http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop Western Institute for Study of the Environment Commentary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:10:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nez Perce Tribe, National Park Service, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Blackfeet Nation, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Idaho Fish and Game, and USDA Wildlife Services. 2010. Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2009 Interagency Annual Report. C.A. Sime and E. E. Bangs, eds. USFWS, Ecological Services, ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/18/rocky-mountain-wolf-recovery-2009-interagency-annual-report/ by Jim Beers “My name is Jim Beers and I am a treatyphobe.” I grew up in the period of wildlife abundance in the 1940’s and 50’s. From the first time I hunted with my Dad, the dream of spending my life managing and preserving the use and cultural heritage ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/18/confessions-of-a-treatyphobe/ In a landmark decision issued last Thursday, the Oregon Supreme Court held that Klamath farmers have a valid property interest in their water rights. That means that when the Federal Government steals, appropriates, or cuts off the use of water, Klamath farmers can petition for just compensation under the Fifth ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/13/oregon-supreme-court-upholds-klamath-farmer-water-rights/ by Tom Remington, Blackbear Blog, March 10, 2010 [here] Following is no doubt the most candid discussion you will find anywhere in North America today about predators and their diseases. The discussion surrounds the introduction of the gray wolf to the Greater Yellowstone area and the impact this has had on ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/11/panel-roundtable-canadian-gray-wolf-introduction-into-yellowstone/ By JAMES HALPIN, Alaska Daily News, March 10th, 2010 [here] Villagers in Chignik Lake were on patrol Wednesday, hunting for wolves they blame in the death of a 32-year-old school teacher who was found dead after she went running on an isolated road this week. Candice Berner was found Monday evening along ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/11/pack-thought-to-have-killed-teacher-in-chignik-lake-seen-close-to-village-again/ By Julie Kay Smithson,  Property Rights Research, March 7, 2010 [here] posted with permission Nine years after the historic call for help emanated from Klamath Falls, Oregon -- a call answered by Americans from all walks of life and places as distant as Ohio, over 2,200 miles east -- another crisis ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/08/we-still-need-you-klamath-farmers/ Bob Dreher, the General Counsel of the Defenders of Wildlife, a litigious lobbying group that has sued the US Government hundreds of times, has been appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General to oversee the Natural Resources and Wildlife and Marine Resources sections of the US Dept. of Justice. Dreher has also ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/08/defenders-of-wildlife-general-counsel-appointed-to-us-justice-dept/ The Montana Environmental Quality Council, an interim legislative committee charged with oversight of the MT Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, became informed at a March 5th meeting concerning wolf-borne diseases such as Hydatid (tapeworm) disease and rabies. The DFWP attempted to defend their look-the-other-way unmanagement of wolf vector diseases, ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/07/mt-eqc-gets-earful-on-wolf-borne-diseases/ Full text [here] Selected Excerpts: By Ned N. Pence, Retired Forester Jan. 24, 2010 INTRODUCTION The Boise National Forest comprises nearly 1.68 million forested acres. A current Forest Plan was completed in 2003; however since 2000 the forest has experienced extensive wildfire, affecting about 380,000 acres (17% of the forest). The purpose of the project ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/06/analysis-of-the-deis-for-wildlife-conservation-strategy-phase-i-for-the-boise-national-forest/ In a long-awaited denouement, the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the greater sage-grouse will not be listed as threatened or endangered but instead will be placed on the candidate species list. That means the species will not receive statutory protection under the Endangered Species Act and ... http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2010/03/05/usfws-announces-greater-sage-grouse-as-candidate-species/