This is more of a reminder than anything to all those seeking to get control of the gray wolf populations in any of the states feeling the urgency to do so. There is more to this issue than simply “getting the wolf delisted”. It’s about getting control over the wolf population at the same time. [...]
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February 8th, 2011
A Covey Of Cougars?
Mountain lions being the solitary creatures they are, makes these photos taken from a trail camera all the more interesting. Tom Remington Related ArticlesHere Come Da Bull – Dere Go Da Bull (1)“What? Are You Looking At Me?” (0)Bobcat Calculates Next More, Driven By Hunger No Doubt (0)More Action At “The Hangout” (1)Trail Camera Picks [...]
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Calico Buck
I don’t have much information on this photo and deer. The email I received said the deer was taken in Wisconsin and Cabela’s offered $13,000 to the hunter. Perhaps readers have more information. Related ArticlesFrustrations Expressed Over Wolf Politics In Western Great Lakes Region (1)Hillside Buck (6)Gray Wolves’ Wildlife Destruction Spreads (13)Wild Turkeys All In [...]
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Renewing a Call for Congress to Delist Wolves
MISSOULA, Mont. – New data reveal a massive one-year decline in elk populations at ground zero of wolf restoration – Yellowstone – and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is renewing its call for Congress to delist wolves legislatively. Reports also indicate that moose in the Yellowstone region are nearly nonexistent, adding even more urgency to [...]
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Moose Shed And A Beaver Catch
Photo by Albert Ladd (Click to Enlarge) Related ArticlesI’ve Got A Beaver By The Tail It’s Plain To See….. (0)Trapping Brings Many Surprises (9)Coyotes Galore (0)Wild Turkeys All In A Row (0)One Grumpy Old Man? (0)Beaver Snares And Thin Ice (0)Milt’s Corner – Whatzit? Frozen Onto The Ice (4)
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Obama: Tough On Clean Air From Industry, Unless You’re A Buddy
This is really quite maddening. According to the Washington Examiner, Obama’s Gestapo organization, the EPA, began enforcing tough new regulations on new power plants or those expanding. However, Obama issues his first exemption, ala Obamacare I guess, to a power plant in California that construction has stalled much because of regulations. The author of the [...]
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The “Deal”, Part I: Judge Molloy Cannot Destroy Law
50 CFR Part 17 – Final rule: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishment of a Nonessential Experimental Population of Gray Wolves in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana. This is the “Deal”. It is an understatement to say that during discussions of whether or not to reintroduce gray wolves to Yellowstone National [...]
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Does Judge Molloy Retain Jurisdiction To Rule On Wolves?
*Editor’s Note* – At the time I first wrote this article, I believed that there might have been a typo of Harriet Hageman’s quote about an appeal to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. As such I made note below of the change. I have since learned I was wrong and Ms. Hageman was correct. [...]
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Frustrations Expressed Over Wolf Politics In Western Great Lakes Region
All too often all the focus on the term “Wolf Wars” ends up in discussions pertaining to wolf recovery in the Northern Rocky Mountains, i.e. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and portions of neighboring states. Most, however, following the wolf wars know there is another battleground in the Western Great Lakes, i.e. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin and [...]
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Wolf Killed In Western Maine And Snaring Bill For Coyotes Proposed
*Update* February 3, 2011 – More information about the status of the wolf/dog/hybrid hit and killed in Woodstock, see George Smith’s website. *Update* February 3, 2011, 4:45 p.m. – I received the below photograph this afternoon of the wolf/dog killed in Woodstock recently. I have it from a very reliable source that last night along [...]
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RMEF’s David Allen Strongly Rebuts Montana Wildlife Federation
*Editor’s Note* Following is a copy of a letter from Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation president and CEO, David Allen, to Tim Aldrich, President, Montana Wildlife Federation. The public letter is a rebuttal by Allen of a recent editorial by the Montana Wildlife Federation labeling hunters as “politically incompetent”, “hot-headed” and “misguided” among other things. The [...]
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Maine Outdoor Sportsmen Teetering On Brink Of Insignificance
In an excruciatingly painful to read, mumbo-jumbo of incoherent babbling by the Bangor Daily News editorial staff, perhaps the only worthwhile thing they wrote was to state an obvious about the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine (SAM): “as a constituency, sportsmen are a small minority, and as such, a special interest.” It further states that in [...]
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Chandler Woodcock Maine’s New IFW Commissioner
I’m not sure too many Maine sportsmen at the moment can figure out what was going on in Governor Paul LePage’s mind when he interviewed candidates for Commissioner of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). In addition, it did and it didn’t come as a surprise when Chandler Woodcock was named LePage’s [...]
