Looks like Liberal Lisa  is having second thoughts on her recent loss to Joe Miller in Alaska’s republican primary. She has been talking with the Alaskan Libertarian Party at first they said no now it appears they might be having a change of heart, at least some in the party are. I guess she is willing to keep the Murkowski dynasty  going at what ever cost to Alaska.

She said that if this was “all about Lisa, certainly the easy thing for me to do would be to figure out what my next opportunity would be with my family and just settle in to a nice job.”

It is about Lisa at least in her mind,  she could care less about what is best for Alaska or this country.  Daddy Frank gave her his senate seat when he resigned from it after he was elected governor of Alaska.  Contrary to what she thinks she is not heir to the throne the peasants have spoke. Give it a rest Lisa you can try in again in six years or if you are impatient go for Marks seat in four years. Let not get Scott McAdams in by default. Alaska needs weaned off Uncle Teds pork dollars. We have the resources and the people. We have what it takes to be self-sufficient give Joe a shot at it.  What Alaska needs is our resources freed up for us to use not locked up for a few to look at from bus window. Alaska has one of the largest fisheries in the world, we have millions of acres of timber, oil and minerals. We can do it we don’t need the liberals damn welfare we can create our own jobs. Lisa do whats right for Alaska take a sabbatical come back in 6 years and try again don’t give the election to Scott.

Alaska Dispatch

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Alaska politics are anything but predictable and last week Alaskans did it again. A obscure attorney from Fairbanks set our senior senator on her heels. Right now we are in the middle of a tight race between a moderate incumbent Lisa Murkowski and  tea party  pick Joe Miller. With less than 2000 vote between them and some 20,000 absentee ballots to be tallied it is going to be a squeaker. Miller leans more toward the constitution and doesn’t appear to be a senator who will grab every federal dollar he can get then brag about it come next election. While Murkowski is more willing to compromise with the opposition to fetch home the pork. It looks to be a couple of weeks before all the votes will be counted, but lets hope for a senator who will work for the interest of the people who put them in Washington. You can read more here at the article on Joe and Denali Park

Now if isn’t a bit irony wolves attack their saviors horses, it must have been one of their weak or lame ones. Notice they decided to let the wolves go so they could feed on the local elk instead of shooting them.This is unbelievable sacrifice the elk that feed people not the predator…..sheesh.
Wolf attacks Forest Service horse

Posted: Monday, June 14, 2010 7:19 am |

JACKSON, Wyo. – U.S. Forest Service officials say a wolf attack in northern Wyoming injured one of the agency’s horses, forcing workers to destroy it.

The attack occurred Thursday at the Blackrock Ranger Station on the Buffalo Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Acting District Ranger Ray Spencer says a wolf either spooked the horse and prompted it to run across a cattle guard, or was actually attacking the horse when the horse ran across it.

Federal officials decided not to try to destroy the wolf because the coming elk migration should soon draw wolves to higher elevations.

http://www.adn.com/2007/12/14/v-gallery2/110641/bear-sightings.html

Things are coming to a head Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game are going to go a head with the wolf  kill this spring. Lets hope they get it done before USFW get some activist judge to shut them down before this springs calf crop is up and running.

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=12543628Standoff over refuge wolves heats up as calving season approaches

Standoff over refuge wolves heats up as calving season approaches

Pat Vaulkenburg with Fish and Game says the herd’s decline is unlike anything seen before in Alaska.  Pat Vaulkenburg with Fish and Game says the herd’s decline is unlike anything seen before in Alaska.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game wants to shoot wolves on the island to keep them from killing caribou calves, but the island is a wildlife refuge.  The Alaska Department of Fish and Game wants to shoot wolves on the island to keep them from killing caribou calves, but the island is a wildlife refuge.
The state says the wolves kill most of the calves before they reach one month old.  The state says the wolves kill most of the calves before they reach one month old.
Bruce Woods with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says the federal agency wants to conduct an environmental assessment before making a decision.  Bruce Woods with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, says the federal agency wants to conduct an environmental assessment before making a decision.
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Feds threaten legal action over predator control
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Fish and Game wants to shoot preserve wolves to protect dying herd

by Jackie Bartz
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The battle over killing wolves in a national wildlife refuge could peak next week.

The state shows no sign of backing off of its plan to start shooting wolves on June 1, but the federal Fish and Wildlife Service says it will take legal action if that happens.

Officials for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Alaska Department of Fish and Game say they want to work together to manage the caribou herd on Unimak Island, but the problem is that they have very different ideas about how soon they need to act.

On the verge of extinction: that’s how the Department of Fish and Game sees it.

“The Unimak Island caribou herd is in a steep decline. It’s a decline the likes of which we have never seen before in a caribou herd in Alaska,” said Pat Vaulkenburg with Fish and Game.

But the feds feel differently.

“I would say that our biologists don’t necessarily agree with the level of urgency that the state is claiming,” Bruce Woods, a spokesperson for the Fish and Wildlife Service, said.

In the state’s most recent fall survey of the Unimak Island caribou herd, biologists spotted only seven caribou calves.

The state blames wolves.

Biologists say wolves kill most of the calves before they reach one month in age.

The state wants to shoot wolves preying on calves to bolster the herd’s population.

“We can remove approximately 10 to 20 wolves on the western portion of Unimak Island on the calving area and we expect that we will have dramatically increased calf survival and be able to protect that herd from disappearing,” Vaulkenburg said.

But unlike any other aerial wolf hunt the state has planned, these calves are born on a national wildlife refuge, forcing the state to square off against the feds over who’s in charge.

“We feel that because that departs from any recent historical action that it is a significant action and it does require an environmental assessment,” Woods said.

A federal environmental assessment takes months; calving season begins in a little over a week.

State biologists say they can’t wait.

“We feel that we have ways that we can do that, but we would rather do it in cooperation with the (U.S. Fish and Wildlife) Service,” said Tina Cummings with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in an interview last week.

The feds are holding their ground and say they will consider shooting wolves as trespassing and will ask the U.S. Attorney to launch an investigation if it happens.

That’s a move that environmental groups and conservationists agree with.

“While predator-prey populations are decimated is not suitable for refuge lands. It’s fine when it’s conducted on state lands, but on refuge lands there are separate management mandates,” said Wade Willis, a former biologist for the state agency.

Willis blames the state for mismanaging the herd.

“The state has had a decade to address the precipitous decline of the Unimak caribou herd. They’ve dragged their heels and they’ve waited until the final hour to bring this to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and they have nobody to blame but themselves for the lack of time,” Willis said.

Fish and Game asked the state Board of Game to approve an emergency order to extend hunting and trapping through June.

Biologists also want to transplant bull caribou on to Unimak Island to increase the population.

Contact Jackie Bartz at jbartz@ktuu.com