August 2011
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Appeals courts says elk feeding is not illegal, but risky- This issue is closely related to the Wyoming wolf plan story because Wyoming just loves feeding elk, and dragging along the federal government to feed them too Conservation groups appealed the loss in their effort to stop elk and bison feeding on the National Elk…
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Draft Game and Fish wolf management program emphasizes elk, very small wolf population- Wyoming Game and Fish, anticipating federal delisting of the wolf in Wyoming, has a new draft wolf plan out for public comment. Comments are sought on how the wolves will be managed in the wolf “trophy game zone,” but not on the…
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Mike Hudak interviews Don Oman, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service, about his experience working with the agency as a part of Hudak’s series of interviews compiled for Western Turf Wars: The Politics of Public Lands Ranching Don Oman, a 35-year veteran of the U.S. Forest Service explains how political pressure initiated by ranchers…
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iPhone App centered around Yellowstone Bison Conflict Buffalo Haze, a just released iPhone app, is a game premised on the controversial Yellowstone buffalo issue by simulating the yearly hazing practiced by wildlife managers. Every year bison naturally roam outside of Yellowstone National Park to graze on grasses at lower elevations. Wildlife managers haze the bison…
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Plants, and animals that can, shift north, head upslope, and faster than predicted- After analyzing 2000 species, biological scientists at York University found that on the average, “species have moved to higher elevations at 12.2 metres per decade and, more dramatically, to higher latitudes at 17.6 kilometres per decade.” This is about 2 or 3…
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Lookout Pack has disappeared, but now there are 4 other packs in state- Argument over wolves gets heated though wolves are rarely seen and seem to have no perceptible effects- Wolfpacks of North Cascades [Washington], though elusive, very divisive. By Gary Chittim. King 5 News
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More good news about the grizzlies of Glacier National Park, the Rocky Mountain Front and now more- We have run news every year about grizzlies reclaiming the sparsely populated plains of northern Montana from ten to a hundred miles east of the mountains. A lot of these bears are really large for interior grizzlies. A…
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A compact disc features an interview Ed Abbey did with his friend Jack Loeffler. Two clips are featured on the web: Jack Loeffler in Conversations with Edward Abbey – El Palacio Magazine Recorded January 1983 ”Some of us are beginning to catch on to something. Government does not exist to ease, facilitate, moderate, and preside…