On July 8, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals filed its ruling on the appeal taken from the US District Court in Montana related to the delisting of the Yellowstone grizzly bear population in the case commonly referred to as Crow Indian Tribe v. State of Wyoming. Since that …
Read More »Picking Your Conservation Organization
I am a glutton for punishment when it comes to wildlife conservation. Each January I sacrifice time with my family, sleep and my liver to attend the Wild Sheep Foundation’s Sheep Show. There are more Life Member plaques in my trophy room than I can count and enough conservation organization …
Read More »Mountain Goat Eradication?
In September, 2018, Eastman’s Official Blog reported on what amounts to the largest mountain goat relocation project in American history in Washington’s Olympic National Park (“ONP”). That project, scheduled to continue through 2020, quite possibly could result in several hundred mountain goats being eradicated if they cannot all be relocated …
Read More »Mountain Goats On The Brink
The largest mountain goat relocation project in American history is set to begin this September in Olympic National Park (“ONP”). Following a lengthy study, the National Park Service (NPS) decided to completely eradicate the entire mountain goat population from ONP over the next three years. Mountain goats were introduced …
Read More »Nevada Trail Cam Conundrum
Understanding Nevada’s Trail Camera Regulations For hunters in Nevada, new regulations govern the ability to use trail cameras before and during the seasons for all big game animals. The regulation prohibits the use of trail cameras on public land from August 1 to December 31; unless the camera is capable …
Read More »Is Common Sense Dead?
Every person has a point where they just shake their head in disbelief because no sense can be made of a situation no matter how it’s spun. Case in point is the Rocky Mountain goat at Dinosaur National Monument (“DNM”). Typically when you hear about a story that just doesn’t …
Read More »Have You Fired Your Last Shot? Anti-Hunters Running The Show
Watch what you ask for, Idaho, you just might get it! It is that time of year again when everyone is out shed hunting and the early planning stages of hunt applications are creeping into the back of every hunter’s mind. But that may not be true for some volunteers …
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