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A Great Wolf Sighting
I know it's been awhile, but I had a few work emergencies to catch up on. Now I resume with some Yellowstone pics from our spring trip. We were hoping to see wolves, as we did during our visit in 2008. However, we had previously seen them only ver...
Yellowstone Wildlife Viewing
Having been to Yellowstone most recently in winter (New Years 2008) we decided we'd go in Spring and see what wildlife we could see before high season began. The timing turned out well - we planned to leave as Memorial Day Weekend began and had seve...
Wolves to Be De-Listed - Again
The Obama Administration put on hold for review Bush Administration decisions to delist wolves in Idaho and Montana but not Wyoming. After review, they have decided to go forward with delisting in Idaho and Montana and also to agree not to delist in...
Obama Puts Hold on Wolf Delisting
Obama has placed a hold on the decision to delist wolves in ID and MT, pending a legal review. See here. Certainly I think a legal review is in order so I'm glad to hear that. I certainly want someone outside the Bush administration to make the fi...
Get Your Wolf Comments In Before Nov. 29
There is a 30 day public comment period open until Nov 29th, 2008 for comments on removing the gray wolf from the endangered species list. Mail your comments to:Public Comments Processing, Attn: RIN 1018-Au53Division of Policy & Directives Mana...
Submit Wolf Comments by November 28th, 2008
The Bush Administration is, for some reason, still trying to pursue the wolf delisting issue prior to leaving office. It seemed like good news for awhile as a Montana Judge refused to approve the administration's plan this summer and the federal gov...
Wold De-Listing on Hold
You probably already heard - but the government has decided to withdraw de-listing plans for now, thanks to the results of a court decision against the federal government. The plan was too extreme, and withdrawl of it will send the government back t...
Wolves Are Delisted
Gray wolves are officially off the endangered species list, as announced by the Dept. of the Interior yesterday. While environmental groups will try to sue to reverse the decision, if the delisting goes into effect and state "management plans" are a...
Wolves: The Druid Pack
We had two days in the Lamar Valley looking for wolves. We were lucky enough to see the Druid Peak pack both days. The first day they were laying on a knoll near an aspen grove, and there was a grey wolf looking on, trying to join the pack but not ...
