When Suzanne Laverty first met Travis Bullock, who calls himself a “redneck outfitter,” she wrote a brief impression of him in her diary: “Travis Bullock – Butthead.” But Bullock wasn’t so bullheaded that he didn’t see value in Laverty’s suggestion that he capitalize on the nation’s curiosity about the wolves that had been transplanted into […]
Candace Burns
Posted inOctober 2, 1995: Did Idaho libel the feds?
When regulations are lax, s— happens
In the once-pristine valleys of eastern Idaho, ooze from malfunctioning septic systems in older subdivisions has seeped into groundwater used for drinking. Health officials in Island Park recently found fecal coliform contamination and shigella – a bacterium that causes severe diarrhea and cramping – at several homes and one resort. At a subdivision near Salmon, […]
Posted inOctober 2, 1995: Did Idaho libel the feds?
Wolf killing will never be solved
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, Did Idaho libel the feds? The wolf shot on Gene Hussey’s remote ranch south of Salmon, Idaho, trotted to her death just nine days after federal biologists set her free in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. B13 parted from 14 other transplanted […]
Posted inOctober 2, 1995: Did Idaho libel the feds?
Rocks, invective, and generosity
Note: This article is a sidebar to this issue’s feature story, Did Idaho libel the feds? SALMON, Idaho – Until a wolf was shot on Gene Hussey’s ranch south of Salmon in January, he was just “Hussey,” a prankster with a sharp tongue who lived without a phone. Since the wolf’s killing and Hussey’s confrontation […]
Posted inMay 1, 1995: Land grants under the microscope
Wolf lovers give Idaho sheriff a piece of their mind
SALMON, Idaho – Linda Borton of Tucson, Ariz., was furious when she heard that one of the Canadian wolves released in central Idaho had been shot, and that Lemhi County Sheriff Brett Barsalou said he didn’t “give a damn who shot it.” That same night she fired off a letter to Barsalou. “I’m very much […]
Posted inFebruary 20, 1995: No more ignoring the obvious: Idaho sucks itself dry
From freedom to FedEx: Wolf B13 killed
SALMON, Idaho – Just nine days after her release into the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, a Canadian wolf found her way out of central Idaho’s maze of steep snow-covered mountains. Sixty air miles from where she had been set free, the wolf trotted straight into Gene Hussey’s cattle herd about 25 miles south […]
Posted inFebruary 20, 1995: No more ignoring the obvious: Idaho sucks itself dry
Freed wolves roam up to 20 miles a day
Note: this article is a sidebar to a news article titled “From freedom to FedEx: Wolf B13 killed.” Fourteen remaining Canadian wolves released last month into a central Idaho wilderness are giving U.S. Fish and Wildlife trackers a run for their money. Two wolves have left Idaho and headed north into Montana. One was about […]