Blaming wolves for poor elk management? The US Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an Environmental Assessment for Montana Fish Wildlife and Park’s wolf reduction proposal for the Bitterroot hunting […]
Feds, environmental groups file arguments on wolf recovery with Molloy
Molloy asked whether the 10(j) rule is even applicable Parties to the lawsuit challenging the changes made to the 10(j) rule for the experimental, non-essential populations of wolves in Central […]
US Fish & Wildlife Solicits Comments on 10(j) Proposal to Slaughter Lolo Wolves
From the USFWS Press Release 2/10/11: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today the availability of a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) of Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s request to […]
Feds delay decision on Idaho wolf killing
Predetermined outcome? Brian Kelly, the new director of the USFWS office in Boise, states that Idaho’s Lolo Zone 10(j) wolf killing proposal has been put on hold so that the […]
Brief for 10(j) Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court
The 2008 10(j) rule violates the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. Now that wolves have been placed back on the list of endangered species a lawsuit, […]
Ruling might put wood bison back in Nenana Basin despite natural gas hunt
Meanwhile captive bison killing each other due to competition for food. Sarah Palin wants a 10j rule classifying reintroduced bison as experimental non-essential so that development of their habitat can […]
Groups file lawsuit against the new 10j rule
As expected, a number of conservation groups have filed a lawsuit in the Montana federal district court to set aside the new 10j rule on wolves in Idaho, Montana and […]
Montana ranch favored by conservation groups gets cited for upleasant kind of wolf killing
The email and phone lines have been buzzing about this one. Last July a ranch hand at the Sun Ranch ran down and ran repeated ran over an injured female […]