December 2012
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Closure around Yellowstone, no more wolves will be hunted, none will be trapped- In the much anticipated Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission meeting today, the Commission voted 4-1 to close a buffer around the Montana part of Yellowstone National Park to hunting and the upcoming wolf trapping season. Commission Chair Bob Ream said the…
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Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission meets Monday- Five years ago few would have ever believed they would think of trapping wolves right on the YNP boundary, given its status as a national park and the clear knowledge the wolves are concentrated in northern part of the Park near the boundary. The reality today is…
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Wolf “06”, the alpha female of the Yellowstone’s Lamar Canyon Pack has been shot in Wyoming by a hunter. Wolf “06” was probably the most famous wolf in Yellowstone and had been viewed by thousands of Park visitors. She was also part of the ongoing study of wolves that has been conducted in Yellowstone since…
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Latest Posted Idaho Wolf Hunt Kill total: 114 Latest Posted Idaho Wolf Trapping Kill total: 6 Latest Posted Montana Wolf Hunt Kill Total: 87 Wyoming Wolf Kill Total: 58 Regional Total Reported Killed This Year: 265 Regional Total Reported Killed Since Delisting: 810 A famous trout stream that was damaged by livestock grazing gets a chance at recovery in…
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The idea that wolves and other large carnivores cause a “trophic cascade” through their impact on elk has been challenged by a number of recent publications. Last week another study was released that puts a dent in the notion– it suggests human activities, not large predators, are primarily responsible for elk vigilance in human-dominated landscapes.…
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Here is the new (starting on Dec. 4, 2012) open comments thread on wildlife news topics that you think are interesting. You can access the previous “Interesting Wildlife News” here. Please post your new stories and make comments about wildlife topics in the comments section below.
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A petition started on the Whitehouse.gov website yesterday is urging President Obama to appoint Congressman Raul Grijalva as the next Secretary of Interior. As of this writing there are 704 signatures on the petition but the petition needs to receive 25,000 signatures by December 31st, 2012 before it will merit an official response by the…
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Latest Posted Idaho Wolf Hunt Kill total: 111 Latest Posted Idaho Wolf Trapping Kill total: 1 Latest Posted Montana Wolf Hunt Kill Total: 84 Wyoming Wolf Kill Total: 56 19 from the “predator zone” (there were only an estimated 20-30 at the start of the hunt) 37 from the “trophy zone” (the quota is 52)…