Glaciers are gone; so why not rename Montana’s Glacier National Park?

Group wants to rename Glacier. By Bill Schneider. New West.

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230 plus US scientists sign letter opposing wolf delisting in Northern Rockies

Scientists oppose delisting. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.

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Cattle vs. wildlife at Whisky Dick Wildlife Area

The news about Gov. Gregoire’s deal with the cattle association to put cattle as a “wildife habitat improvement” technique into the state wildlife areas (purchased with public money) for free grazing is now reached westward across the Cascades.

Here is a story by Joel Connelly, the well-known columnist at the Seattle Post Intelligencer. “Cattle vs. Wildlife at Whisky Dick.”

I had thought maybe the governor had gotten something in return from the cattlegrowers, but it looks like she is doing this just to make herself more popular in eastern Washington. This is a move that shows how little she understand the area, the people, and the fact that the cattlegrowers can’t and wouldn’t deliver the votes to a Democrat.

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Sonoran pronghorn makes a comeback.

Their numbers have grown from just 21 to over 100.

Using the Kempthorne/Otter logic, I guess we should butcher 4/5 of them now.

Story. Associated Press. (with the original silly headline). Deer-Like Animal Rebounds in Arizona. By Arthur R. Rotstein.

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