October 2007
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Rocky Barker has a short and interesting blog as to how the presence of roads affects the interaction of predators and prey. Yellowstone moose use roads to outsmart grizzly bears. By Rocky Barker. Idaho Statesman. Update: I just found this. It’s the same story with a somewhat different slant on the matter. It’s from Science…
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From the the WWP blog. Good News. There are victories on the pygmy rabbit, the desert tortoise, Nickel Creek and video of the recent tour of the Pass Creek grazing allotment in the Lost River Range which I went on.
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This list and story were the result of a comment by Secretary of Interior Kempthorne followed up by publicity and work by the Idaho Statesman with help from Dr. John Freemuth, a political scientist, at Boise State University. I certainly like the idea of a Mesa Falls National Monument of 200,000 acres which would correct…
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Gov’t to launch grizzly recovery plan. Long-awaited action comes as surveys suggest Alberta home to fewer than 400 bears. Darcy Henton, The Edmonton Journal. Montana and Wyoming both have more grizzlies than the entire province of Alberta.
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The increasing cost of wildfires and their decimation of the Forest Service’s budget for other things is raising more and more controversy. The Salt Lake Tribune has a story on it. Wildfires: Should taxpayers pay for those who build mansions in ‘the stupid zone’?By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune
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Caswell, the new BLM chief, thinks Democratic Party gains in the West are not due to a backlash from all the oil and gas drilling in prime wildlife and scenic areas. Drilling backlash is overblown according to Jim Caswell, new BLM head. By John Heilprin. Casper Star Tribune. I don’t see evidence one way or…
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This makes the third and the fourth incident of the year between grizzlies and hunters just north of Yellowstone Park. All four have been separate incidents. The toll is 4 mauled hunters and two dead female grizzlies with cubs. One attack was west of Beattie Gulch, and was probably the same bear that mauled Dustin…
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Big game outlook: Expect stable deer and elk populations this year. By Roger Phillips. Idaho Statesman. This is a detailed look for all the areas of the state of Idaho. If wolves were destroying Idaho’s elk and deer population, the populations should be declining. In fact, they should be declining at an increasing rate as…