From the monthly archives: September 2011

Court Overturns BLM Range Management Plans

On September 30, 2011 By

Western Watersheds Project wins initial court victory 

Western Watersheds Project (WWP) has won a federal court order overturning the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Resource Management Plans (RMPs) for the Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho and the Pinedale Field Office in Wyoming.  These two plans affect management on over 2.5 […]

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Beetles chew down the forests of the west

On September 30, 2011 By

This topic is not new here, but what about all those who blame the govmint?

Pine forests, especially lodgepole pine and whitebark pine are being killed by bark beetles at an incredible rate from the Yukon (that is not in the USA) to Mexico (not America either). There is controversy among scientists why the beetles […]

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Conserving Carnivores Under State Management: Wolves as a Public Trust Resource

On September 29, 2011 By

In the most recent issue of the journal, Science my colleagues and I argue that the wildlife trust doctrine (a branch of the broader public trust doctrine) may provide a legal means for interested citizens to compel states to conserve controversial species such as wolves. We argue that this common law doctrine fills the gap […]

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Group says that elk hunt inside Grand Teton National Park should be ended,

On September 29, 2011 By

Controversial since 1950, critics make renewed effort to close this unique national park elk hunt-

It was part of the deal that made Jackson Hole National Monument into a national park back in 1950. This elk hunt in a fairly small, but prominent part of the Park has always been controversial. There is a new […]

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A well informed polemic on public lands and other cattle ranching.

On September 28, 2011 By

“Why You Should Eat Yak Instead of Beef-“

Maybe folks ought not just “like” this on Facebook. Send it to your governors.  Oregon’s governor could use a copy now.

Why You Should Eat Yak Instead of Beef. By Christopher Ketcham. Truthdig.

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Study: Yellowstone region records the hottest decade ever

On September 28, 2011 By

Summer temperatures were up 2.3 degrees compared to the last century-

A 9.7 degree rise in the mean temperature is predicted for the next century.

Study: Yellowstone region records hottest decade ever, on pace for disastrous warming effects by the end of the century. By […]

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Oregon issues kill order for alpha male of state’s only breeding wolf pack (with an update)

On September 26, 2011 By

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has issued a kill order for the alpha male and the uncollared subadult wolf from the Imnaha Pack of wolves in eastern Oregon’s Wallowa County. The Imnaha Pack is the state’s first and the only breeding pack this year and, to the best of anyone’s knowledge, consists of […]

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Have you come across any interesting wildlife news? September 26, 2011

On September 26, 2011 By

This replaces the 33rd edition.

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Montana wolf biologist is skeptical of Montana hunting quotas and population in paper

On September 26, 2011 By

Hunting Wolves In Montana – Where Are The Data?

Jay Mallonee says Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks annual wolf report clearly shows defective math.

The story about his paper “Hunting Wolves In Montana – Where Are The Data?” came out in the Missoulian. I […]

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Additional Considerations for Gray Wolf Management after their Removal from Endangered Species Act Protections

On September 24, 2011 By

The attached article details what many of us advocate on this blog, a more equal representation in wildlife management – especially with regards to wolves. However, because we published this article in the Journal of Wildlife Management (JWM) we had to be careful with our wording and ended up removing certain sections like on Public […]

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‎"At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour."

~ Edward Abbey