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Yellowstone National Park

  • GAO (congressional agency) report rips the bison slaughter.

    Ralph Maughan

    Bison slaughter criticized in report. 1,400 animals from the park removed or killed since February. By Matthew Brown. AP

  • Wild Bison: BFC Update from the Field 3/28/08

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is the latest update in the field. Buffalo Field Campaign in New West. One important part of the update is the need to comment by April 2 on Horse Butte Bison Trap. Read the update for more information. Related. YNP bison count has fallen from 4700 to 3000. Billings Gazette.

  • Two Women Protest Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Update. Bison protesters arrested at Yellowstone National Park. Bozeman Chronicle. This is a news release from the Buffalo Field Campaign. The women have been arrested. Ralph Maughan. – – – – – – – Two Women Protest Bison Slaughter In Yellowstone Park. Mammoth Visitor’s Center Temporarily Closed Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park – Two…

  • 4.1 quake in Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Yellowstone Park hit with 4.1-magnitude earthquake. By Brett French of the Billings Gazette. I notice that this quake was a little bit unique in that it is east of the location of the big majority of YNP earthquakes. RM

  • Anger Over Culling of Yellowstone’s Bison

    Ralph Maughan

    Anger Over Culling of Yellowstone’s Bison. By Jim Robbins. New York Times. Finally, coverage of the bison slaughter by the national media — the New York Times. Governor Schweitzer says Republican Montana US Representative went out of his way to kill the congressional appropriation to buy up cattle grazing on CUT’s Royal Teton Ranch. So…

  • Great YNP wolf photos!

    Ralph Maughan

    Ray Liable is a wildlife watcher and great photographer who lives not far from me in Pocatello. I run into him yesterday, and he told me of his photo page. He really has some fine photos, including ones this January of the Druid pups. His page also has lots of earlier wolf photos.

  • YNP wolf packs are large and old versus other wolf packs

    Ralph Maughan

    The great thing about Yellowstone Park wolf packs is that they are never “controlled.” The largest source of wolf mortality is other wolves. Yellowstone wolves don’t rely much on smaller prey like deer, and so we find large and complex wolf packs that show behavior not seen elsewhere. This article in the JH News and…

  • Purchase of outstanding mining claims to put to rest gold mining threat next to Yellowstone Park.

    Ralph Maughan

    While the New World Mine proposal (once a very serious proposal) above Cooke City was pretty much defeated in 1996-7, there are a group of outstanding patented mining claims that could potentially cause trouble. These will be purchased by the Trust for Public Land, ending forever the development threat they pose. Group makes plans to…

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