Earlier I posted an article and an update about the forest fire on top of Druid Peak. Here is the Official page on the fire with current updates, maps and photos.
The Butte Fire page (Druid Peak)
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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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Speaking of Druids, Dan Hartman (wildlife photographer just outside the Yellowstone NE Entrance) is reporting that the pack is mangy and in bad shape. See http://wildlifealongtherockies.homestead.com/
Idaho hasn’t had any cases of mange so far as I know, but Montana, Wyoming, and now Yellowstone, have had plenty.
What is the Montana hunt’s procedure if you shoot a mangy wolf? Dealing with that carcass ought to be a lot of fun 🙁