Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Bison Grazing
Missoulian: Federal
agency proposes allowing bison to graze on 13K acres
BLM requests input on application to graze bison year-around at Flat Creek Allotment
BLM requests input on application to graze bison year-around at Flat Creek Allotment
“The American Prairie Reserve has applied to change the
class of livestock from cattle to indigenous bison on their permit to graze
public lands on the Flat Creek Allotment in south Phillips County.
In addition, they are seeking permission to remove interior
fencing and manage their private lands along with the public lands as one
common pasture. They are also requesting to change the allotment grazing season
to year-round from the current May 1 – Nov. 15 grazing season.”
Monday, December 28, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Disclose Act/ El Niño
NOAA's El Niño Portal
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
“Most models indicate that a strong El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, followed by weakening and a transition to ENSO-neutral during the late spring or early summer. The forecaster consensus remains nearly unchanged from last month, with the expectation that this El Niño will rank among the three strongest episodes as measured by the 3-month SST departures in the Niño 3.4 region dating back to 1950.”
EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) DIAGNOSTIC DISCUSSION
“Most models indicate that a strong El Niño will continue through the Northern Hemisphere winter 2015-16, followed by weakening and a transition to ENSO-neutral during the late spring or early summer. The forecaster consensus remains nearly unchanged from last month, with the expectation that this El Niño will rank among the three strongest episodes as measured by the 3-month SST departures in the Niño 3.4 region dating back to 1950.”
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Monday, December 21, 2015
Lions Endangered
Pair of male lions. Credit: Heidi Ruffler / USFWS
Missoulian: Obama
administration enacts protections for lions
Lions Are Now Protected Under the Endangered Species Act
“Based on newly available scientific information on the genetics and taxonomy of lions, the Service assessed the status of the entire lion species. The new science resolved that the western and central populations of African lion are more genetically related to the Asiatic lion. These lions are now considered the same subspecies, P. l. leo. There are only about 1,400 of these lions remaining; 900 in 14 African populations and 523 in India. Considering the size and distribution of the populations, population trends and the severity of the threats, the Service has found that this subspecies meets the definition of endangered under the ESA.”
Lions Are Now Protected Under the Endangered Species Act
“Based on newly available scientific information on the genetics and taxonomy of lions, the Service assessed the status of the entire lion species. The new science resolved that the western and central populations of African lion are more genetically related to the Asiatic lion. These lions are now considered the same subspecies, P. l. leo. There are only about 1,400 of these lions remaining; 900 in 14 African populations and 523 in India. Considering the size and distribution of the populations, population trends and the severity of the threats, the Service has found that this subspecies meets the definition of endangered under the ESA.”
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