Author: Ralph Maughan
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DNA tests show it was not a wolf, nor a hybrid — not a coywolf- Incredible. It’s hard to believe a coyote this size. Hunter Shoots Unusually Large Coyote in Northwest Missouri. Kansas City InfoZine. By James Low. Update 12/20/10 Here are the high resolution photos from the Missouri Department of Conservation Press Release:
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Important genetic study confirms Massachusetts coyotes are part eastern wolf- Dr. Jon Way who often comments on this forum is the lead author of a paper about to appear entitled, “Genetic Characterization Of Eastern “Coyotes” In Eastern Massachusetts.” He has allowed me to post a draft of this paper. These relatively large canids are hybrids…
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Continuing fight by Idaho snowmobile interests to keep a small area in Montana out of Senator’s Tester’s Wilderness bill- We have covered this battle before. Dec. 13, 2009. Idaho Senators try to pressure Tester to remove an area from his “wilderness bill” Photo of Mt. Jefferson from the Montana side. It is the highest mountain…
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After many years in existence, Sheep Experiment State does NEPA analysis on their operations- According to their web site the Sheep Experiment Station’s mission is “to develop integrated methods for increasing production efficiency of sheep and to simultaneously improve the sustainability of rangeland ecosystems.” OK, but maybe folks would like to know the details. For…
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Idaho Senators shill for snowm0bile industry- ” . . . Mount Jefferson is a tiny portion of Tester’s plan, it is one that many supporters of the bill hold dear.” Read the rest in Idaho enters . . . By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle. This is one where Idaho residents can really help. I’m emailing…
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Over at New West you can follow the Montana Wilderness controversy closely- Yesterday Ken Cole posted Senator Tester Betrays Montana Wilderness, a sharply critical opinion piece written by Brian Peck. Bill Schneider has been following Montana’s 30 year Wilderness controversy for some time in his columns at New West. His many updates give folks a…
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No. That’s a story line intended for the media. The reality is more prosaic- The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has just made a controversial decision to make a big reduction in pelicans at Idaho’s two pelican nesting colonies. They are at Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge on the Snake River and Blackfoot River Reservoir in…
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For years the U.S. Sheep Experimental Station, headquartered at Dubois, Idaho (not Dubois, Wyoming) has been grazing sheep in the top of the Centennial Mountains and elsewhere in the general area, and with no environmental analysis. After yet another successful lawsuit by Western Watersheds and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Advocates for the…