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  • Grizzly’s threatened status heard before Ninth Circuit

    Ken Cole

    Grizzly’s threatened status appealed in 9th Circuit court. Washington Post Update added on March 14: Audio of hearing before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. I listened to most of this. The government attorney seemed to perform weakly in response to questions, IMO. I didn’t think the National Wildlife Federation did well intervening on behalf…

  • Northern Range Yellowstone elk count drops to record low in latest count

    Ralph Maughan

    Latest  is 4,635 elk, count is down 24 percent from 6,070 last winter- Wolf population was over 100, 5 years ago; now down to 37-* Update. Leader of the Yellowstone wolf team, Dr. Doug Smith talks about the elk situation on Montana Public Radio News. Note that it is not the first story in the…

  • Northern coast of Greenland, some far north islands in Canada to be only home for polar bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Last ditch location of polar bears is predicted- As arctic ice continues to melt, scientists have predicted where last few polar bears will make their last stand. Where Polar Bears Might Go If Climate Change Doesn’t Slow. By Pete Spotts. Christian Science Monitor/ABC News

  • Whitebark Pine Trees Face Long Odds for Survival

    Ralph Maughan

    But several million dollars a year for starting seedlings in nurseries might restore it- This is perhaps the first article I have read that offers a glimmer of hope for this rapidly disappearing tree, so vital to grizzly bears and Clark’s nutcrackers. Whitebark Pine Trees Face Long Odds for Survival. By Laura Petersen, E&E reporter…

  • Downed power lines electrocute 2 bears in NY

    Ralph Maughan

    Sow and cubs get zapped. One cub might survive- Downed power lines electrocute 2 bears in NY. AP in the Wall Street Journal 3 -4 years ago a downed powerline in northwest Montana electrocuted several deer. The power remained on afterwards too and a wolf came to investigate the deer and was electrocuted as well.

  • Obama Administration wants to lift protections for wolf and grizzly

    Ken Cole

    When will this Administration represent the people who put them in office? How many votes do you think this will bring them? And who do they want to do this for? It is turning out that those who are yelling the loudest are poachers and welfare ranchers?  Will they ever vote for him? U.S. wants…

  • Critical habitat for polar bears is finally designated

    Ralph Maughan

    187,157 square miles of Alaskan land and (mostly) ocean to be for the bears- U.S. Firms Up ‘Critical Habitat’ for Polar Bears. By Felicity Barringer. The Green Blog in the New York Times. Here is the web page on this from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Dept. of Interior). This is very important, but…

  • Utah High court: State can be sued for 2007 bear attack

    Ralph Maughan

    A sorry decision that will threaten all kinds of wildlife- A result of this will be state agencies killing wildlife and closing campgrounds when a theoretically dangerous animal is seen within five miles of them. High court: State can be sued for bear attack. By Donald W. Meyers. The Salt Lake Tribune. We let unemployed…

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