January 2007
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Various pine beetles are attacking pines all over North America with an extraordinary vengeance. In Yellowstone the high valued whitebark pine, which grows, and grows but slowly, at high elevations continues under attack. This pine is especially valuable to grizzly bears who eat its fat rich nuts in the fall to fatten up. In years…
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This article appeared today in the Idaho Mountain Express. It’s just another example that the elk herds are doing fine. I also hear the elk at Stanley are both fat and thick in numbers as well as up and down the Salmon River Canyon The hills are alive with elk. Monarchs of the mountains roam…
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Let Science Dictate Wolf Decisions. Wolf Wrongly Blamed For Elk Decline, Livestock Losses. By Suzanne Asha Stone. A guest editorial in New West.
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Once the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service indicated they would negotiate with Wyoming and maybe accept some version of the state’s wolf management plan, Wyoming politicians began to quibble, and now the Wyoming State Senate has written a wolf plan that wouldn’t even protect wolves in designated Wilderness areas next to Yellowstone. It’s Yellowstone and…
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Wolf population figures are in for 2006 for Yellowstone Park. Ten breeding pairs, 136 wolves, and 13 packs were identified after intensive observations. It is fascinating to compare this year’s figures with the past. The wolf population in the Park peaked in 2003 with 174 wolves. At the end of 2004 the population was essentially…
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This was announced today. PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2343, notice is hereby given of an open public meeting of the Idaho Fish and Game Commission. DATE OF NOTICE: January 23, 2007 DATE OF MEETING: January 25, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. PLACE OF MEETING: Idaho Department of Fish and Game 600 S.…
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This is from the Huffington Post on Al Gore’s talk in Boise. This is perhaps a bit more balanced than the Idaho Statesman? Anyway that’s why blogs have grown. People want more news and all sides of the news. We were not getting it from the corporate media. . . . and here is more…
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Wyoming group argues to keep Sylvan Pass open. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette. Once you get east of Jackson, Wyoming, they don’t just disagree with policies, they compete in hyperbole to describe how much they disagree. “Closing Sylvan Pass in the winter, they said, would be a devastating blow and one they vowed to fight.…