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Wildlife

Jay Mallonee on Roaming with the Wolf Pack

August 26, 2013 by The Outpost 3 comments

Politics, not sound wolf scientific research, has influenced the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s efforts toward removing gray wolves across the country from the protection of the Endangered Species Act. Jay Mallonee, researcher from Wolf & Wildlife Studies, has found that left alone, wolves regulate their own populations with highly sophisticated social interactions within the pack. Unfortunately, the hunting and ranching lobbies don’t support the theory we should learn to live with top predators as a necessity for ecosystem health.

Wildlife

Wolves Forsaken By Wildlife Agencies, Hunters and Ranchers

June 11, 2013 by The Outpost 3 comments

President Obama’s Department of the Interior announced the national delisting of all wolves except the Mexican wolf. Prominent conservationists argue this is wrong-headed because (1) the wolf isn’t really recovered, and (2) Existing state management is so bad that the “recovered” population will soon decline to nothing but a tiny token population.

Landscape, Transportation, Wildlife

Wildlife Crossings: Animals Survive with Bridges and Tunnels

May 19, 2013 by Jack Eidt 6 comments

Providing crossing infrastructure at key points along transportation corridors is known to improve safety, reconnect habitats and restore wildlife movement. Throughout Europe, Asia, Australia and North American, wildlife crossing structures have been implemented with demonstrable success.

Politics and Advocacy

End Corporate Personhood: LA Joins National Movement to Repeal Citizens United

May 2, 2013 by Guest Columnist 0 comments

We, the People of the USA, reject the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights. Join the National Day of Action on May 10th with two marches in Los Angeles.

Screenshot from the documentary "Dirty Oil" by Leslie Iwerks

Tar Sands

Keystone XL Pipeline: 40 SoCal Groups Call for Environmental Rethink

April 16, 2013 by Jack Eidt 6 comments

The State Department has issued a flawed environmental review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that ignores its far-reaching impacts on climate and our environment. Tar Sands Action Southern California has prepared a commentary on behalf of 40 groups to be submitted to the State Department demanding a comprehensive reassessment of the significant and irreversible impacts on the environment not taken into account in the draft report released on March 1st. Make your comment by April 22nd!

Landscape, Urban Art

The Art of Bill Ohrmann: Montana Rancher, Voice for the Wild

April 13, 2013 by The Outpost 4 comments

Drive into the wide open landscape beyond Drummond, Montana, set on an old cattle farm amid a twelve-foot polar bear and wooly mammoth sculptures, you’ll find Bill Ohrmann’s museum and gallery—and a lifetime’s worth of commentary captured in his paintings.

Wildlife

Wolf Wars: Anti-Science Haters Propose Ending All US Protections

March 27, 2013 by The Outpost 1 comment

Western environmental groups oppose the anti-scientific “political” Endangered Species delisting of gray wolves across the U.S. by Fish and Wildlife Service. Reduced wolf numbers will reduce positive ecological effects of these top predators and permit barbaric hunting methods.

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