National Parks

  • Elk herd reduction inside Rocky Mountain NP remains hot issue

    Ralph Maughan

    The large population of elk, and whether and how to reduce it inside Rocky Mountain National Park, continues to be a political controversy. There is pressure to use “qualified sportsmen,” but, on the other hand, a substantial number of elk migrated out of the national park last year, and of those that left quite a…

  • Grizzly mauls Lander, WY man in Grand Teton NP

    Ralph Maughan

    He is in good condition. He came upon a sow and her three cubs feeding on an elk carcass near Jackson Lake Lodge. The bear and her large cubs (they’re yearlings) have been seen a lot this spring to the delight of most people. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Grizzly bear attacks…

  • Bison get final push into Yellowstone; laggards face slaughter

    Ralph Maughan

    Bison get final push into Yellowstone; laggards face slaughter. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press Writer BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials made a last push Tuesday to get bison back into Yellowstone National Park before they face possible slaughter if caught outside park boundaries. post 1125

  • Cutthroat rapidly losing out to lake trout in Yellowstone Lake

    Ralph Maughan

    Cutthroat losing out to lake trout in Yellowstone Lake. Native trout numbers lowest since counting began. By Mike Stark. Of The Billings Gazette Staff. The situation is more dire than I thought possible. It is a catastrophe for Yellowstone wildlife and all those who enjoyed fishing the tributaries to the lake. Those is in boats,…

  • Glaciers are gone; so why not rename Montana's Glacier National Park?

    Ralph Maughan

    Group wants to rename Glacier. By Bill Schneider. New West. post 1120

  • National Park Service to increase entrance fees

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the New York Times. A big question is whether the fees will stay at the Parks, or will they be siphoned off, like the Forest Services fees, to do the bidding of industrial recreation groups who want to close minimal campgrounds and herd people into high end developments that separate them from nature.…

  • Bold fight for control of rural West countryside

    Brian Ertz

    The Salt Lake Tribune has published an interesting story about public land disputes in Utah. Local authorities there are thumbing their noses at federal regulation of federal public land. The result of such localized insistance of authority is sadly predictable: State Rep. Mike Noel, a Republican from the southern community of Kanab, said: It gets…

  • Grand Teton National Park OKs big "pathways project"

    Ralph Maughan

    This 45-million dollars worth of foot and bicycle trails is a really big national parks project. It will be very popular and may save lives by taking bicycles of the Grant Teton National Park roads, which can be very crowded and have to accommodate huge RVs. On the other hand it may damage wildlife habitat…

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