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  • In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance

    Ralph Maughan

    In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance By Jim Robbins. New York Times. This is really about the spread in the Lamar Valley of what is usually regarded as a noxious weed (I certainly hate it) — the Canada thistle. It seems grizzly bears and pocket gophers love it, and the griz, ever…

  • McCain makes criticism of grizzly bear population study part of his stump speech

    Ralph Maughan

    McCain Sees Pork Where Scientists See Success. Candidate Criticizes Ambitious Bear Study. By Joel Achenbach. Washington Post Staff Writer. In fact, if this $3-million project was a total waste and there are 1000 projects out there that are of the same cost, that’s only 3-billion dollars out of a budget of $2 ½ trillion. McCain…

  • Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Challenging Illegal Sheep Grazing in Yellowstone Ecosystem

    Ralph Maughan

    For years the U.S. Sheep Experimental Station, headquartered at Dubois, Idaho (not Dubois, Wyoming) has been grazing sheep in the top of the Centennial Mountains and elsewhere in the general area, and with no environmental analysis. After yet another successful lawsuit by Western Watersheds and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Advocates for the…

  • When Grizzlies Ruin Eden, Moose Take to the Road

    Ralph Maughan

    Dr. Joel Berger has become notable for his research on Greater Yellowstone moose. In this interview with the New York Times he talks about how the growing presence of grizzly bears in the Grand Teton NP area is related to, may result in moose moving closer to roads to escape grizzly bear predation on their…

  • Wolves making comeback in SW British Columbia after century of bounties, poisoning

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolves making comeback in SW British Columbia after century of bounties, poisoning. Larry Pynn. Vancouver Sun. Grizzly bears are increasing too.

  • Grizzly found in polar bear country

    Ralph Maughan

    A grizzly bear has been found in what is polar bear country, and he is thriving. Folks may recall that about a year ago a hunter shot a grizzly/polar bear hybrid. This may be yet another effect of the rapid warming at the poles. Story in the Edmonton Journal. Ed Struzik. Grizzly found in polar…

  • Listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act won't do much good, but we should do it anyway

    Ralph Maughan

    This is from Slate Magazine. Listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act won’t do much good, but we should do it anyway. By Holly Doremus Update (more). Here is more on the Administration’s footdragging on listing the polar bear. The Latest Environmental Victims: The Polar Bear and the Sage Grouse. The Board, a blog…

  • No bears for oil

    Ralph Maughan

    “Why hasn’t the polar bear been granted federal protection? Maybe because the Bush administration plans a last-minute handout of oil leases on its habitat.” No Bears for Oil. By Katharine Mieszkowski. Salon Magazine (may require a subscription to read the full article on-line). In a related matter, there has been some loss of interest by…

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