Keenesburg, COLORADO (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Luna, a female adult tiger, was rescued from Joe Exotic’s G.W. Zoo, and she laid down for an interview with Anderson Cooper that will air on CBS 60 Minutes April 19th. Luna, uniquely fluent in English for a tiger, survived years of abuse- inhumane…

GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—Interior Sec. David Bernhardt and the Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), William Perry Pendley, developed a plan to swiftly sale the 250 million BLM managed public lands to ranchers and extraction friends, while the public and the media, rightfully so,…

Spokane, WASHINGTON (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—A collaborative working group of wolves, the Rancher Control Board, which includes wolf reps from northeastern Washington public lands, voted yesterday to require public lands grazing “High Plains Moocher Ranchers” to wear GPS-electric shock collars. A Spokeswolf for the Rancher Control Board said, “Wolves are…

BOISE, IDAHO (Enviro Snowflake Brief)—Gov. Brad Little, right in sync with his Republican lead Legislature, announced today he will not allow taxpayer funds from the Wolf Depredation Control Board to be moved to support a desperately needed home delivery service for The School Breakfast and Lunch Programs of Idaho…

FORT COLLINS, COLORADO (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— The first human to test positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a contagious neurological disease affecting deer, elk and moose, was confirmed today in Fort Collins. Greg Walcher, a retired executive director of Colorado’s Department of Natural Resources, is "patient zero" for CWD transmitted to…

GILLETTE, WYOMING (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— At least 75 pronghorn have died from a cattle carrying bacteria, mycoplasma bovis, in a 35 square mile documented area this year, according to the Wyoming Game & Fish Department (WGFD). Public land ranchers have assured WGFD “it ain’t the cattle’s fault.” Game and…

HELENA, MONTANA (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— On Tuesday, the Montana Secretary of State’s office announced the FWP Officials NOT Grizzlies Paintball Initiative collected over 140,000 valid voter signatures — earns a place on the 2020 ballot. If this highly unusual Initiative passes with voters in November, the measure will require named…

HELENA, MONTANA (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt met with Montana officials and ranchers today to propose President Donald J. Trump’s solution to rid Montana ranchers of the anxiety and death grizzlies are causing Montana’s public land grazing livestock.    The Trump Wall of Yellowstone is an…

CHEYENNE, WYOMING (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Gov. Gordon and Wyoming Game & Fish Director, Brian Nesvik, announced today that on April 1, 2020 the first ever Wyoming Goat Killing Contest (WGKC) will be held in Grand Teton National Park, which will be a fundraising event for the Reelect Donald J.…

BOISE, IDAHO (Enviro Snowflake Brief)— Idaho Governor, Brad Little, announced today the state has confirmed their worst fears… Idaho’s menacing gray wolf population “may” carry and spread the Wuhan coronavirus to Idahoans. The Governor said at his unscheduled press briefing, "I want to thank the Idaho Farm Bureau for…