Will this save the collaborative group?
The new bill, SB1232, passed the Senate but will it save the Bighorn Sheep Domestic Sheep Advisory Group? Some of the members of the advisory group are saying the new bill interferes with what the group was formed to do and is still bad for bighorn sheep. […]
Continue Reading →The Governor has vetoed SB1175 leaving SB1232 in its place.
Presumably SB1232 will pass the legislature and the Governor will sign it into law.
How much valuable time has been spent on this issue by the legislature, state and Federal agencies, interest groups and the Governor? Is this the best use of time in this […]
Continue Reading →Just introduced today.
A new bill was introduced this morning which appears to replace SB 1175. The bill is virtually identical to SB 1175 except for the following changes:
S1232 F&G, bighorn sheep relocation
(E) The Idaho department of fish and game: (1) shall develop a state management plan to maintain a viable, self-sustaining […]
Continue Reading →A Review of Idaho Senate Bill 1124
Earlier I wrote about a member of the Idaho legislator and livestock rancher, Monty Pearce, who has recently taken aim at bighorn sheep conservation and restoration efforts in response to a sheepman’s call for special treatment from the Idaho legislature. This after the Payette National Forest’s proposal to […]
Continue Reading →Representative Sali says no human caused climate change-
Democrat Walt Minnick is challenging one-term Republican U.S. Representative in Idaho’s first congressional district. Polls show the race to be close.
Rocky Barker has a report this morning on a clear difference (there are many differences, but this applies to the topics commonly discussed on this forum).
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Continue Reading →This has been in the news the last two days. I didn’t put the story up early because I knew Brian Ertz was right there when this alleged incident took place, and had all the details. He told me about it the day after the wolf meeting. At the time, I thought “end of story” […]
Continue Reading →Here is another story on effort by the woolgrowers to take over and divert bighorn sheep management in Idaho. It is on the front page of the Magic Valley Times News today.
I’d judge the article to be just fair in its accuracy.
Battle over bighorns. State seeks solutions to domestic vs. wild sheep […]
Continue Reading →Battle over Bighorn: Opposing views on disease and economics. This is part II. By Sven Berg. South Idaho Press
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I posted part I earlier. Here is it again. Battle over Bighorn, part I.
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There is more on this on the Western […]
Continue Reading →There is a rumor that top Idaho state legislators met today in Boise with the Governor’s office of Species Conservation, the Bush Forest Service, the Bush BLM, Idaho Fish and Game, and perhaps one member from the Federation for North American Wild Sheep to strategize how they can stop the spreading legal victories by Advocates […]
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