Aug 31 2009
From Monday’s online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . Gray wolf hunting will begin in the Northern Rockies as a federal judge considers an injunction request by environmental and animal welfare groups to stop the predators from being killed… After a three-hour hearing Monday, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy gave no indication [...]
Aug 28 2009
A couple of recent events turned the heat up another notch on the wolf hunt debate. With exceptionally bad timing, a local wolf pack killed 120 sheep in one night on a ranch near Dillon earlier this month. Also, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is taking the highly unusual step of filing a “friend of [...]
Aug 27 2009
The Flathead Beacon has an excellent article on the issues surrounding oil leases on the North Fork. Dan Testa really did his homework on this one. Here’s a teaser . . . During Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s Aug. 11 visit to the North Fork of the Flathead River, he heard from members of various local [...]
Aug 26 2009
From today’s online edition of the Missoulian . . . Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Tuesday he’ll be disappointed if a federal judge stops Montana’s first-ever wolf hunting season – and hinted the state may sue to keep the hunt on. Read the entire article . . .
Aug 24 2009
From today’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . A federal judge has agreed to host a last-minute hearing on a request from environmental and animal rights groups to stop upcoming wolf hunts in the Northern Rockies. Read the entire story . . .
Aug 24 2009
From today’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . The deaths of two grizzly bears in Glacier National Park last week has caused a stir in western Montana as bear biologists evaluate the park’s decision to remove a mother and two of her cubs. Biologist Charles Jonkel of the Great Bear Foundation in [...]
Aug 23 2009
From a recent email sent out by the NFLA Road Committee . . . The NFLA road committee has arranged to have Laura Fay, a research scientist from Western Transportation Institute out of MSU, come to talk about Dust Control Options. She will speak on September 8th at 10:00 a.m. at Sondreson Hall. Her talk [...]
Aug 23 2009
We’ve finally gotten more information on the local previews of the new Ken Burns documentary, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.” The screening in Whitefish is on August 29th, at 5 p.m. at the O’Shaughnessy Center. Cost is $5 in advance and $7 at the door. Tickets are available at all four Montana Coffee Trader [...]
Aug 21 2009
As expected, a coalition of wolf advocates sued to block the Montana and Idaho wolf hunts Thursday. As posted on the Missoulian’s web site . . . A coalition of wolf advocates filed a request to block wolf hunting seasons in Idaho and Montana on Thursday afternoon in Missoula’s federal district court. “Because Idaho Fish [...]
Aug 18 2009
This evening, Glacier Park personnel killed the “Old Man Lake” grizzly. Despite resuscitation efforts, one of her cubs died from the effects of a tranquilizer dart. The Flathead Beacon and Missoulian have the story . . . Grizzly Cub Transferred from Glacier Park Human-conditioned grizzly bear killed by rangers in Glacier Park; cub dies from [...]
