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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Boise State Public Radio, Idaho Capital Sun partner for June 17 wolf reintroduction panel discussion
Thirty years ago, there were virtually no wolves in the Western U.S., the result of a decades-long eradication campaign. Then in 1995, the federal government brought them back, in their most controversial wildlife program ever. Reporters Heath Druzin, producer of the podcast Extremely American, and Clark Corbin of the Idaho Capital Sun took a 1,000-mile journey through wolf country to produce the podcast and written series Howl, which launches Wednesday. They talk to the people who endured death threats, gun shots and frostbite to help spark one of nature's greatest comebacks. In conjunction with the release of Howl, join Boise State Public Radio and the Idaho Capital Sun on Tuesday, June 17 for a discussion around the history, reintroduction and politics of wolves. Heath and Clark will be joined by Marcie Carter, Suzanne Asha Stone and Carter Niemeyer who were key figures in bringing wolves back to the American West. When: Tuesday, June 17 from 6-8 p.m. Where: Special Event Center, in the SUB at Boise State University 1700 W University Dr. Boise, ID 83725 This event is free, with a suggested donation of $10. Register here. *parking available directly across from the SUB in the Lincoln Garage for $5 SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX Carter Niemeyer has been a state trapper for the Montana Department of Livestock, and a district supervisor for USDA Wildlife Services. As wolf management specialist for USDA, he was responsible for livestock depredation investigation, as well as wolf capture and removal. Niemeyer was the trapper and tracker who led the mission to capture the Canadian wolves that would repopulate the Northern Rockies in the 1990s. He wrote his first memoir, Wolfer, in 2010. His second memoir, Wolf Land was published in 2016. In 2025 he released a third memoir, The Other Ten Wolves: A Yellowstone Backstory. Suzanne Asha Stone has dedicated her life to wolf conservation and coexistence. Beginning her journey in 1988 as a college intern with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Tribe, she contributed to early wolf activity monitoring in Idaho. A pivotal USA/Canada team member for the 1995 Yellowstone and central Idaho wolf reintroduction, she played a key role in transporting and releasing wolves and securing critical funding for the 1996 operations. In 1999, Suzanne became the western wolf restoration lead for Defenders of Wildlife, overseeing compensation programs and creating nonlethal coexistence strategies to address wolf and livestock conflicts. Marcie D. Carter was born and raised in Lewiston, Idaho, she is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe. Marcie has a BS in Biology from Lewis Clark State College and an MS in Wildlife Resources from the UI. She is currently working on a PhD in Natural Resources at the UI-CNR. Marcie works full time with the Nez Perce Tribe-Department of Fisheries Resource Management-Watershed Division as the Watershed Coordinator. Heath Druzin is a reporter and podcaster who covers extremism, politics and the environment. His series Extremely American looks at the intersection between extremist groups and mainstream politics. He has reported for outlets such as NPR, BBC and the Daily Beast. Clark Corbin reports on politics, state government, public lands and climate change for the Idaho Capital Sun, part of the States Newsroom network. Corbin has followed stories deep into the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, abandoned mines of Central Idaho and the halls of the Idaho State Capitol. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Daily Mirror
30-04-2025
- Daily Mirror
Ukrainian spy 'tried to poison Russian military pilots with doped cake and booze'
A Ukrainian spy who tried to poison scores of Russian military pilots with doped cake and booze has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars on terrorist charges. Accused Yegor Semenov, 34, had been recruited by Kyiv's Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) in a bizarre plot to kill graduates from Russia's elite Top Gun school, the trial heard. Judges at the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don heard how Semenov had been promised RUB 400,000 (GBP 3,600) by his handlers to carry out the mass poisoning. Semenov, who had the SUB codename 'Mercenary 35', had targeted 70 guests at a reunion party for Russia's Armavir Higher Military Aviation School in Krasnodar Krai. The 70-plus party-goers included some of Russia's most experienced and senior pilots, military chiefs and their families. Prosecutors told how Semenov had bought 118 bottles of booze like Jameson's Irish Whiskey and cheap Armenian Kochari brandy and a giant cake. According to the court he injected them with the huge doses of the powerful medical stimulant cordiamine, which can cause seizures and respiratory arrest. Finally, it was decided Semenov used a courier service to send the toxic treats to the party at the Tsarskaya Okhota restaurant with a note pretending saying they were gifts from a missing guest. But the closed-door trial heard how the plot fell apart when some pilots became suspicious of the medical smell coming from the cake and called police to the bash in April last year (2024). Forensic tests showed the cake and every bottle of alcohol had been doped by the deadly drug, once used in small doses by Adolf Hitler's doctor to combat barbiturate overdoses. Semenov was arrested just hours later in possession of a return ticket to Moscow and plans to flee to Egypt. The court heard how Semenov discussed the plot in encrypted messaging apps with his SUB paymasters. Prosecutors told how Ukrainian-born Semenov had moved to Russia in 2018 and obtained Russian citizenship four years later. But after the Kremlin's invasion of his homeland, he contacted the SUB and offered to help them sabotage the Russian military. Semenov admitted treason and terrorism but claimed he had been blackmailed by the SUB who had threatened to harm his mother. But under interrogation, police said Semenov had described his feelings of "pure joy" at the idea of the elite Russian pilots tucking into the poison. The trial began in January 2025 and concluded with the hefty jail sentence on 29th April. Semenov will serve the first five years in a hard-labour prison, with the remainder in a strict-regime penal colony, followed by one year of restricted freedom. Prosecutors had pushed for a full life tariff and now plans to appeal the sentence.
