September 2006

  • Yellowstone wolf watching update

    Ralph Maughan

    I get a lot of email about wolves in Yellowstone. Is this a good time to see them? NO Dr. Doug Smith told me that the only viewing action is off and on in the Lamar and lower Slough Creek Pack and in Antelope Creek (that’s on the road between Tower Falls and Mt. Washburn).…

  • Escaped farm-raised elk may never be found, Idaho officials say.

    Ralph Maughan

    What Idaho officials say and what Rex Rammell says seem to differ greatly. Article in the Times-News

  • Beaver return to Yellowstone Park. Wolf restoration may be key factor

    Ralph Maughan

    After years of decline, beaver are returning to Yellowstone Park. Before and after wolves were reintroduced, it was predicted that by clearing elk of the the dying willow patches, the willows would grow and beavers come back. While the cause of beaver coming back is not certain, it is in line with predictions made over…

  • Wildlife Services plans major Western Idaho wolf removals

    Ralph Maughan

    Today Ed Bangs sent out a list of recent Idaho wolf-caused “depredations” Here is what he wrote. “On the 10th, ID WS confirmed that wolves from the Timberline/Wangdoodle Pack killed 1 ewe on a Boise National Forest grazing allotment on Rock Creek, north of Idaho City. Another ewe and a guard dog had also been…

  • Battle to control lake trout in Yellowstone lake being slowly won?

    Ralph Maughan

    It looks like progress is being made reducing the numbers of lake trout in Yellowstone Lake. The method is gill neting, however. This takes constant effort and money. The article mentions $400,000 a year, not much comparied to the benefits for human anglers and the many birds and mammals that feed on the Yellowstone cutthroat…

  • Rain, cold weather suddenly quells many Idaho-Montana wildfires.

    Ralph Maughan

    Today it is 30 degrees colder than a couple days ago. It has rained widely in Idaho and western Montana. One to 2 inches fell on the massive Derby and Jungle fires south of Big Timber, MT. It is not supposed to warm up again except just a little and more showers are predicted. The…

  • The terrible ethics in the Bush Department of Interior

    Ralph Maughan

    I first posted about Bush’s Dept. of Interior being ethically challenged on Sept. 13, but now an editorial from the New York Times makes me think I need to post an update. Read editorial “Interior’s Internal Messes.” And Time Magazine just weighed in too. Read “Department of Billion-dollar Bungling. How the Interior Department managed to…

  • Still more on the escaped domestic elk in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    This is really a big issue. It keeps evolving and more editorials are being written. “State OKs special hunt for escaped farm elk. Concern over disease prompts decision; hunters and property owners from [Hunting] Unit 64 will do most of the culling.” By Roger Phillips. Read Idaho Statesman article. “Wild Bill:” “Game Farms: Will We…

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