MELANIA CAUGHT SMUGGLING AN ELEPHANT TUSK BUT SAYS SHE’S BEING BULLIED AROUND THE WORLD

WASHINGTON D.C. (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—U.S. Custom officials held First Lady, Melania Trump, in the Customs Office for two hours after officers discovered portions of an elephant tusk in her $170,000 Michael Clarke’s Louis Vuitton Luxury Trunk that returned with her from Kenya. It took a call from Secretary of…

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Melania Trump in her pith helmet on a safari in Nairobi, Kenya. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
MAN WALKING ACROSS AMERICA TO FIND THE GOOD IN PEOPLE ENCOUNTERS WISCONSIN BEAR HOUNDERS, THEN RUNS TOWARD CANADA

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario,Canada (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—James Smith, 50, set out on foot from York Haven, Pennsylvania to walk across America in search of decency and compassion. His 3,000-mile journey abruptly changed course Sunday after being shaken to the core from a chance encounter in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest…

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James Smith abruptly stops his walk across America after encounter with Wisconsin bear hound hunters.
WASHINGTON GOVERNOR INSLEE CLAIMS NO KNOWLEDGE OF GRAY WOLVES BEING SLAUGHTERED AT THE REQUEST OF RANCHERS UNTIL LEAFLETS RAINED ON HIS LAWN

SEATTLE, Washington (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—Early this morning, Washington Governor Jay Inslee was shocked to see hundreds of leaflets falling from the sky onto the mansion lawn, as he sipped his cappuccino latte. As he read the leaflets, he realized the powerful Washington welfare rancher mafia managed to block…

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Gov. Jay Inslee's deafening silence on wolf conservation is broken with an astounding explanation.
WYOMING OFFICIALS ARE OUTRAGED BY JUDGE’S GRIZZLY RE-LISTING RULING DOCUMENT WRITTEN WAY ABOVE A 6TH GRADE LEVEL

CHEYENNE, Wyoming (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Wyoming politicians expressed outrage with the mental strain they have endured trying to read the judge's Yellowstone grizzly bear re-listing order document. The ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen last week has required state officials to cancel what was to be the…

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Wyoming Sen. Liz Cheney says it has taken her days to read the judge's 48-page grizzly ruling, but she just finished it thanks to her Merriam-Webster Thesaurus. (Photo: James Yule)
IDAHO GOV. OTTER IS IN MOURNING AFTER FEDERAL COURT OVERTURNS GRIZZLY DELISTING

BOISE, Idaho (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Idaho Governor, C.L. "Butch" Otter, was clearly depressed when he responded to the news that federal safeguards for grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem were reinstated last night. A Montana federal judge ruled that the Trump administration’s decision to strip Endangered Species Act…

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Idaho Gov. Otter is distraught after federal judge rules grizzly delisting was illegal by the Trump administration.
JONAH ENERGY FEARS WYOMING GAS FIELD EXPANSION ALONG THE “PATH OF THE PRONGHORN” PUTS WORKER PRODUCTIVITY AT RISK

CASPER, Wyoming (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—  Jonah Energy CEO, Tom Hart, says a formal complaint has been filed with the Bureau of Land Management expressing concern that the sightings of pronghorns by field workers around the proposed new wells will impact worker productivity. Therefore, “The Path of the Pronghorn,” which…

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Pronghorn migration routes cause concern to expanding fracking interests.
ZINKE PENS MEMO TO TRUMP IN CRAYON REQUESTING EXECUTIVE ORDER TO ABOLISH THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

WASHINGTON D.C. (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke has grown petulant waiting on Congress to act for him, so he has taken his war on endangered species to his boss, President Donald J. Trump. In a groundbreaking display of effective “trump style” communication, Secretary Zinke wrote…

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Secretary Zinke is feeling the pressure from his extraction industry friends to find a way to kill the Endangered Species Act sooner than later.
WASHINGTON STATE RANCHER, LEN McIRVIN, PIVOTS AWAY FROM HIS WOLF SANCTUARY AND COW PETTING ZOO IDEA

STEVENS COUNTY, Washington (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—In a disappointing turn of events, Len McIrvin’s earlier announced plans to turn Diamond M into a wolf sanctuary and local cow petting zoo has been scrapped, according to Len. What happened? Len describes the compelling pleas made by local cattlemen, politicians, and…

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The definition of insanity continues with Washington ranchers demanding endangered wolves on public lands be killed once again, while rancher McIrvin jumps back in the arena.
TROPHY HUNTER LOBBYISTS ENLISTS ZINKE AND TRUMP TO DEMAND NABISCO TO STOP THE REDESIGN OF BARNUM’S ANIMALS CRACKER BOX

WASHINGTON (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Interior department sources confirm that the Safari Club and the NRA convinced Secretary Ryan Zinke to enlist President Trump to demand Nabisco to shelve their redesign of Barnum’s Animals Crackers box. What’s the fuss? Animal crackers will be free at last- thanks to pressure…

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Animal crackers, long depicted behind bars in iconic packaging that resembled circus boxcars, are going cage-free. / Associated Press
WISCONSIN TOURISM BOARD WILL LEVERAGE ITS REPUTATION AS “HELL ON EARTH FOR WILDLIFE” TO ATTRACT MORE OUT OF STATE BEAR HUNTERS

MADISON, Wisconsin (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Governor Scott Walker has unveiled a new Tourism Board campaign this fall to promote Wisconsin as the destination for ethically challenged hunters to use baiting and hounds to hunt black bears, and why not, when the state boasts of 4,692 bears killed last year.…

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Wisconsin one of only seven states that allow both baiting and hounding in some capacity, but it is the most blatant in ignoring killing atrocities and conflicts with endangered gray wolves.