by Katie Fite | Jan 29, 2018
WLD has been working non-stop in actions to protect redband trout habitat. The Dry Creek watershed in the Boise Foothills is home to a genetically pure strain of redband trout. The upper portions of the Dry Creek watershed are grazed in spring, during redband trout...
by Katie Fite | Dec 9, 2017
Loper Memorial Wildlife Exclosure – Donkey Hills The Donkey Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern in the upper Pahsimeroi and Little Lost River watersheds is being tragically mis-managed by Challis BLM. Cattle grazing is destroying and permanently drying out...
by Katie Fite | Dec 5, 2017
Argenta Lower Rat Fink Fence Perches, Erosion, Sacrifice of Areas Outside Exclosures Abundant raptor whitewash on posts and horizontal pipe at the Rat Fink exclosure BLM and the NRST are building great structures to facilitate predation of grouse, chukars, etc I...
by Katie Fite | Jul 18, 2017
The Argenta allotment is home to drought denying public lands welfare ranchers who, while collecting two million dollars in drought disaster funds, bullied Battle Mountain BLM into caving into their desires. This was facilitated by then Nevada BLM Director John Ruhs...
by Katie Fite | Feb 5, 2017
WildLands Defense’s Katie Fite’s latest article in Counterpunch: EPA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regularly caved into toxic chemical purveyors in the Obama administration. The agencies have long been crippled. A prime example is authorizing the...
by Natalie Ertz | Dec 29, 2016
Journalist Jeremy Miller explores the mentality behind predator and trophy hunting in this fascinating article about the the history of federal governments loophole in the ESA called the McKittrick policy, which has allowed hunter’s to kill endangered species...
