A rundown on the anti-wildlife, pro livestock things sneaked into the new U.S. budget just signed into law- By now, everyone has heard about yesterday’s passage of a $1.1 trillion […]
Western forest fire already!
Lory State Park west of Fort Collins, CO, burns- Drought conditions across the U.S. have not changed much since last year’s near record. This is especially true in the mid-West […]
Wildlife Service’s aerial predator control is grounded
At least in South Dakota. Hopefully more generally- With all the budget problems, finally here is a good one — USDA Wildlife Services is running out of funding for aerial […]
House GOP budget bill aims to slash environmental regulation
It’s not really about cutting federal expenditures by $60-billion- The argument over these particular budget cuts is not about reigning in big costs. It is almost entirely about eliminating or […]
Budgetary reprieve for wolves short-lived
Senator Tester gets delisting added to Senate version of the budget- Tester amends federal budget bill to declare wolves recovered in Montana, Idaho. By Rob Chaney. Missoulian. The recent CR […]
Write to U.S. Senator Herb Kohl to cut USDA Wildlife Services Funding
American Sheep Industry Association asks key U.S. Senator not to cut funding for notorious wildlife killing agency- The President has proposed cutting the budget of USDA Wildlife Services by 10-million […]
Obama's budget would deeply cut farm subsidies, inc. Wildlife Services
Cuts include Wildlife Services- Obama’s budget would deeply cut farm subsidies. By P.J. Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times I kind of thought Obama might not figure this out, but his budget […]
Land agencies could endure heavy cuts under new Bush budget
Bush released his proposed FY 2009 budget yesterday. It cuts just about every domestic government agency and program. Defense would get a 7% increase. Land management agencies get the ax […]