Tag: wolf recovery
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Oregon Wolf Update
In the late 1990s, I was traveling across the Blue Mountains of Oregon with my wife, Mollie, and my children en route to Montana. Both Mollie and I had been involved in wolf restoration politics in Montana. At the time, there were no wolves in Oregon. However, as we passed mile upon mile of rolling…
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Wolf Stories – Part 1
By great good luck, I was assigned to Yellowstone National Park as a resource management specialist in March of 1980, at the same time the first Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery Plan was released. By 1987, when the second Plan was signed, I was in full swing giving talks in the region about the proposal…
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Ed Bangs to retire
Bangs oversaw the Northern Rockies wolf restoration program for 23 years- Montana’s ‘wolf man’. By Eve Bryon. Helena Independent Record. 23 years dealing with conservationists, ranchers, scientists, nuts, cranks, and lying politicians. Overall, I think he did a good job, especially considering the context. He kept a cool head, which was simply amazing given the…
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A different kind of wolf book: Niemeyer's "Wolfer" has been published
A real page-turner is available now just before the holidays- A lot of folks have waited for the publication of Carter Niemeyer’s autobiograpy, Wolfer. It is now available from a couple sources, but Amazon.com will get it to you before Christmas. I’ve checked that out. It is also available at Amazon as a download for…
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Controversial wolf hunt over, Sweden now wants to import wolves
Purpose of import is not due to excessive wolf mortality during the hunt. It is lack of genetic diversity- Sweden wants to import 20 genetically diverse wolves over the next five years. Although the Swedish Parliament wants to limit the wolf population to about 200 wolves, and so had their first wolf hunt this year,…
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More on the problems with the recovery of the Mexican wolf
Benjamin Tuggle, the Southwest regional director for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gets a letter from Jon Marvel- An article and a link to Marvel’s full letter is in a post on Demarcated Landscapes. This is a good illustration why cowpersons and cow politicians don’t like Marvel . . . . he tells Tuggle…