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Yellowstone National Park

  • Kathie Lynch: end of the year Yellowstone Park wolf notes-

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf watching good in cold and snowy Yellowstone- Once again Kathie Lynch has favored us with her detailed observations of the wolves on Yellowstone’s northern range. The redistribution of the much reduced wolf population continues, with the Druids providing a note of stability. Famous wolf 302M seems to now, finally, lead a pack, although mating…

  • Yellowstone earthquake swarm . . . biggest swarm in Park for years

    Ralph Maughan

    Earthquake swarm is near the middle of the caldera. Yellowstone Earthquake Swarm Puzzles Scientists. By LiveScience Staff The earthquake swarm begin Dec. 27. The strongest quake has been a 3.9 quake. That could do some minor damage, but the big question is “does it mean anything?” Most questions are about an eruption. This isn’t likely,…

  • Sylvan Pass opens and closes

    Ralph Maughan

    Nature fails to cooperate with Dick Cheney- The Park Service wanted to halt the extremely expensive and dangerous practice of keeping Sylvan Pass just west of the East Entrance of Yellowstone open for snowmobiles. As usual a handful of Cody businesses screamed that the economy would disintegrate if a couple dozen snowmobiles didn’t pass through…

  • Wolves draw fans to Yellowstone in winter

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf watching generates winter tourism- Wolves draw fans to Yellowstone in the winter. AP

  • Montana FWP chief OKs deal for bison route north from Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Do we even have say this is the ultimate in tokenism? FWP chief OKs deal for bison route. By Matthew Brown. Associated Press

  • Yellowstone wolf report. Enormous change in pack compositions

    Ralph Maughan

    Are the Sloughs gone? Plus five new wolf groups- As wolf mortality has increased there has been a general redistribution of wolves in the Northern Range. All the packs are affected, even the Druids. The Slough Creek Pack may no longer be intact. Two more dead members of the pack have been found and the…

  • Wyoming wolf report – Nov. 10, through Nov. 21, 2008

    Ralph Maughan

    Latest report says mange too is now hitting the Yellowstone Park Wolves- Ed Bangs just sent out the Wyoming wolf report. It is below. I cut off the redundant “blah, blah” about delisting, etc. that is at the outset of every report. The key is news is that mange it now hitting Yellowstone Park wolves.…

  • The long-time exclosure near Cinnabar, Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    In the post about degraded land in Yellowstone across the Yellowstone river from Gardiner, I mentioned an already long-existing exclosure. I found my photo of it. It was taken about 8 months ago. I think it’s quite amazing.

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