Yellowstone National Park
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To hell with private property rights, to hell with wildlife, we must protect cattle that aren’t even here. The ridiculous annual event of hazing bison during their calving season is underway even though this year the bison are likely to come back out of the Park because the green-up of grass hasn’t started there due…
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British Painter Julie Askew Ventures Into The Dale Of Wild Wolves and Goes ‘Eye to Eye’ Rather than post the story about the ignorant Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks new wolf quota for 2010, I am running this story and artwork by an English painter published in the latest Wildlife Art Journal. Todd…
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Kathie Lynch provides us with another detailed update on the wolves of northern Yellowstone Park. – – – – – – Yellowstone field notes. April 10 -18, 2010. By © Kathie Lynch. During my Spring Break in Yellowstone National Park (April 10-18, 2010), I managed to see at least one wolf every day, but it wasn’t…
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Park hopes to reduce invasive trout species The only native trout in Yellowstone National Park are Yellowstone and Westslope Cutthroat, and Arctic Grayling. Over the years those species have been reduced in population due to competition, predation, and hybridization due to other introduced trout. Lake trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout have become well established…
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Feature on Yellowstone’s lead wolf biologist- Dr. Smith has run the Park’s wolf program for about 14 of the 15 years since wolves were restored to the Park. He helped me learn much of what I know about wolves, especially in the early years. Day in the life of Doug Smith, Yellowstone wolf biologist. By…
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Lawsuit Seeks to Secure Public Access to Bison and Prevent Privatization of Calves FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 23, 2010 Contacts: Stephany Seay, Buffalo Field Campaign 406-646-0070, bfc-media@wildrockies.org Summer Nelson, Western Watersheds Project, 406-830-3099, summer@westernwatersheds.org Glenn Hockett, Gallatin Wildlife Association, 406-586-1729, glhockett@bresnan.net GALLATIN COUNTY, MONTANA: Four conservation organizations filed a legal challenge today against the…
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Both elk and bison currently stable- Yesterday I did a long post on the stabilization of the elk population on Yellowstone’s northern range, but I didn’t mention another important development, the recovery of the bison population to a bit over 3000 animals. Growth between 2008 and 9 has been slow. In the past years, the…
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Stability not unexpected as wolf numbers fall and hunting permits just north of Park are reduced- In January I heard there would be no elk count this year because the lack of snow made counting pretty much impossible. I’m glad the amount of snow increased because these numbers are important. Gaps in the data are…