The Wildlife News

June 2008

  • High Noon On The Range

    Ralph Maughan

    This is an insightful look at the implications of the recent U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s report by one of Wyoming’s leading rangeland experts. High Noon On The Range. By Deb Donahue. Wyomingfile.com

  • Montana's Brucellosis-Free Status Lost

    Brian Ertz

    Another cow has been found to be infected with brucellosis costing the state of Montana its brucellosis-free status : Sick Cow Costs Montana Its Brucellosis-Free Status – Mathew Brown – AP The cow in question was among a herd in Paradise Valley south of Livingston. NewWest’s coverage reveals the state’s astonishment : Montana veterinarian Marty…

  • Leopold Pack has 18 – 24 pups!

    Ralph Maughan

    Pup counts are coming in from Yellowstone Park, but slowly because of the long cold wet season. I thought perhaps 2008 might be another pup crash year because the Slough Creek Pack had a number of apparently pregnant females yet has only one surviving pup. Moreover no pups have been seen yet with the Druids.…

  • Yellowstone Road Crews Struggle with Late Season Snow Storms

    Ralph Maughan

    News release from Yellowstone Park. Yellowstone Road Crews Struggle with Late Season Snow Storms. Doug Smith told me today that he had never seen so much water in the Park’s backcountry. The Yellowstone Delta’s den site, which is in the River delta, is basically a swim-to den, and would be flooded with any more rise…

  • Did wolf pose threat to bear hunter?

    Ralph Maughan

    This story made some news in Montana. It was discussed briefly in this forum (no post, however). No doubt it will enter anti-wolf legends library. Here is the standard story by the outdoors editor of the Billings Gazette. Truly a blast from the wolf past By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette. Brian Peck, however, did some…

  • Obama opposes B.C. coal mine near Glacier National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Rescue may be on the way to the threatened wild country just north of the U.S. border in British Columbia. It depends on the outcome of the U.S. election. Some folks on this forum, including myself, have complained about the failure by the candidates to talk about specific conservation issues. Obama’s positiion was announced when…

  • Human caused deaths driving grizzlies toward extinction in Banff N. P.

    Ralph Maughan

    The train route through the Park is the major killer, but hardly the only human source of mortality. Story. Grizzly bear decline blamed on humans. Trains top killers in Banff, Jasper parks, says report. Cathy Ellis, The Calgary Herald

  • Underpasses for deer built on U.S. 30 northwest of Kemmerer, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    The Wyoming Range’s deer herd is not doing well. A lot of deer are killed on the highway. This is an fairly ambitious effort to reduce highway mortality. I’ve had some close calls on U.S. 30, and I don’t drive it very often. Taking the low road. By JEFF GEARINO. Southwest Wyoming bureau. Casper Star…

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