The Wildlife News

July 2011

  • Grizzly bears making homes far from Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Wonderful news! And don’t believe that stuff about “these areas are no longer biologically suitable for the grizzly.” If they are not suitable, how is it that they are living there? People who say things like that don’t seem to know much about the history of wildlife in the West.  The low point for wildlife…

  • Idaho’s Mike Simpson proposes deep cuts to EPA, Forest Service, BLM

    Ralph Maughan

    Newly important congressman also proposes to “reform” Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid- Simpson has long been thought of as Idaho’s “moderate” Republican, but now that he has moved into a position of real power his agenda is clear — boost welfare ranching, defund protection of the environment and public lands, gut programs to help the…

  • Another new wolf pack confirmed in Washington State

    Ralph Maughan

    The new Teanaway Pack is in the Che Elum area of the Cascade Mountains about an hour’s drive from Seattle. Its discovery could bring the number of WA state wolves to as many as 25. The other packs are the Lookout Pack in Okanogan County, and the Salmo and Diamond Packs in Pend Oreille (PONDER…

  • Payson, Arizona women is felled by a cow elk

    Ralph Maughan

    Area of recreational sprawl in the Mogollon Rim country is full of elk that often mix with people- The elk said to still be “at large.” It is not clear what prompted the elk to stomp the woman, but elk mix frequently with people in this area of forest, grassland, tourists and second homes. “Elk…

  • Mexican gray wolves face new challenges in struggle for survival

    Ralph Maughan

    A massive forest fire and sudden right-wing politics makes survival of the rarest wolf slimmer still- New Mexico had a pretty good governor, Bill Richardson, in terms of wildlife, but he retired and was replaced by Susana Martinez of the far right. She replaced four members of the New Mexico State Game Commission, and they…

  • Federal public lands the source of huge recreation wealth in Utah

    Ralph Maughan

    Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial wonders why Utah congressionals so negative except for drilling and mining- Opinion of the Salt Lake Tribune. Recreation Wealth. July 4, 2011.  DOI report says Utah benefits economically more from recreation on Department of Interior lands than any other state. This article is based on the same data as our earlier…

  • Oil pipeline ruptures. Massive pollution of Yellowstone River

    Ralph Maughan

    ExxonMobil pipeline under the Yellowstone River releases 30,000 – 50,000 gallons of crude into world famous river- It’s another one of those things they claimed was too unlikely to worry about. Now there is a large oil slick drifting down the Yellowstone River toward the Missouri, ruining riverside property, and polluting not just the river…

  • Rex Rammell gets fairly easy sentence for elk poaching conviction

    Ralph Maughan

    Serving as his own attorney, Rammell is convicted by a jury of his peers- After many months and after getting charged with jury tampering (yet to go to trial), former Republican gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell was convicted of poaching an elk. He was fined $1000 (after the judge suspended $500) and will serve 5 days…

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Edward Abbey

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Jim Fowler

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