Wildlife management reform objective two-
Recently we discussed the first objective in reforming the broken system of wildlife management we see in America today. That was to restructure the state fish and game departments. Here is the second:
2. Remove Grazing From All Federal Public Lands
Grazing […]
Continue Reading →Winter recreation may be one of the impacts to the remaining bighorn.
This population of bighorn sheep has dwindled to very low numbers. Inbreeding, habitat loss due to development, and domestic sheep disease have restricted these sheep to very high elevation and sites of low productivity so human entry into these areas during winter may […]
Continue Reading →Prescribed fire east of Jackson Hole was big success; more planned- Meanwhile late season fires break out amidst planned ignitions–
Link Fixed. Plants healthier year after Gros Ventre burn. Prescribed fire improved forage for bighorns, other wildlife in Red Hills area. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
For those unfamiliar with this […]
Continue Reading →The most recent on Wyoming’s elk feedlot fiasco –
Debate Rages Over Elk Feeding – Kirk Johnson, New York Times
thanks jdubya
Continue Reading →The New York Times details a recent lawsuit filed yesterday by environmentalists to stop the feedlot-like conditions of the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming.
Suit Opposes Elk Feeding in Wyoming – New York Times. By Jim Robbins.
The spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) threatens wildlife given its recent proximity to the […]
Continue Reading →For those of you with a Harper’s Magazine subscription, you’re in for a treat with Christopher Ketcham’s article They shoot buffalo, don’t they: Hazing America’s last wild herd in Harper’s most recent edition. Ketcham gets it right again.
For those of you, like myself, who don’t have a subscription to the publication, get on […]
Continue Reading →Ticks, starvation – lots of things kill ungulates in Idaho :
Biologists track carcases in E. Idaho river – The Olympian
It will be interesting to see whether any anti-predator group sends out an alert about the vicious ticks devastating game species in Idaho. Perhaps we’ll see some grandstanding about the need to control […]
Continue Reading →Wow, if Bush’s EPA doesn’t like it, it must have a really terrible environmental impact.
EPA slams new plan for Sublette gas field. Watchdog agency rips BLM proposal, says past study underestimated pollution by factor of 5. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide
“The EPA letter comes in response to the Bureau […]
Continue Reading →A stupid program designed to help a tiny number of people in a vain attempt to “help to safeguard the County’s economic and cultural viability” (the purpose, according to the County Commissiors).
If these people wanted to safeguard their economic and cultural viability, they should have opposed the massive natural gas industrialization of Sublette County. […]
Continue Reading →In a state overrun with disease spreading feedlots for wintertime elk feeding, we would think Wyoming doesn’t need more, but they seem to be slowly establishing yet a new one. This is in the Buffalo Valley, a very sensitive spot from standpoint of wildlife and Grand Teton National Park.
The Buffalo Valley is a scenic, […]
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