Elk breeders push to relax rules. Legislature close to rejecting the breeders-
White-tailed deer and the parasitic meningeal worm (Parelaphostrongylus tenuis) coexist fairly well. They have fought each other to a near standstill in evolutionary conflict spanning perhaps a million years. The whitetails rarely get sick from these adult nematode type worms that live in […]
Continue Reading →Controversial wildlife bills are only part of it-
Most of the attention by those interested in wildlife in this year’s Idaho legislature have focused on Governor “Butch” Otter’s 2-million dollar wolf killing bill as it continues to advance toward law. Nonetheless, there are other […]
Continue Reading →Idaho Senate Resources committee votes not to confirm Gov. Otter’s nomination of Joan Hurlock-
Although once a woman sat on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, Nancy Hadley of Sandpoint 1997 to 2005, that was then. In the last few years Idaho has retreated culturally by perhaps a generation.
Governor “Butch” Otter recently nominated Joan Hurlock to […]
Continue Reading →ATV interest groups wanted legislature to prevent Idaho Fish and Game from closing any areas to ATVs during hunting season-
This is been a very contentions issue in Idaho and elsewhere — hunters who walk to find and stalk big game versus those who ride around hoping to see an elk or whatever they can […]
Continue Reading →Resources chair pushes through oil and gas legislation that may make his oil and gas leases valuable-
Part of Idaho is like so many other places in America where a tsunami of fracking is about to hit. Five years ago this seemed very unlikely. Idaho has always been regarded as an unlikely place for oil […]
Continue Reading →” . . . our Legislature has completely abandoned reasoned discourse.”
Editorial basically says Idaho legislature has gone bonkers. And in the end, hysteria triumphs in Idaho Legislature. Magic Valley (Twin Falls, ID) Times-News.
Most of the comment on the blog has been about what happens to the […]
Continue Reading →If Otter signs the bill, many think it will kill more than bighorn sheep-
It seems the preponderance of views in this forum is against collaboration in the Northern Rockies because it doesn’t work to really protect the outdoors and wildlife. Nevertheless, sitting down, holding hands, and talking has a lot or verbal support among […]
Continue Reading →If SB1175 is signed into law collaborative group may collapse
Today there was meeting of the Idaho Bighorn Sheep/Domestic Sheep Advisory Group which ended early due to concerns of various groups about how Senate Bill 1175 will affect what the group does.
At the present time SB1175 is awaiting Governor Otter’s signature or veto […]
Continue Reading →“It correctly constructs in the public eye the clash of values we are experiencing”
Rocky Barker interviews Jon Marvel (my boss) of Western Watersheds Project about the recent bill SB 1175 which requires the IDFG to kill bighorn sheep that enter domestic sheep grazing allotments.
“The legislature is creating a trap for ranchers and the […]
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