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Wolves lose again in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming
Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a motion filed by environmental groups, clearing the way for wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana to begin next week. Wolf hunts are scheduled to begin Aug. 30 in Idaho and Sept. 3 in Montana. Hunters in Montana will be allowed to shoot as many as 220 … Continue reading
Politics to trump science with budget bill rider
As it usually does, the Los Angles Times has come through with an even-handed, comprehensive story on gray wolves and, specifically, the rider in this week’s budget bill that will delist them. Kim Murphy’s report far surpasses my feeble, biased update a few days ago and confirms my belief that the Times is the go-to … Continue reading
Budget bill includes delisting of gray wolves
(This is a revision/update of yesterday’s post.) While Congress fought itself to a draw on the budget this week, with both sides claiming victory, few noticed the action of a certain federal judge in Missoula, Mont. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy rejected a plan negotiated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and 10 of … Continue reading
Colorado wolf count back to zero
In February 2009 I wrote excitedly that one of Yellowstone’s wolves had, according to her tracking collar, made her way through five states and finally into Colorado. I began dreaming of someday seeing wolves reestablished in Rocky Mountain National Park. Of course, I should have known better. Today I learned the wandering wolf was found … Continue reading
NatGeo revisits Yellowstone wolves
Those interested in gray wolves in the western U.S. will enjoy a new program on National Geographic’s Wild channel. The Expedition Wild episode “Inside the Wolf Pack” offers a look at Yellowstone’s wolves, how they were reintroduced to the park, and how they are faring today. One interesting segment explains how the wolves are helping … Continue reading
Western wolves mean water
Restoring wolves to Yellowstone National Park has brought an unexpected benefit — wetlands. When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone in 1995, naturalists hoped to get more wolves. And they did. The number of wolves grew from the original 66 to an estimated 1,700 today. But what no one anticipated was that the wolves would, in … Continue reading
Great news for wolves
I just received an email from Defenders of Wildlife, although I am not a member. It states, in part: As a result of a lawsuit brought in federal court by Defenders of Wildlife and other conservation groups, wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies are again protected under the Endangered Species Act. A federal … Continue reading
Collar? I dint see no stinkin’ collar
I found this post lurking among my drafts. It was originally written April 24. I don’t know why I didn’t publish it then: The Anchorage Daily News reported last month that two collared wolves had been killed in Alaska — knowingly, it seems. Ah, those crazy Alaskan hunters, getting carried away with their sport again. Don’t … Continue reading
Discovery dances with the devil
Discovery Communications, parent company of the Discovery Channel and TLC, has announced a new program, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” Yes, that Sarah Palin. What a huge disappointment. I love this company’s magnificent nature programming, and with a new HDTV, I’ve been looking forward more than ever to their shows. Few places in the world offer more … Continue reading
Wolf paranoia escalates in Idaho
What is it with Idaho and wolves, anyway? Their wildlife officials shoot them from the air. Their corporations sponsor hunting derbies to see who can kill the most. And now they’re trying to pass a bill that would require the Idaho Department of Fish and Game “to use any means to reduce wolf numbers to … Continue reading
Killing them because they’re there
It’s not enough that Idaho and Montana seem hellbent on killing all the wolves within their borders before a lawsuit (now in progress) can get them back on the endangered species list. These are the folks that are letting their state wildlife officials shoot wolves from helicopters. These are the folks running predator derbies (co-sponsored … Continue reading
Idaho killing wolves from choppers
Sounds like the hunters out west are determined to eradicate all the wolves, by any means available, before they can be relisted as endangered. A Defenders of Wildlife mailing today reports Idaho Wildlife Services, shooting from helicopters, slaughtered the Basin Butte wolf pack. Sharpshooters executed most of the pack, included several 7-8 month-old pups. So … Continue reading
Yellowstone’s Cottonwood pack is gone
The last time I wrote about the gray wolves, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar had upheld the Bush decree removing them from the endangered species list. He spared only those in Wyoming, the ones in Yellowstone. After May 4, 2009, the wolves in Idaho and Montana would once again be legal prey for hunters. I was … Continue reading
Something to howl about
“The Big Howl” is a last ditch effort to keep the gray wolves of the Northern Rockies from losing their endangered species designation. For most of them, that protection ends May 4, thanks to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who decided to uphold President Bush’s ruling. I’ve written about all this before. Time is running out. … Continue reading
Attention, wolf lovers
No, this isn’t another update on the status of gray wolves. I just wanted to direct your attention to an especially handsome wolf pictured over on Thoughts-0-Dave. This guy’s markings (the wolf’s, not Dave’s) are more distinct and colorful than any I can recall seeing. Not that I sit out in the woods observing wolves … Continue reading
Salazar removes protection for gray wolves
Funny the things you don’t see in the national news. There was a big hurrah about Pres. Obama putting a hold on George Bush’s last minute “midnight regulations,” which included a ruling that would remove gray wolves from the endangered species list. What I’ve heard recently via the National Resources Defense Council is that new … Continue reading
Yellowstone wolf tracked to Colorado
I’ve written several times about gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, and the battle being waged by conservationists to preserve their protected status. Among these wolves are those painstaking reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park over the last ten years. Imagine my excitement when I read today that one of the Yellowstone wolves has been … Continue reading
Wolves still howling out west
I’ve written before about the status of gray wolves in the U.S. Those are the ones the Bush administration kept trying to get removed from the endangered species list so they could be hunted. Last summer the wolves were delisted and big public hunts had already been planned when a courageous judge in Montana stepped … Continue reading
I feel so much safer now
Our dear lame-duck president just can’t seem to rein in his sneaky, backdoor impulses. I guess it would be too obvious for him to step up like the president he still is and do something really public, like take some action on our sinking economy. No, he’d rather work behind the scenes, modest SOB that … Continue reading
Bush going after wolves … again
The Bush administration is determined to go after the gray wolves in our Northern Rockies. Yet another plan is in the works to allow mass hunts of a species still struggling to regain a viable population in the Lower 48. You’d think in the last days of his presidency, George Bush could find a more … Continue reading
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