New partnerships find win-win projects between ranchers and environmentalists
“You can do all the conservation practices in the world,” said Susie Evans, a fifth-generation cattle rancher in Chaffee County, Colorado. “But if it doesn’t profit, you’re gone.”
Read More...Advisory group discuss wolf compensation for livestock depredation in Colorado
The Colorado Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) developing recommendations for Colorado Parks & Wildlife on plans to restore and manage gray wolves in the state spent time hashing over alternative plans…
Read More...Spring calving heralds beginning of predator season
Alberta, CA – As bear, cougar and wolf populations rebound, ranchers are working with conservation officers, wildlife specialists and researchers to pinpoint and mitigate problems.
Read More...States want grizzlies’ ESA protections removed
Fulfilling a promise made in September, Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has officially petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) population of grizzly bears…
Read More...Neighbors, officials help Colorado rancher put up fencing to protect cattle from wolves
On Monday, about a dozen people helped Gittleson trudge through the deep snow to put up 3 miles of fladry around a pasture near his ranch house. The thin electric fencing…
Read More...New bill has Washington tribes, farmers divided over salmon protective zones
House Bill 1838, also known as the Lorraine Loomis Act — named after a Swinomish Tribe member who was a salmon recovery advocate in the state — would set up…
Read More...Wolf experts: Colorado officials should ‘urgently’ address recent wolf kills of livestock
Two experts with decades of experience in wolf ecology in the Northern Rocky Mountains said Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials should address a recent string of confirmed wolf kills of cattle…
Read More...Collaborative efforts aid fish and fowl
There is much to be said about the collaborations between like-minded groups and individuals. I was fortunate to interview some folks recently in California on their joint efforts to affect…
Read More...Watch: Wolves in Yellowstone Part I: Can hunting and tourism co-exist?
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – As of today, 21 wolves that are part of Yellowstone National Park packs, have been killed by hunters this season. Most of those were killed in Montana. Reacting…
Read More...WLA’s statement on removal of Jeremy Vesbach from NM Game & Fish Commission
Santa Fe, NM – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham properly understands that agriculture, recreation and conservation are all important to New Mexico and that the rights and interests of diverse stakeholders…
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