The Wildlife News

April 2008

  • Spring chinook return at snail's pace to Columbia River

    Ralph Maughan

    After the unexplained virtual disappearce of the salmon run in the Sacremento River after the best run in many years, the slow return of chinoock salmon into the Columbia has folks on edge. Rocky Barker writes about it today. Idaho Statesman. Update added April 11. Sharp Curb on Salmon Season. By FELICITY BARRINGER. New York…

  • 20th Annual North American Wolf Conference begins today

    Ralph Maughan

    The annual wolf conference begins today at Chico Hot Springs Resort at Pray, Montana. Story The conference is sold out with the greatest attendance ever. It is sponsored by us (the Wolf Recovery Foundation), Defenders of Wildlife, and Yellowstone National Park.

  • 4 more dead wolves in Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Four wolves killed for livestock depredation. By Cat Urbigkit, Pinedale Online! This was in Wyoming’s new all wolves are vermin zone. So I think we are at 9 dead wolves in Wyoming’s kill at will zone. Scaling to population this is equivalent to about 38 dead wolves in Idaho (where there are more wolves). Update…

  • Will forthcoming Alberta grizzly plan stop the bears' nosedive?

    Ralph Maughan

    Biologists push for action on grizzly plan. Bear population continues in decline despite 2002 warning in report. Darcy Henton, The Edmonton Journal. Perhaps only 500 grizzlies are left in this vast province, fewer than the Bob Marshall/Glacier National Park grizzly recovery area* just to the south of Alberta. _____ *Officially named the Northern Continental Divide…

  • Season total: 605 inches (Jackson Hole Mountain Resort)

    Ralph Maughan

    Season total: 605 inches. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Although this is a local story relevant to the Tetons of Wyoming, this winter has been the hardest, especially in terms of precipation, for a long time in most of the Northern Rockies. This has taken its toll on wintering ungulates in places, but if the…

  • Wolf's death stirs fears for species' fate. Utahns mourn loss of 253M; advocates heat up criticism of delisting

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf’s death stirs fears for species’ fate. Utahns mourn loss of 253M; advocates heat up criticism of delisting. By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune. This is Patty Henetz’s second artice on 253. I see she contacted a number of folks who post here.

  • Odd wildlife stories

    Ralph Maughan

    Smart animals, dumb people. Tom Stienstra. San Francisco Chronicle.

  • Wolf hunters urged to use restraint

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf hunters urged to use restraint. By Chris Merrill. Casper Star-Tribune Some of the supporters of turning 87% of Wyoming into a free-fire zone for wolves seem to be having second thoughts. And its just not true that there is no wolf habitat in Wyoming’s wolf-are-vermin-zone. The Daniel Pack has formed and reformed time after…

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