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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky. Since their habitat has been destroyed, wildlife become displaced and must spend more time searching for food, water and shelter. So what do these facts mean for our wildlife?

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A Snowflake’s Chance

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The species that calls western Montana home is the black cottonwood, while plains and narrowleaf cottonwood call the rest of the state home. They shelter and shade, feed and bind. Near the river it’s a blizzard, complete with drifts on the sides of the path and white flotillas on the water. The are strong, they are important.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. It is simply not feasible to safely live-trap thousands of animals and conveniently move them to some rescue shelter…the time and money do not exist, and you will never remove every individual without accidentally killing some.

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We Cannot Allow This Administration’s Environmental Policies To Stand

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Home to over 400 species of birds, 450 types of native plants, half of the U.S. species of butterflies, and many endangered, threatened or candidate species to be listed under the Endangered Species Act.” ” We have been fighting the Sagebrush Rebellion for years now. The list goes on and on.