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Such a lovely day it would be a shame to be stuck indoors...

MEDIA RELEASE at link:

Idaho's wolf management plan? Kill 2/3 of all the wolves in the state, give ranchers carte blanche, and allowing sadistic hunters to kill wolves in a variety of cruel ways. In sum: bringing them as close to the edge of extinction as they can get away with. #USFWS needs to #ProtectWolves under the #EndangeredSpeciesAct #ASAP!

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/02/idaho-unveils-plan-to-kill-two-thirds-of-the-states-wolf-population/

There are a few things as despicable as killing sentient animals for fun and prizes! ⁦‪@AnheuserBusch‬⁩ ⁦‪@budlight‬⁩, are you aware you’re sponsoring a #killingcontest? Do you want your brands associated with people that would shoot cousins of dogs for fun and prizes?

Drilled holes in perfectly good trees today. #maplesyrup

Fresh #coyote #tracks along our fenceline. I suspect it's this cute little female that's got her eye on our Iqniq.

#Wildlife #Wolves #Coyotes

The unrelenting pervasive nature of white history as the default leads to most people forming unconscious ideas about roles we can each play. It is incredibly and sadly common for people to believe that white European society is the pinnacle of civilization, as evidenced by... [waves all around] Never mind that Steve Jobs' father was Syrian, clearly white people invented technology, right? Never mind that mathematics was developed far from western lands, to the point that we now study algebra, or الجبر al-jabr, developed while Europe was mired in tribal warfare.

It's a vicious cycle: if you believe that everything you see was invented by white people, then you believe that white people invented everything, because each set of false information reinforces the other.

Wypipo, open your eyes! Here's a popular meme image of just a few things invented by Black people, and the full list is so much longer. This list is so long mastodon won't let me put the entire text description in the alt tag, so I'll add it as a reply to this post.

#BlackHistoryMonth #blog #nerdery #history

MEDIA RELEASE: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Consider Removing Endangered Species Act Protections for Montana and Wyoming Grizzlies

#Grizzlies #bears #GrizzlyBear #GreatBear #EndangeredSpecies #Montana #Wyoming

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/02/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-to-consider-removing-endangered-species-act-protections-for-montana-and-wyoming-grizzlies/

The English word 𝘸𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬 comes from Cree 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘬 / ᐅᒉᐠ meaning "fisher," a small mammal in the weasel family. Like groundhogs, fishers were extensively trapped, and fur traders erroneously reapplied the term 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘬 to the groundhog.

Saw this pod of Orcas as we passed another Washington State ferry in Puget Sound last month:

#Orcas #PugetSound #WashingtonState

Not a single wolf in this story.

Great longer read about the impacts of #LivestockGrazing grazing on rare plants, etc., in #California.

https://gizmodo.com/nobody-is-happy-with-the-federal-grazing-program-1849865593

The capture of Mexican gray wolf Asha has sparked outrage among those who want to see lobos given the freedom to move and explore outside of their current arbitrary boundaries.

"Asha was showing us where unbound wolves will wander. Her scent trails will beckon the expanding wolf population into places well-suited for the species to survive in a changing climate paradigm," said Greta Anderson of @WesternWatershedsProject.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2568264/mexican-wolf-didnt-have-to-be-captured.html

#Wolf #WolvesOfMastodon #RunFreeAsha

Edge of the world vibes

"Someday, #MexicanWolves and northern Rockies wolves will meet; ..." Anderson said. "They're worried about swamping their genes with the northern species, but at the same time they're not doing enough for the genetics down here to ensure the health and viability of the current population."

That's right. All this whinging about genetic vulnerability is the fault of the agencies!! #GoAsha

https://www.taosnews.com/news/environment/mexican-gray-wolf-captured-near-angel-fire/article_39decce9-f62d-5c65-9ecb-d86a9bdbab40.html

We were depressed, then dismayed, and now straight up mad. Why on earth did they insist on removing her? #GoAsha #WILDlife

“We have to let wolves be wolves and this heavy-handed management that tries to force them into certain areas and keep them in specific places is not going to work in the long term if we are really hoping to recover this population,” she said.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2567193/ex-wolfs-path-is-a-sign-that-the-population-is-growing-and-expandin.html

#Diné