Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Rocky Mountain National Park wolf reintroduction case to be heard at CU-Boulder
On Thursday, the court will hear arguments in a
lawsuit filed by Broomfield's WildEarth Guardians to compel Rocky
Mountain National Park to fully analyze introducing wolves to the park
to control elk herds. The court's visit coincides with CU's Gathering of the Bench and Bar Conference. In the Rocky Mountain National Park case,
WildEarth Guardians is represented by the University of Denver Sturm
College of Law Environmental Law Clinic. DU law student Jenni Barnes
plans to argue the case Thursday before the panel of judges. Wendy
Keefover, of WildEarth Guardians, said her organization sued after the
national park, in creating its 2007 elk management plan, didn't fully
consider releasing wolves as a management tool. The park service
approved the 20-year plan to reduce the elk herd because overgrazing
damaged habitat and threatened other species. Now, sharpshooters
are used to control the population. No elk were culled last winter, but a
total of 131 elk were removed over the three previous winters. Some of
the elk killed were used for research. In the past, Rocky
Mountain National Park officials said they considered using a small
number of wolves to reduce the elk herd and keep the animals on the move
so they couldn't damage the vegetation. But they have said they didn't
have the necessary support from state and other federal agencies. They
also said the park isn't big enough to contain the wolves long-term...more
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