Bears

  • Grizzly photoed west of Lander in Wind Rivers

    Ralph Maughan

    Grizzlies seeming to continue their slow migration south along the Wind Rivers- After two years, another grizzly has been photographed well south in the lofty Wind River Range, west of Lander, WY.  The bear was caught by a trail camera. The bear was in a dense stand of lodgepole pine in the vicinity of Sinks…

  • B.C. black bear put down after eating part of dead murderer

    Ralph Maughan

    Liquor and drugs fell felon; but bears should not eat flesh of bad guys- British Columbia has an odd, macabre, bear story.  It seems a person convicted of murder back in ’93 was on parole and hardly living up to expectations. The mix of drugs and booze probably killed him at his lone party in…

  • Sudden elk-grizzly bear coexistence

    Ralph Maughan

    Remarkable video shows an elk calf-eating grizzly and elk grazing side by side- Daryl Hunter spotted grizzly bear #610 approaching elk at Willow Flats in Grand Teton National Park. The bear had been eating their elk calves all months. Guess what happened next?  Watch his video.

  • Conservation Groups and Livestock Interests Work to Create a New $25 Million Rancher Slush Fund

    Brian Ertz

    Recently we were informed of a new effort by two conservation groups, a Native American tribe and livestock interests “to secure $25 million from the upcoming 2012 Farm Bill to help livestock producers reduce the risk of livestock losses to grizzly bears, wolves, black bears and mountain lions.” This taxpayer money is meant to “reduce…

  • Grizzly bears are reoccupying the Gallatin Range north of Yellowstone Park (with update May 4)

    Ralph Maughan

    Movement of bears into this good habitat was inevitable. Meanwhile Gallatin County Commissions say wolves, bears cougars are a big detriment to Bozeman, West Yellowstone areas- In Yellowstone Park where the Gallatin Range rises there is some of the very best grizzly habitat.  For a long time grizzlies have also ranged about 10 miles north…

  • Slate Magazine runs a big feature on a grizzly bear guilty of homicide

    Ralph Maughan

    “Justice” was done when the ‘Wapiti Sow” was euthanized (executed?)- An earlier story today remarked that in springtime our thoughts seem to turn to bears as they wake up and we get to run stories saying “be careful.” Just in time, Slate Magazine has run a very thorough story on the life of a Yellowstone…

  • It’s time to think about bears again

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s springtime and, of course, the bears have come out of their dens– Many newspapers, TV stations and other media in wild or rural country are now running articles pointing to the obvious, bears are no longer hibernating. The stories are coupled with warnings about putting your bird seed out of reach, securing smelly attractants,…

  • Very unusual story about a bear saving a man from a mountain lion attack

    Ken Cole

    While on a hike in northern California, Robert Biggs stopped to watch a bear and her cubs.  He was suddenly attacked from behind by a mountain lion and the sow black bear came to his rescue. Bear Saves Robert Biggs From Mountain Lion Attack In California. The Huffington Post

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