January 2011
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It’s a lot more than a flock of dead blackbirds in Arkansas- Google’s mass-animal-death map. The Week.
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Kathie Lynch reveals fascinating new landscape of the wolves of northern Yellowstone- Kathie Lynch is now perhaps the only person writing publicly the details of the Yellowstone Park wolves. With more change than continuity in the last year, her most recent report takes us into the wolf world of the Blacktails, Lamars, Agates, Canyon, and…
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A while back, we discussed the elk herd on the dry Hanford atomic reservation in central Washington State. Ryan, a frequent person on this blog, was good enough to show me some photos of the most incredible bull elk from this herd! I wanted to post some photos, but I became convinced they are copyrighted. …
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You too can hunt bison in fenced wildlife management areas. The Montana Department of Fish Wildlife and Parks is floating a plan to move the last remaining quarantined bison to State owned wildlife management areas. Good thing right? Not so fast, they would be fenced in and not allowed to roam freely on the landscape.…
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It’s good to recall the reasons- Norman A Bishop was a naturalist interpreter for many years at Yellowstone Park, and played a key role in the wolf restoration. He is retired and continues a vigorous life, partly as an expert ski racer. He holds many positions including the board of the Wolf Recovery Foundation, of…
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YELLOWSTONE CAPTURES WILD BISON 23 of America’s Last Wild Bison Trapped at Stephens Creek for Royal Teton Ranch Land Lease Experiment FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – January 5, 2011 Contacts: Mike Mease, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-646-0070 Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign, 406-644-2499 GARDINER, MONTANA: Yellowstone National Park and Montana Department of Livestock officials captured twenty-three of…
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Yet another story of two-legged wolves taking down elk- 2010 seems to have been quite a year for elk poachers in the Rocky Mountains. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued this news release. Versions of it are circulating in the media. News release: Elk Poaching Case Nets Nearly $40,000 in Fines & Restitution. Monday, January…
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Water tanks illegally constructed in Wilderness- Back to the issue of construction of wildlife facilities in designated Wilderness areas, although there are many more issues here than the one before the court. One must not lose sight of that. US Court of Appeals: US wrongly put water tanks in Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Tony Davis.…