Forest Service rules may hinder grizzly delisting

[montana500]

Looks like the Bush admins rampant anti-conservation policies on public lands may have hurt the chances for delisting.

www.wilderness-sportsman.com


"Bush administration changes to U.S. Forest Service rules last year may complicate efforts to remove the Yellowstone grizzly bear from the endangered species list.

Part of the larger process of delisting the grizzly bear has been amending forest management plans for national forests around Yellowstone National Park. "

[Debau2005]

1. If I read that correctly...

Bush tried to loosen the US Forest Service rules, but in the process made it harder to take the grizzly off the endangered list. So now the grizzly stays on the list as they should?! If that is the case, I will have to laugh out loud.

Please correct me if I am having a moment of "non-clarity" on this issue...

[Botany]

2. Grizzly Bears Rule

[RebelOne]

3. Here's another stupid action planned by the Idaho

Fish and Game Commission. Let's kill off the wolves so we have more elk for the hunters to kill off.

Idaho may kill wolves to help elk

By JOHN MILLER
Associated Press writer Wednesday, January 11, 2006

BOISE, Idaho -- As explorers Lewis and Clark tramped across northcentral Idaho in mid-September 1805, game was so scarce they named one waterway "Hungery Creek" and another "Colt Killed Creek" for a foal they shot and devoured.

This paucity of wildlife such as elk in the steep, forested Clearwater Basin persists today, and some are pinning their hopes on an Idaho Fish and Game proposal that could change things. The agency has proposed killing some wolves that hunters believe are devouring the herds at an unsustainable pace.

Thirty-five wolves were reintroduced to central Idaho in 1995, and now there are about 600 in the state. An estimated 30 are believed to roam the Clearwater.

Last week, Gov. Dirk Kempthorne took the wolf-management baton from U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton, giving the state more control over its growing population of predators that have federal protections under the 1973 Endangered Species Act.

http://casperstartribune.com/articles/2006/01/11/news/regional/575f9d191c8f68d7872570f1006b206b.txt

[montana500]

4. strange stuff.

I saw that earlier as well.