Bears
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Though USFWS has long estimated 5-10 grizzlies in area, there have been no photos- Grizzly bear photographed in the North Cascades. Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Happy photographers, traffic jams, a bit of danger, and an opportunity for a screw-up- Mead Gruver of the Associated Press has a new story on these famous roadside bears. – – – – Previously, Friends of bears smile as 399′s daughter shows up with two cubs
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Soda Butte, Colter, and Nez Perce closed to soft-sided structures- These campgrounds are just northeast of Yellowstone Park. They are not inside the Park. Last July a grizzly bear killed a man in a tent at Soda Butte. Two others were mauled by the sow and her cubs. I always regarded these campgrounds as unsafe…
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Grand Teton Park’s grizzly bear 610 has her first cubs- Daughter of famous griz is a mom now, too: Grand Teton wildlife watchers thrilled by new generation. Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch Here is a feel good story, and the old gal, gb399, is still around! For years 399 and her three…
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Unprotected chicken coops becoming a source of bears deaths on Flathead Reservation- Two grizzlies were shot dead last weekend near the base of the bear-heavy Mission Mountains in NW Montana. An elk antler gatherer stumbled into a griz on the Blackfoot-Clearwater Wildlife area and shot the bear. Not far away on the Flathead Indian Reservation…
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Outrage from killing 703-pound denned bear sparks new regulation- Last November Richard Kendall of Craig shot a black bear that was a state record, but the bear was in its den. A lot of folks didn’t like they way he got the record bear. As a result, the Colorado Wildlife Commission unanimously approved a new…
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Their ancient struggle apparently has little effect on their populations- That’s the conclusion of Dr. Doug Smith who heads the Park’s wolf program. I think that might well be true overall, but Yellowstone Park is a small place when it comes to major predators. With the wolf population in the Park as small as it…
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Predators help disperse salmon, nutrient on streambanks This article describes the results of a study suggesting another “trophic cascade” mechanism by which predators and salmon interact, enriching the diversity of plant-life in the world’s largest old-growth temperate rainforest: Pacific salmon run helps shape Canada’s ecosystems – BBC News The annual migration sees salmon return to western Canada…