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  • Idaho Pelicans in the Crosshairs Again

    Barrie Gilbert

    Idaho Fish and Game wants to harass and kill pelicans down to half their present population- IDFG is seeking comments thru April 2 on a long-term plan to manage pelicans for the next ten years. https://idfg.idaho.gov/form/pelican-plan-2016 The goal of the “Management Plan for the Conservation of American White Pelicans in Idaho 2016-2025” is to “maintain…

  • Livestock Impacts on Bull Trout

    George Wuerthner

    The bull trout, a char, is listed under the Endangered Species Act as threatened in the lower 48 states.  It has been extirpated from about 60 percent of its natural range. Worse, like many native salmonids, it is primarily found in headwater streams with little connectivity to larger river systems. The bull trout is a top apex predator, and as a…

  • Lawsuit threatened to protect imperiled bull trout from airstrip expansion in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness

    Brett Haverstick

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts:    George Nickas, Wilderness Watch, (406) 542-2048 Gary Macfarlane, Friends of the Clearwater (208) 882-9755   Lawsuit Threatened to Protect Imperiled Bull Trout from Airstrip Expansion in Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Moscow- Wilderness Watch and Friends of the Clearwater have filed a 60-day Notice of Intent (NOI) to sue the US Forest Service…

  • 25 Pound Trout Rescued from Oblivion Spawn in their Native Waters for the First Time in 76 Years

    Ken Cole

    Pyramid Lake on the in Nevada, a remnant of  what was the enormous Lake Lahontan of prehistoric times, once held Lahontan cutthroat that grew to enormous size.  The world record was a fish that weighed 41 pounds but there were rumors of fish that were as large as 100 pounds being caught in the commercial…

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