Hunting

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The “Cripples” … or Why I Hate Wing Shooting

January 28, 2012 Birds

Yesterday evening, we were photographing Snow Geese and didn’t realize that we (along with at least 10 other photographers) had chosen a field where hunters were lying in camo. I promised myself I would wait until hunting season was over before I ventured into the wilds beyond Seattle — just as I did last year. [...]

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Part 3: Flaunting Our Economic Potential As Birders & Wildlife Watchers

November 14, 2011 Fishing & Hunting

This is Part 3 (of 3) in a series on non-hunting revenue streams for our National Wildlife Refuge system. In Part 1 I talk about the issues surrounding the current funding system. In Part 2, I interview Marlin Greene who’s been producing an alternative refuge stamp since 2006, to draw attention to this subject. Edited [...]

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Part 2: The Non Hunters’ Stamp

November 6, 2011 Fishing & Hunting

In the first part of this three-part series, I posted about the funding issues that shape land-use decisions on National Wildlife Refuges.You can read that post here: Part 1: Non-Hunters and National Wildlife Refuges.In Part 3 I discuss how birders, photographers and wildlife watchers can capitalize on their economic power. Here, I interview photographer Marlin [...]

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Part 1: Non-Hunters and National Wildlife Refuges

November 4, 2011 Fishing & Hunting

This is a three part series about National Wildlife Refuge funding and how the current system affects land-use privileges for non-hunters and non-consumptive users. In Part 2 I interview photographer Marlin Greene who has created a No Hunting Stamp to promote awareness about hunting on National Wildlife Refuges. And in Part 3 I discuss how [...]

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Fly Away Home (and Safe) …. 2011

October 15, 2011 Fishing & Hunting

I’m re-posting my comments from October 2010, on this the opening day of waterfowl hunting season in Washington State, and a week before California’s opener. I’ve said it before so rather than saying it again, I’ve opted to reprint my thoughts from last year, with a few tweaks. See also a discussion of non-hunters and [...]

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Fly Away Home (and Safe)

October 29, 2010 Birds

As we inched our way toward the cranes, I heard the sound that always shatters my serenity like, well, a shotgun. Because it was a shotgun — very close by. In a clearing across the river, just a hop and a skip from where we were …

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Wolves Back on Endangered Species List

August 6, 2010 Endangered Species

I’ll let the Defenders of Wildlife release speak for me. I’m just elated the wolf hunts have come to an end. A federal judge ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service acted illegally when it removed wolves from the endangered species list in Idaho and Montana but left them on the list in Wyoming. [...]

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Blog Trail: Howling for Justice

April 1, 2010 Endangered Species

I have a history and a breadcrumb trail, but I’m still not sure how I ended up at Howling For Justice. I’m glad I did, though.

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The Ongoing Plight of Seal Pups

March 28, 2010 Marine Mammals

I wrote this post last year, but as we move into April 2010, the seal hunt begins anew. It’s been such a difficult issue for me to grapple with over the years, so I thought I’d re-post my comments from last year. The fundamentals remain the same.

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Witness to an Elk “Hunt” in Colorado’s Estes Park

November 30, 2008 Ethics

Recalling a sad confluence of elk (wapiti) and hunter in the enclaves of Colorado — in Estes Park. We weren’t expecting harm to come to these elk, meandering through a residential neighborhood of Estes Park, just blocks from the Stanley Hotel where the elk herds draw tourists with cameras, not lethal suburban adversaries.

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