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Whitebark Pine: An unlikely tree in the spotlight

September 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
climatechange, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, globalwarming, grizzlybears, northernrockies, whitebarkpine, wyoming

Last year I had a chance to wander into the Wind River region of Wyoming with journalists, academics, and NRDC experts interested in getting to the bottom of the climate catastrophe that is unfolding in the region's whitebark pine...continued

Fair Wolf Hunt? Good questions in Idaho...

August 21, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
butchotter, idaho, idahostatesman, northernrockies, rockybarker, wolf, wolfhunt, wolves

I really enjoy reading Rocky Barker's columns and blog at the Idaho Statesman. I don't always agree with what he says, but he is a thoughtful and genuine voice that helps me cut through the shouting on both sides of...continued

Running from a Lie: Halt Horse Butte Hazing of Bison

May 15, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bison, brucellosis, buffalo, helicopter, horsebutte, montana, northernrockies, wildlife, yellowstone

We got word that state and federal wildlife officials were unnecessarily hazing America's last genetically wild buffalo off of a peninsula west of Yellowstone National Park in Montana yesterday. I started pulling together a blog posting and about halfway...continued

An Arbor Day Tradeoff: new acacia and declining whitebark pine

April 24, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
acacia, arborday, climatechange, globalwarming, grizzlybear, mattbrown, northernrockies, tree, whitebarkpine

Earth Day gets all the pub, but I've always been kinda partial to Arbor Day. I mean, really, how often do you even think about trees? This Arbor Day, features a couple of interesting tree stories: In the journal...continued

Wyoming Wolves: frustration on all sides…and one guy with serious guts

March 30, 2009

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
casperstartribune, delisting, dicksadler, endangeredspecies, northernrockies, wolf, wolves, wyoming

It takes some serious guts for a public figure to challenge the anti-wolf lobby in Wyoming. And with the imminent release of the Department of Interior's new wolf rules that remove endangered species protections from the packs in Montana and...continued

Happy Halloween: Except for Bats and Wolves

October 31, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bats, bees, colonycollapsedisorder, creaturesofthenight, delisting, Halloween, honeybees, northernrockies, whitenosesyndrome, wolves

"Creatures of the night... Shut up!" This Halloween, that most memorable comedic Dracula line might just hold true for two of the holiday's most iconic symbols: Bats The LA Times, Boston Globe, Scientific American, and Reuters all covered a...continued

Parting Shots: Bush administration’s 11th hour wildlife assault

October 29, 2008

Posted by Josh Mogerman in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
bushadministration, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, ESA, northernrockies, polarbears, publiccomment, wildlife, wolves, yellowstone

Well, you have to give them credit for persistence... The Bush administration has had a string of defeats on wildlife issues lately. But they keep trying. And trying. And trying. They lose on polar bears in Alaska, so they go...continued

Josh Mogerman
Josh Mogerman
Senior Media Associate
Chicago
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