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Yellowstone National Park

  • Some Yellowstone wolf news-

    Ralph Maughan

    I’ve been in the Park the last several days, the first time in well over a year.  I didn’t expect to see wolves because their number is down and until Jan. 19 I hadn’t visited Lamar Valley.  Yesterday I did show up in the Lamar just after mid-day. Using my “expert wolf spotting skills,” I…

  • Looking Back Two Decades On Managing The Greater Yellowstone Ecoystem

    Ralph Maughan

    Todd Wilkinson remembers how far we’ve come . . . not all that far- Looking Back Two Decades On Managing The Greater Yellowstone Ecoystem. By Todd Wilkinson. National Parks Traveler. I was at that meeting in Jackson in 1983 to form the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. It is such a struggle against the entrenched bureaucracy with…

  • Sylvan Pass opens for winter travel

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s still open!! I thought this money-wasting imaginary benefit to a few Cody businesses died when Dick Cheney went away. Sylvan Pass opens for winter travel. Billings Gazette.

  • Wyoming wolf numbers increase and offset the decline in Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    YNP Park wolves are down another 6 % this year, but there was a 12% increase outside the Park in ’09- Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. There are 4 full-time packs in Jackson Hole and one part-time pack. The year’s population results appear to be a small increase in…

  • National media discover the decline of wolves in Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Although it is old news here, it is good to see these facts being widely disseminated- Wolves decline in Yellowstone. By Janice Lloyd.  USA Today As predicted, the remaining elk in the Park are tough critters that can beat up on the wolves.

  • Kathie Lynch. Yellowstone Wolf Update. Thanksgiving 2009

    Ralph Maughan

    A detailed northern range wolf update- At a time when the wolf population in Yellowstone is declining and interest from the news media down, Kathie Lynch has put together a most detailed report on the activities of the Park’s northern range wolves. – – – – – – Thanksgiving 2009 wolf update. By © Kathie…

  • Forest Service finally closes Horse Butte to livetock grazing

    Ralph Maughan

    There haven’t been cattle on it for 8 years, but now it is officially closed to grazing- Despite the absence of cattle on the butte, its official status as a grazing allotment allows Montana Department of Livestock and the Montana Stockgrowers Assn. to bleat about the dangers of brucellosis from the bison that migrate out…

  • Yellowstone hotspot's giant magma plume slowly eats its way northeast

    Ralph Maughan

    Scientists confirm 500-mile finger of molten rock under Yellowstone- Park’s giant magma plume eating up mountains. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily. Actually the hot spot is probably stationary. The apparent surface movement is due to the North American plate drifting to the southwest over the spot. The new information (at least to me) that…

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