Washington Governor Christine Gregoire is rumored to be a front-runner for nomination as Secretary of the Interior, where she would oversee millions of acres of public land. But a livestock […]
“What changes the landscape?” BLM asks scientists,”but be sure to ignore the biggest cause!”
A year after Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) filed a complaint with the BLM for intentionally excluding livestock grazing impacts from “Rapid Ecoregional Assessments” which were supposed to look […]
Good reading for the day
The Wildlife News is trying something new. We read a number of interesting, wildlife related news stories each day that we don’t have time to comment on. Here is a list of […]
Love Wolves and Hate Coyotes
The Wildlife News blog gets a disproportionate amount of comments when wolf related topics appear on a thread compared to other stories. Clearly, this illustrates society’s polarization with the wolf […]
18 years of trespass and BLM still hasn’t removed the cattle
In 1994 the BLM cancelled the grazing permit of Cliven Bundy, 4 years later a federal court required the removal of cattle from the Bunkerville allotment in southern Nevada, the […]
Grassroots Conservation Organizations Sue Feds for Delisting Wolves in Wyoming
Wyoming’s Wolf Plan Lethal for Wolves Denver, CO. A coalition of grassroots conservation organizations filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today for removing gray wolves in […]
Idaho slow building wildlife over and underpasses. Collisions with vehicles spike
More than 5,000 deer, elk and moose killed last year. Actual number might be considerably higher- Idaho newspapers are carrying an AP story today how a large and growing number […]
Sportsmen’s Heritage Act fails in the U.S. Senate (Updated)
Conservatives kill controversial bill- The Sportsmen’s Heritage Act passed the House last April, and the Senate version sponsored by Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana seemed poised to win Senate […]