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Yellowstone National Park

  • Bridger-Teton National Forest to map beetle-killed whitebark pine

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s critical for grizzly bear management to see where pine bark beetles have not killed this extremely valuable, bear food source in the Greater Yellowstone- Bridger-Teton to map beetle-killed whitebark. Forest Service partners with conservation group to quantify the damage. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.

  • Kathie Lynch: Yellowstone Park wolf news

    Ralph Maughan

    About 40 wolves are on the Park’s northern range- Yellowstone wolf news. June 2009. Copyright by Kathie Lynch The beautiful green hills of Lamar Valley brim with bison, and their cute little orange calves greet early summer wolf watchers in Yellowstone. However, the drop from 171 wolves in Yellowstone Park in December 2007, to only…

  • Tentative deal would replace brucellosis rules in Greater Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    New rules would stop statewide penalities for cattle infection in Greater Yellowstone- Hope I’m wrong, but I doubt this will get approval if it means bison will be able to migrate outside Yellowstone Park because brucellosis is not the real issue. It’s the symbolism of who has the upper hand on the public’s land. Tentative…

  • Man goes over Lower Falls in Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Rescue workers search for body after 308 foot plunge- Man goes over Falls. Jackson Hole Daily. By Cory Hatch

  • Montana Department of Livestock Captures and Slaughters Three Wild Bull Bison

    Ken Cole

    Buffalo Field Campaign P.O. Box 957 West Yellowstone, MT 59758 406-646-0070 bfc-media@wildrockies.org http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org Montana Department of Livestock Captures and Slaughters Three Wild Bull Bison * PRESS RELEASE * For Immediate Release: June 17, 2009 Press Contact: Mike Mease, 406-646-0070 West Yellowstone, MT: Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) agents captured three bull bison this morning in…

  • Interagency Grizzly Bear Team tells ways to reduce Yellowstone GBear mortality

    Ralph Maughan

    Report issued due to the 2008 spike in Greater Yellowstone grizzly deaths- Numerous methods are identified, but a smaller number give more “bank for the buck” (the buck being not so much money as political or cultural resistance). Yellowstone Mortality and Conflicts Reduction Report. IGBST. June 5, 2009 Note: I hope discussion of this doesn’t…

  • Grand Teton, Yellowstone National Parks are among the most visited

    Ralph Maughan

    Yellowstone is fifth; Grand Teton is ninth- Most visited national parks. Jackson Hole Daily. By Cory Hatch.

  • A rare hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone!

    Ralph Maughan

    It wasn’t a big one, but it was photographed- Moreover, it happened right in front of a group of geologists. In the history of the Park there have been several other small explosions, but in the past some of these have been large explosive events. Geology group treated to rare pool explosion. By Angus M.…

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