Anti-Wolfer’s Success In An End-Run Delisting of Wolves MUST Ultimately Backfire George Wuerthner wrote this now apt essay over a year ago, published in New West last September, suggesting that should anti-wolf interests succeed in delisting wolves and fail to exercise restraint in killing wolves that it would ultimately backfire. Wolf Restoration is a Challenge…
A guest article by Mike Settell On June 26th, 2010, I inspected the South Fork of Mink Creek to document conditions of the Box Canyon road culvert that was being plugged by beaver. Like many roads throughout the west, the South Fork Road parallels the creek and so problems with the road-creek interface are, at best,…
Bozeman naturalist’s notes on the event- There has been a lot of discussion on the blog of the speech Jim Beer’s gave Sunday May 16th, 2010 at the Gran Tree Inn in Bozeman, from 1 PM to 5 PM. The speech was sponsored by Friends of the Northern Yellowstone Elk Herd, which has been complaining…
Officials news for Wyoming and other areas, excluding Idaho and Montana- The USFWS in Helena continues to put out the wolf news for all of Wyoming and other Western States, except Idaho and Montana where wolves are delisted, and the Mexican wolf recovery area. This means wolf news in Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Utah, etc. is…
The “tournament” is scheduled for Saturday Feb. 21st, in Challis After reading about the coyote killing contest this Saturday, Feb. 21st, in Challis, sponsored by the Bent Rod Sports, I guess I’ll not be doing any more business there. If you are willing, the groups that put out the press release below, encourage you to…
2008 was a year of no growth. It ended with 2 breeding pairs of wolves- Update (2/6/09) Feds: Killings hamper Mexican wolf population – AP Update (2/6/09) CBD Press Release – Mexican Wolf Breeding Pairs Drop to Two in 2008: Federal Trapping and Shooting Brings Reintroduced Population of Endangered Species to Brink of Collapse ~ be Here is the…
A last of the Bush Administration special- Here’s the link to the USFWS News Release– OR read it below Contacts (Northern Rocky Mtns) Ed Bangs 406-449-5225, x204 Sharon Rose 303-236-4580 (Western Great Lakes) Laura Ragan 612- 713-5157 Georgia Parham 812-334-4261, x203 Wolves in Wyoming to Remain Protected by Endangered Species Act Deputy Secretary of the…
Finally, will someone get what they deserve for killing a rare Mexican wolf? See the news release below. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – For more information, contact: Rob Edward, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 573-4898 x 762 redward@wildearthguardians.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, (520) 623-1878 greta@westernwatersheds.org Dave Parsons, The Rewilding Institute, (505) 275-1944…