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Theodore Roosevelt, Wildlife Conservation, Democracy

June 5, 2009

Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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biogems, conservation, endangeredspecies, northernrockies, poaching, theodoreroosevelt, wildlife, wolf, wolves

Defenders of the short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things sometimes seek to champion them by saying...continued

Back to Court We Go to Protect Northern Rockies Wolves

June 2, 2009

Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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biogems, edbangs, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, northernrockies, wolf, wolves, yellowstone

NRDC and other conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit today in the federal district court in Montana challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) decision to remove Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections from wolves in Montana...continued

Anti-Wolf Rhetoric Doesn’t Match Reality

May 7, 2009

Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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biogems, delisting, elkhunting, endangeredspecies, northernrockies, wolf, wolves

In the Northern Rockies, two complaints are often heard from the anti-wolf crowd: (1) wolves are a huge threat to livestock ranchers because they kill so many cows and sheep, and (2) wolves have decimated elk herds to the point...continued

Isle Royale Wolves’ Inbreeding Spells Caution for Northern Rockies Wolves

April 8, 2009

Posted by Matt Skoglund in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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biogems, delisting, endangeredspecies, geneticinbreeding, isleroyale, northernrockies, wolf, wolves

The gray wolves of Isle Royale in Lake Superior are suffering from backbone malformations caused by genetic inbreeding, wildlife biologists from Michigan and Sweden report in the May 2009 issue of the journal Biological Conservation.  While this discovery threatens the...continued

Matt Skoglund
Matt Skoglund
Wildlife Advocate
Livingston, Montana
I grew up in suburban Chicago, and my backyard abutted a small forest preserve, which...
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