanizing two un-collared sub-adults from…

  • Debris flow creates a big rapid on the Salmon River (central Idaho)

    Ralph Maughan

    The new “Black Creek Blowout” could be the biggest rapid on the river- This is big news for all who float or boat the main fork of the Salmon River below the Corn Creek put-in. I’d like to know more about what caused this blowout on April 1. White water created on Salmon River by…

  • Have you come across any interesting wildlife news? May 2, 2011

    Ralph Maughan

    Note that this replaces the 28th edition. That edition will now move slowly into the depths of the blog-

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