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Special Announcement February 26, 2010
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Greetings!
DON'T- MISS NATIONAL MEDIA ON WOLF ISSUES!!
WOLVES ON PBS TONIGHT and a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC COVER STORY!
Wolves move to the forefront of the media in two excellent productions:
- NOW with David Brancaccio on PBS
- National Geographic Magazine's cover story for the March issue
Legislation in two Western states:
- Idaho's House of Representatives alarmist resolution introduced
- Utah passes a bill banning wolves
Sincerely,  
Jim Dutcher Jamie Dutcher
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Don't Miss It!
Tonight, February 26, 2010 tune into NOW, with David Brancaccio
HUNTING WOLVES, SAVING WOLVES: Is the Obama Administration breaking its promise to protect endangered species?
This is a comprehensive look at all sides of the wolf issue and a thorough piece of investigative journalism.
It will broadcast on most local PBS channels. Check your local listing. Airing times vary by time zone and location, either 7:30, 8:30 or 9:30PM. It will also air on the PBS flagship station WNET, Channel Thirteen in New York, at 8:30 PM, Eastern.
If you miss it, you can find the program here:
http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/609/index.html
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Be sure not to miss National Geographic's March issue cover story,
WOLF WARS, Packs are back. Westerners are glad, scared, howling mad.
By, Douglas H. Chadwick
This is another informative story from National Geographic. It is a well-balanced article, chronicling the history of wolves in the West, reintroduction and its emerging results. The article explains the unexpected positive influence wolves have had on ecosystems since their reintroduction into the Rockies and what challenges they present to the ranching and hunting communities.
You can also read the article online here:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/03/wolf-wars/chadwick-text
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Two Campaigns of Fear and Zero Tolerance
The governments of the states of Idaho and Utah are engaged in all-out efforts to demonize wolves and make zero tolerance their policy.
The Idaho House of Representatives,
Resource and Conservation Committee has drafted a joint resolution asking the governor "to declare that a state of emergency exists in
Idaho" due to the "unnecessarily large number of wolves in the state".
Here are a few excerpts from the joint resolution:
"WHEREAS, wolf packs have moved into densely populated areas and unnecessarily large numbers of wolves constitute a threat, not only to property, but to human life itself, with particular threat to children; and...
WHEREAS, people living in most rural parts of the state are threatened by wolves and must change their habits and lose the safe use of, and travel upon, their own property. Individuals must now arm themselves to face the threat of growing, unchecked numbers of wolves in many parts of the state; and
WHEREAS, unchecked numbers of wolves are destroying the culture and heritage of rural Idahoans including, but not limited to, their use of real estate, their use of hounds for legal hunting of big game, their livelihood in professional hunting, such as outfitting and guiding, and their choice of type and location of livestock animals for food production and recreation"
Read the full resolution here:
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/HCR043.pdf
The Utah Senate and House has already passed a bill that will not allow wolves in the state. Let it be known that no wolf packs have yet to be established in Utah. Here are two excerpts from the bill:
"(1) The division shall contact the service (USFWS) upon discovering a wolf in any area of the state where wolves are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act and request immediate removal of the animal from the state.
(2) The division shall manage wolves to prevent the establishment of a viable pack in all areas of the state where the wolf is not listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act until the wolf is completely delisted under the Act and removed from federal control in the entire state."
Read the full Utah Senate bill here:
http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillint/sb0036s01.htm
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P.S. For the most part, wolves live on federal lands. It was
a national effort to bring them back. Everyone can have a say about
their future.
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