Federal animal control agency meets with American Society of Mammalogists after 93 years of criticism-
The American Society of Mammalogists has been criticizing the agency in the federal government that kills “problem” predators for 93 years now. That agency has gone by many names over that long period. Wildlife Services is the most recent, and […]
Continue Reading →With most science, it takes a while for the latest research and observations to be published, and then be assimilated into the public consciousness. Typically new science does not entirely invalidate the old ideas, but provides new insights and nuances. I see that happening now with fire ecology and how fire issues are reported in […]
Continue Reading →Mink Creek-Gibson Jack Creek juniper, sagebrush and grass fire burns houses and winter range-
At about 3 PM today, a fire suddenly erupted near Charlotte Drive just off of Mink Creek at the south end of Pocatello. This is a foothill area on the edge of the Bannock Mountain Range with many homes, recreational trails, […]
Continue Reading →Arizona and New Mexico might be calming down a bit as the multitude of wildfires are now igniting to the north-
May and June are almost always the peak months of wildfires in the southwest — Arizona and New Mexico. By late June monsoonal rains usually dampen these fires. In the meantime, the cooler and […]
Continue Reading →By Kathy Lynch, copyright. June 27, 2012
Summer’s arrival in Yellowstone National Park brought blue skies and hot, windy days, bucking bison calves, prancing pronghorn fawns, and the promise of wolf pups to be seen.
The Lamar Canyon Pack, led by famous 6-year-old gray alpha female 832F (formerly “The ’06 Female”) and 4-year-old black alpha […]
Continue Reading →Here is our new open thread on wildlife news topics. You can access the previous “Interesting Wildlife News” here. Please post those comments and stories about wildlife you find interesting.
Continue Reading →The Idaho Statesman reports that Mike Simpson has withdrawn the rider which would have prevented the BLM and US Forest Service from addressing the ongoing issue of disease transmission from domestic sheep to bighorn sheep and would have bypassed years of analysis and a long public process which generated 15,000 public comments.
The […]
Continue Reading →4-year old sow is captured-
The Great Falls Tribune said that a sow griz killed 70 sheep “at three ranches in two weeks — including 58 at one ranch — in an unprecedented killing spree. . . [emphasis ours]. We can picture a drawing in a sensational magazine with a giant grizzly throwing hapless sheep […]
Continue Reading →Mitt and Don up in a tree (stand), . . .
A huge, two-page centerfold ad in today’s Bozeman Chronicle by Big Game Forever (biggameforever.org) urges readers to sign a petition to demand predator management and support for H.R. 509 and S. 249, American Big Game and Livestock Protection Act, which would exempt […]
Continue Reading →Democrat Bob Kerrey uses increasingly popular term to attack rancher/politician who utilizes low federal grazing fees-
Republican Deb Fischer, like others who graze cattle or sheep on federal public lands, pays almost nothing in return to the U.S. treasury. Politics has held down the fee paid to graze public lands so that now the fee […]
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