“We don't want Idaho to have a bad reputation. This is our home state. We love our home state. It's beautiful. We pride ourselves on our nature. We pride ourselves on our wildlife. And instead, we are continuing to do things that are… that are sickening.” - Ella Driever In 1995, wolves were reintroduced to central Idaho, and in 2003 a Boise High school called Timberline officially adopted a local wolf pack. Throughout the 2000, students went on wolf tracking trips and in their wolf packs range. But in 2021, Idaho's legislature passed Senate Bill 1211, 1211 allows Idaho hunters to obtain an unlimited number of wolf tags, and it also allows Idaho's Department of Fish and Game to use taxpayer dollars to pay private contractors to kill wolves. That means bounties on wolves, including on public lands. And in 2021, the Idaho Fish and Game Commission expanded the wolf hunting season and hunting and trapping methods. So it's not too surprising to learn that also in 2021, the Timberline pack disappeared. The students, the ones that cared about wolves, at least, were devastated. Last summer I went to D.C. with some of the Species Unite team for a wolf rally on Capitol Hill. While I was there, two young women gave a talk about what happened at Timberline in 2021. Their names are Ella Driver and Sneha Sharma. They both graduated from Timberline High School and were there when their wolf pack disappeared. Please, listen and share.…
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Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy
Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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Soundbite with 2008 Eugene J. McCarthy Lecturer and NAACP President Julian Bond regarding the presidential election, the legacy of the civil rights movement, and his lecture at St. John's.Von Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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The Saint John's memorial Mass from January 23, 2006. Abbot John Klassen of Saint John's Abbey will be the celebrant. Eulogists include Walter Mondale, former U.S. vice president; Albert Eisele, a Saint John’s alumnus and a long-time Washington journalist whose book, "Almost to the Presidency," is a biographical review of Eugene McCarthy and Hubert…
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In recognition of Congressman Mark Kennedy, who will be receiving an alumni recognition award. Co-sponsored with Students Fostering Conservative Thought and the College Republicans.Von Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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In recognition of Congressman Mark Kennedy, who will be receiving an alumni recognition award. Co-sponsored with Students Fostering Conservative Thought and the College Republicans.Von Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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In recognition of Congressman Mark Kennedy, who will be receiving an alumni recognition award. Co-sponsored with Students Fostering Conservative Thought and the College Republicans.Von Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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E.J. Dionne is the inaugural speaker in the Eugene J. McCarthy Lecture on Thursday, April 19, 2007. For more information on the lecture, visit csbsju.edu/publicpolicyVon Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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E.J. Dionne, one of America's top political observers, pays tribute to the late Sen. Eugene McCarthy, one of Minnesota's top politicians, in a speech at St. John's University. McCarthy, whose 1968 presidential campaign galvanized the anti-Vietnam War movement, died two years ago.Von Eugene J. McCarthy Center for Public Policy and Civic Engagement
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