Whitworth said the process has taken longer than anticipated. He said the inclusion of a management option using volunteer shooters also factored into the delay.
Mar
24
2008
24
2008
North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt National Park elk plan delayed until summer
Mar
24
2008
24
2008
Agencies accused of bailing on Yellowstone bison
GARDINER - An 8-year-old plan to give bison grazing room outside Yellowstone National Park has never been put in place because promised federal funding hasn’t materialized.
Mar
24
2008
24
2008
NYT: Anger over Yellowstone Bison culling
GARDINER, Mont. — This was not the Yellowstone National Park that tourists see.
More than 60 bison were recently loaded on a truck to be sent to slaughter. More Photos >
At first light on Tuesday, at the end of a closed road, past a boneyard of junk cars, trailers and old cabins, more than 60 of the park’s wild bison were being loaded on a semi-trailer to be shipped to a slaughterhouse
Who is to blame for lack of progress on purchasing easements for the bison to roam north of the park?
Montana Republican Denny Rehberg. Surprise. He’s also the guy who initially voted for Bush’s national forest sell off.
Mar
24
2008
24
2008
New Mexico: Wilderness designation still best way to protect lands
Ultimately, we believe ranchers would be better off working within the existing system to ensure the access they need than attempting to devise new designations that do not now exist.
Mar
24
2008
24
2008
California: More evidence of rare wolverine
Two additional wolverine photographs were captured this week, and various hair, track and scat samples were sent to a lab for analysis, according to the U.S. Forest Service.