Environmental groups are now making it very clear that they’re frustrated with ODFW’s decision to extend the hunt for two wolves in Wallowa County.
They’re accusing the agency of bowing to political pressure to kill wolves, and not giving the state’s Wolf Management Plan a chance to work.
Getting caught up here on some news that I missed.
I’ve written before about attempts by environmental groups to protect Steens Mountain from energy development.
Environmental groups wanted the state to add Steens Mountain to a list of places in Oregon where energy development is prohibited. But the Energy Facility Siting Council – which decides where large wind farms are located – recently rejected the idea.
The alpha male of the Imnaha pack before receiving a collar. Photo from ODFW.
Two headlines from Oregon’s wolf country.
Federal agents are getting another week to hunt down two wolves in Wallowa County. This is the second time ODFW has extended the hunt.
Meanwhile, the alpha male of the Imnaha wolf pack is missing. He should be wearing a tracking collar. But wildlife officials haven’t seen or heard from him in nearly three weeks.
ODFW believes this is the alpha male of the Imnaha pack. Photo from ODFW.
From opposite end of the state, two environmental groups are asking Governor Kulongoski to call off the hunt for two wolves in Wallowa County.
The appeal comes from the Hells Canyon Preservation Council in LaGrande, and the Cascadia Wildlands Project in Eugene.
Phantom Hill Wolf, Wood River Valley, Idaho. Photo by Randy Flood.
With the debate over wolves in Oregon heating up, the timing couldn’t be better.
The documentary, Lords of Nature, has a showing Monday night at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
A newly formed Facebook group is organizing a protest and boycott against BP – which now holds the title as “World’s Most Infamous Corporation.”
Federal agents have more time, and more space, for their hunt of two wolves in Northeast Oregon.
