Yellowstone National Park
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Road from Gardiner to Mammoth to Cooke City remains open– Standard Yellowstone closing comes. Details.
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27 % decline in 2008 will be followed by another decline in ’09- At the end of 2007 there were 171 wolves that lived primarily inside Yellowstone Park, but very high pup mortality due to disease (distemper) along with the natural attrition of adult and sub-adult wolves caused a 27% decline (124 wolves). Disease had…
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Until now only limited parts of the state have been open of wolf hunting- Now many hunters will be looking for wolves statewide along with many elk and deer hunts- Hunters being given chance to manage wolves. By Rob Chaney. The Missoulian Montana’s wolf quota of 75 is small compared to Idaho’s 220, despite Idaho’s…
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Four pack members were killed. Which pack or packs did the other 5 wolves come from? Defenders of Wildlife is disputing with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks. It does appear that at least some pups from the Cottonwood Pack are left. Maybe some adults survive too. Strictly speaking the Cottonwood Pack has pretty much always…
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Rest of state opens up as well as Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness which had an emergency closure- The quota is 75, of which12 have already been killed. Montana resumes big-game wolf hunt on Sunday. By the Associated Press. Although only 3 more wolves can be taken in the Wilderness area just north of the YNP boundary, if…
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Meeting on how to respond to the relisting of Yellowstone area griz set for Oct. 28-9- Hopefully they will do more than complain and say the judge was wrong. Story. Associated Press.
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Camping deep in Yellowstone Park’s backcountry- Although titled after the movie about the young man who perished in Alaska’s Wilderness, this feature is by a man who ventured into the Park’s deep backcountry. For those of us who have done this multiple times, such as myself, this is hardly extraordinary, but for those who haven’t…
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More reaction on the “unexpectedly” large number of wolf hunt kills next to Yellowstone Park- Wildlife advocates irked by wolf tally. By Daniel Person. Bozeman Chronicle.