February 4, 2020 Feral horses and burros pose “existential threat” to western rangelands When managed wisely, wild horses and burros can thrive in the American West. However, left uncontrolled, herds quickly overpopulate their habitat, overgraze the land…
December 14, 2019 Colorado wolf initiative not about conservation, but about destroying cattle ranchers Mike Phillips, director of billionaire land magnate Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund…admitted, “As wolves move into human dominated landscapes, conflicts are going to increase.”…
October 29, 2019 Will logging eastern forests help reverse downward trend in game populations? Good luck kicking up a bird on any national forest in the Mid-Atlantic these days. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s avid grouse hunter survey…
October 22, 2019 Radicals pushing to release “serial killer” wolves into Colorado’s ecosystems The wolf experiment has been a catastrophe everywhere it has been tried. Most recently the Washington State game managers had to kill off the…
April 17, 2019 BLM permit withdrawn for monster solar installation in Nevada desert The California renewable energy developer had planned to build a $5 billion, 2-gigawatt solar power plant north of Las Vegas using 10 “power towers”…
October 13, 2017 Can wild horses help solve the West’s wildfire scourge? “This plan posits the redisposition of approximately 50,000 wild horses held in BLM and USFS corrals in and around selected wilderness forest areas via…
September 1, 2017 Wild horse populations dramatically impact wildlife, face harsh realities ”Growing numbers of wild horses and burros, coupled with the increased environmental degradation caused by large populations, leads to lower vegetative quality and availability….
July 23, 2017 Idaho plan to manage wolves like other large predators has advocates freaking out The document sets a threshold of 15 wolf packs. Above that number, wolves will be managed like other predators in the state. When the…
June 13, 2017 Government forces Oregon couple to destroy private pond for ‘harboring rainwater’ In an effort to prove the pond is legitimate and to persuade county government to allow it to remain on the property, the couple…
June 6, 2017 One of West’s best wildlife managers picked to head US Fish & Wildlife “I am thrilled to have an opportunity to work with Secretary Zinke and the great team at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service,” Sheehan…
