Bears
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New website: Sarah Palin’s Predator Holocaust. This was done by the Bear Viewing Association
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One the controversial grizzly bear DNA earmark- Bill Schneider writes about McCain’s persistent campaign story about the “horrible” congressional earmark to study DNA of grizzly bears. McCain, Palin, Earmarks, and the DNA of Bears and Harbor Seals. New West. By Bill Schneider. This whole thing has irritated me plenty. First there is McCain’s persistent lying…
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An Early Fall Float on the North Fork of the Flathead This New West article with great photos describes floating the beautiful North Fork of the Flathead from its origin in British Columbia downstream to the US border?? I linked to it because I was just up there myself in BC to investigate, and a…
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DNA study doubles bear census. By Jim Mann.Daily Inter Lake The long awaited $5-million study of how many grizzy bears there really are in NW Montana is finally out. There are 765 bears, considerably more than previous estimates. Federal study says grizzlies thriving in Montana. By Dina Cappiello. Associated Press Writer As mentioned earlier, John…
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A view of Palin’s views on the environment from a major U.K. newspaper. Sarah Palin, the Republican party’s vice-president nominee, governs an oil-rich area that has seen some of the most dramatic effects of climate change. So what’s her record on environmental concerns? By Britt Collins. The Guardian. Sarah Palin: Ice queen of the Arctic
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We reported this attack several days ago. Now comes a better explanation. Bear that attacked man on Vancouver island was diseased. CanWest news service
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Bear mauls fisherman on docked boat. Times Colonist. “Bystanders rush to help, swarm and kill bear; victim was cleaning fish at Port Renfrew marina.” It’s important to note that while people tend to fear grizzlies, almost all predatory bear attacks are black bears. This was the first such bear attack on Vancouver Island.
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Think Grizzly. “Thousands of hunters are crawling around grizzly country in the predawn darkness, alone, quietly, into the wind, and smelling like stale elk pee. If they have a successful hunt, they’ll fill the wind with the smell of high-quality grizzly food. Is this a problem? By Bill Schneider.” By Bill Schneider. New West. .…