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July 29, 2008
Smokey Bear still keeps federal agencies from letting more wildfires burn
Salmon outnumber people in the rugged backcountry outside McCall where Cris Bent and his wife, Nanci, bought a cabin 33 years ago to immerse themselves in the wild, green landscape.
Today, much of that terrain is black after several large wildfires swept through the area last summer.
Bent, the fire chief for the cabin community of Secesh, [...]
July 28, 2008
Colorado sportsmen to oil/gas industry: ‘protect fish, wildlife habitat’
GRAND JUNCTION — Ivan James is a bow hunter who happens to own stock in Exxon-Mobil Corporation.
Exxon-Mobil’s profit was $40.6 billion last year, so James in not concerned if he makes a few cents less on his stock this year, he said. He’s more concerned that the oil and gas industry invest in measures to [...]
July 26, 2008
Yellowstone kills another bear
Rangers in Yellowstone National Park killed a 130-pound sub-adult male black bear because they said it became conditioned to human food, posing a continuing threat to the safety of park visitors and employees. This is the second conditioned black bear to be euthanized since July 10.
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July 24, 2008
A Wolf Plan that Works
Anybody who follows the endlessly volatile wolf issue–and it’s hard not to follow it with all the news coverage–knows the greens won a big victory last week. Judge Donald Molloy of the U.S. District Court sided with Earthjustice and 12 conservation organizations and essentially relisted, albeit temporarily, the wolf as an endangered [...]
Read more...July 22, 2008
Obama Takes on Hunting
Obama Regulatory Czar’s Confirmation Held Up by Hunting Rights Proponent by: Fox News Cass Sunstein is President Obama’s pick to run the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB. (Harvard.edu) WASHINGTON — President Obama’s nominee for “regulatory czar” has hit a new snag in his Senate confirmation process — a “hold” by Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who’s says he’s not convinced that Harvard professor Cass Sunstein won’t push a radical animal rights agenda, including new restrictions on agriculture and even hunting.
Read more...July 21, 2008
Bear Attack
CODY, WYOMING – An Oregon man is lucky to be alive after a bear apparently attacked him while he was sleeping in his tent near Cooke City. 59-year-old Steven Bartley says he fought the bear before it ran away. He spent two days in a Cody hospital for his injuries. Bartley said it felt like, [...]
Read more...July 19, 2008
Wolves protected from hunts
A US federal judge has restored endangered species protections for grey wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, derailing plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this autumn.
Read more...July 18, 2008
Wolves: From endangered to “in need of management”
Only 11 people showed at a public hearing Wednesday to gather comment on a proposed state rule that would designate the gray wolf as a species in need of management.
Only four of those that showed said a word, and none complained about the change from endangered to “in need of management” [...]
Read more...July 15, 2008
Elk in the cross hairs as disease persists near Yellowstone
Billings Montana- Outfitters and hunters oppose the prospect of killing elk, fearing that too much culling could shrink herds and suggest vaccinating cattle or eradicating the disease in bison.
Read more...July 14, 2008
Microburst drops thousands of trees in Sawtooth Valley
Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) crews were still cleaning up this week after a severe thunderstorm brought high winds, which wreaked havoc along three Sawtooth Valley lakes, injuring three campers.
The storm, described by some as a microburst, roared through the Redfish, Pettit and Stanley lake areas, dropping trees in campgrounds and access roads the night [...]
July 13, 2008
Kayaker’s death raises questions about safety of taking on Idaho’s whitewater
The recent death of 61-year-old Bill Studebaker, an Idaho poet and teacher, has raised questions about the wisdom of kayaking on the state’s dangerous whitewater, reports this morning’s Idaho Statesman.
Read more...July 11, 2008
Federal protection sought for wolverines
As few as 500 wolverines may still exist in the lower 48 states, conservationists say
Wildlife biologists operating in a remote area east of Salmon made an important discovery this spring when they found a “vortex of wolverine activity” in the roadless Beaverhead Mountains.
July 9, 2008
BLM: Don’t Kill Our Wild Horses
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced plans to kill America’s wild horses rather than effectively manage our wild natural heritage.
BLM claims it can no longer afford to round up wild horses and confine them until it finds people to adopt them, and the agency wants to euthanize these majestic wild beauties or sell [...]
July 7, 2008
When animals attack
It’s the time of year when animal-human encounters are on the rise. Bears are picnicking on hikers, moose are invading trailer parks, and muskrats are blamed for destroying entire towns. You could be next.
Read more...July 4, 2008
Terror on the trail: Bear attacks teen bike racer
A teenage girl riding in an all-night mountain bike race was badly injured early Sunday morning when a bear attacked her on a trail in Far North Bicentennial Park.
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