Wildlife

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Spokesman-Review publishes a series about Forest Service mismanagement in five national forests in the Northwest. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Newspaper series unsettles the Northwest.

A coalition of environmentalists and business owners support Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus’ suit to hold dam operators responsible for killing salmon. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Andrus’ suit gains support.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agrees to launch a multistate search for the rare lynx. 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 missing lynx.

Forest Service Chief Dale Robertson creates an independent law-enforcement branch. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Agency makes it harder to steal trees.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Maybe another wolf.

This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Salvage sales assailed.