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  Sibling members of Yellowstone National Park's Druid Peak Pack at play. (Credit: Daniel Stahler/NPS.) ScienceDaily (Dec. 1, 2011) — A study of the wolves of Yellowstone National Park recently improved predictions of how these animals will respond to environmental changes. … Continue reading →

  Game Over for Planet Earth: The Month’s Biggest Story You Never Read By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com Posted on November 16, 2011, Printed on November 26, 2011 http://www.alternet.org/story/153092/game_over_for_planet_earth%3A_the_month%E2%80%99s_biggest_story_you_never_read   To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up … Continue reading →

  Wildlife Needs You to Speak UP!  NOW! Arizona Game and Fish is hosting a meeting concerning the release of more wolves into Arizona.  A public meeting hosted by the AZ Game and Fish meets this Thursday, November 17 at … Continue reading →

  ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2011) "Ecosystems are always changing at the landscape level, but normally the rate of change is too slow for humans to notice," said Steven Running, the University of Montana Regents Professor and a co-author of the … Continue reading →

  Can’t Live Without ‘Em: Mexican Wolves John Motsinger | Posted on 27 October 2011 | Tags: CLWE, lobo, Mexican wolf Only 50 Mexican wolves survive in the wild, and now they're under attack in Congress. A weekly homage to endangered species, large and small … Continue reading →

  Chopping Down Trees to Save Forests By SEAN PATRICK FARRELLhttp://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/04/chopping-down-trees-to-save-forests/ Sean Patrick Farrell/The New York TimesJim Pitts, a Forest Service specialist, surveyed the devastation wrought by the Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona this year. Nearly a half-million acres burned. Jim … Continue reading →

Forest structure, services and biodiversity may be lost even as form remains   One study outlines services and functions that are disappearing in mountain ash forests in Australia, and a commentary in the journal pointed out that many of the … Continue reading →

  Fuel Treatment Units Slow the Wallow Fire– Allow Firefighters to Safely Attack As the main fire enters the 1⁄2 mile-wide White Mountain Stewardship Fuel Treatment units located above Alpine, the blaze drops from up in the tree crowns down … Continue reading →

  PUBLIC LANDS: Sportsmen split on roadless release bill (07/26/2011)   Phil Taylor, E&E reporter Hunters and anglers offered mixed reactions today to a Republican-backed bill to remove roadless protections from tens of millions of acres of public lands. Bill proponents … Continue reading →

For those of you who have not seen these photos of the fire. Start at page 3 and click through the higher page numbers to see fire photos and not officials. Continue reading →