A two-month battle between environmentalists and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials over the newly released Grizzly Bear Recovery Plan may end up in court. On Jan. 26, three environmental groups, the Fund for Animals, the Colorado-based Biodiversity Legal Foundation, and the Montana-based Swan View Coalition, gave 60-days’ notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
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Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Timber industry mounts an offense
The timber industry this winter launched a $1.5 million campaign in the Pacific Northwest to derail President Clinton’s Option 9 forest plan and lift court injunctions on timber sales. In addition to radio and television ads, the industry created three citizen committees in Washington, Oregon and northern California that have sent mailings to 1.5 million […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Can she save ecosystems?
Mollie Beattie got an uncomfortable preview of the realpolitik that still pervades the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last summer while she waited for Senate confirmation as the agency’s director. One Republican senator after another anonymously exercised the right to place a “hold” on her confirmation. Some, no doubt, were simply curious about this 46-year-old […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Wyoming county tries to put itself on the map
By the time you read this, 200 avid sportsmen will have enjoyed a festive three-day “coyote shoot” in which the killers of the most and biggest animals take home $500 prizes. Sponsored by the Campbell County Chamber of Commerce in northeastern Wyoming, the Feb. 3-5 shoot is not unique. Similar events go on throughout the […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Why care about a snail the size of pinhead?
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Can she save ecosystems? MOLLIE BEATTIE: Even if not a single job were created, wildlife must be conserved. Why? Because we are linked to it, and it is in our immediate self-interest to care about it. When we see the snails and […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: A chronology
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Can she save ecosystems? 1885: Congress creates the Section of Economic Ornithology within the U.S. Department of Agriculture and appoints prominent naturalist C. Hart Merriam to head it. Merriam begins an exhaustive survey of the geographic distribution of the nation’s birds and […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Poachers target grizzlies
Poachers target grizzlies Bear researchers say the remote Selkirk Mountains, between Washington, Idaho and British Columbia, could support up to 90 grizzlies. Instead, the current population of about 30 bears has dropped by one. In late November an unknown person shot Sy, a 15-year-old female grizzly, who was the last bear in the Selkirks wearing […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Lost and found study
Lost and found study Under former Utah Gov. Norm Bangerter, the bumper sticker “Wilderness: land of no use” became popular. At the same time, managers under Bangerter ignored a 1991 draft state study that said wilderness could actually benefit Utah’s economy. Gov. Mike Leavitt recently unearthed the report after the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance pressed […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
The third man
The third man The number three man in the Forest Service, Deputy Chief James Overbay, has retired. Overbay, a member of the agency’s old guard, was replaced by Gray Reynolds, regional forester for the Intermountain Region of national forests in southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah and western Wyoming. Environmental activists in the Intermountain Region were not […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Judge bumps snail off endangered species list
The tiny Bruneau hot springs snail is having a large impact in Idaho – and perhaps the entire country. On Dec. 14, U.S. District Judge Frank Ryan removed the 4-millimeter animal from the endangered species list. It was the first successful challenge of an animal or plant listing under the federal Endangered Species Act. Ryan’s […]
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Wildlife refuge needs money
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Wildlife refuge needs money.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
BPA proposes a fish trust
Rep. Pete DeFazio wants the Bonneville Power Administration to turn over its salmon restoration program to a more wildlife-oriented agency. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline BPA proposes a fish trust.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Sierra Club to back big wildlands bill
The Sierra Club joins the Alliance for the Wild Rockies in backing the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Sierra Club to back big wildlands bill.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Struggling species in Colorado
The Colorado Division of Wildlife adds the boreal toad and the Rio Grande sucker to the endangered list, and the Mexican spotted owl to the threatened list. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Struggling species in Colorado.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Grizzly recovery plan could doom bears, critics say
Environmentalists and wildlife biologists criticize a Forest Service plan to manage grizzlies in Yellowstone. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Grizzly recovery plan could doom bears, critics say.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
The plan in brief
The National Park Service’s plan for grizzly recovery in Yellowstone is summarized. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The plan in brief.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Are bears counted twice?
A National Park Service scientist complains that there are no reliable statistics on grizzly populations in Yellowstone. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Are bears counted twice?.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Poacher gets light sentence
A hunter pleads guilty to poaching elk in Yellowstone National Park. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Poacher gets light sentence.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Poachers zero in on Yellowstone’s prized wildlife
More poachers take wildlife from Yellowstone. Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s features stories about grizzlies in Yellowstone Park. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Poachers zero in on Yellowstone’s prized wildlife.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Critics want foresters fired
Environmentalists urge Jack Ward Thomas to remove the two top forest managers in the agency’s Southwest region. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Critics want foresters fired.