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Hillside Buck
The below photo was sent to me by Jim Richards. Jim owns Blue Horse Outfitters in Wyoming and is a regular reader of the Black Bear Blog. Jim says to look closely at that monster buck because he bagged that monster just the other day. (Click on the image to enlarge) Photo by Jim Richards, [...]
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Senator Schumer Exudes His Profound Knowledge Of Constitutional Structure
No, this video isn’t really about whether the Federal Government should be shut down because agreements can’t be made. And surely if it were some green horn sitting nervously in front of the cameras one might give the benefit of the doubt that they “misspoke”. Not Chucky. He tells us there are three branches of [...]
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Posting Comments on the BBB
I have always maintained an open forum for discussion of topics. It now appears that there are too many idiots who can’t have the common decency to respect a man and his property. I am seriously considering closing ALL posting of comments and open membership up periodically to only those who can prove their worthiness [...]
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Big Year has RMEF Poised for Milestone in 2011
MISSOULA, Mont. – A big year in habitat conservation and enhancement in 2010 has the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation poised for a major milestone in 2011. By the end of this year, RMEF could pass the 6 million-acre lifetime mark in habitat protected or enhanced for elk and other wildlife. David Allen, RMEF president and [...]
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Molloy’s Ruling On Nonessential Experimental Wolves Is Drivel!
“Om Mamni Pudme Hum”. Often used in magical mantras, this phrase could probably be found somewhere in Judge Donald Molloy’s recent incantation about what his world of living with wolves should be like. his most recent ruling shows us no fewer than two things. One, the courts are a useless instrument when abused by those [...]
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Obama’s “Science Czar” Says GOP Global Warming Deniers Need “Educating”
Interestingly enough, the majority of the world, having discovered the wrongly described “science” of man-induced global warming was bogas, has moved on in hopes of discovering what really is behind the influences of our climate. But not so for those who have vested their reputations and in many cases gobs of money on conning the [...]
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Coyotes Galore
A guest post by David Miller of Carrabassett Valley Trappers of Maine Many complain of the coyote population, its damage to livestock and our deer herds. Five members of the Carrabassett Valley Trappers removed 78 coyotes from the woods this fall. While this may seem like a large amount, it isn’t. The coyote population remains [...]
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NASA Data Confirms Solar Hibernation and Climate Change to Cold Era
Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 3:00 PM The Space and Science Research Center (SSRC) announces today that the most recent data from NASA describing the unusual behavior of the Sun validates a nearly four year long quest by SSRC Director John L. Casey to convince the US government, the media, and the public that we are [...]
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Himalayan Glacers Aren’t Doing What Al Gore Said They Would
Poor Al Gore! Actually, poor Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. That glacial melting and rising sea levels just aren’t working out the way these two clowns predicted they would. Pachauri claimed that at the rate of ice melt of the Himalayan Mountain glaciers and computer modeling, all [...]
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Suitable Wolf Habitat At Capacity
For those who might not have picked up on what was quoted as being said in an Idaho Stateman article today, here’s the link and a copy of the quote. The story is about what officials believe to have been two gray wolves attacking and killing a full grown, adult cow – age approximately 6 [...]
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Attendee, Media Registration Open for 2011 Elk Camp
MISSOULA, Mont. – The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation is bringing its annual convention, affectionately known as “Elk Camp,” back to the Reno/Sparks Convention Center, March 3-6, 2011. This year marks the 27th annual RMEF Elk Camp & Hunting, Fishing and Outdoor Expo; the organization’s largest annual fundraiser for its conservation programs. “We count on our [...]
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Replace The EPA?
I received one of those emails from Newt Gingrich suggesting that it is time to replace the Environmental Protection Agency with “a new and improved agency dedicated to bringing together science, technology, entrepreneurs, incentives, and local creativity to create a cleaner environment with a stronger economy that generates more American jobs and more American energy.” [...]
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1968 Newspaper Shows Black Wolf In Yellowstone
Tim Bowers of Bear Paw Outfitters sent a letter recently to Montana Senator Joe Balyeat with information concerning gray wolves. His request was that continued efforts be made to bring the wolf population under better control in order that in places where ungulate populations have been greatly diminished, they can be restored. Interestingly, in the [...]
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Utah Considers Browning M1911 As Official State Gun
*Scroll for an Update* It appears that Utah may be the first state to declare they have an official state gun, that being the Browning M1911 pistol. Born in Utah, John Browning invented this historic weapon that has been the mainstay of weapons for military and law enforcement for decades. But, because it involves guns, [...]
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The Nonessential Status of Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountain Introduction
Posted by Tom Remington on February 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Guest blog by Barry Coe See also “The “Deal”, Part I: Judge Molloy Cannot Destroy Law” It seems yet again we find ourselves faced with the rewriting of fact and claimed science in the wolf issue. The people who make their living from perpetuating the madness of this issue have once again found a new [...]
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