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  • 'They're not getting it'

    Ralph Maughan

    ‘They’re not getting it’ By Whitney Royster. Casper Star-Tribune environmental reporter. “JACKSON — Wildlife managers are baffled this year as to why people are not getting the message to put food and bear attractants away and secure, so fewer bears need to be relocated or killed.” Rest of the story.

  • Bears wandering into Jackson, WY

    Ralph Maughan

    Scarcity of wild food and ample food in town, led 3 bears into Jackson on Aug. 28 (at least I guess because the story is written in an unusual tense). Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide.  By Corey Hatch.

  • Getting inside bears' brains

    Ralph Maughan

    Bear brains and bear noises are so sensitive to odors that that their perception of their surroundings is totally unlike humans. Story on bear brains by Michael Jamison. Missoulian (mirrored in the Casper Star Tribune). post 1511

  • Bears by the numbers

    Ralph Maughan

    Like wolves, grizzly bears that are captured at least once, are given numbers. And like some wolves, some of these grizzly bears become well known, even famous, or infamous when they cause trouble (as humans conceive trouble). Bears by the numbers. By Brodie Farquhar. Casper Star Tribune.

  • Three grizzly bears removed from the wild in Island Park, ID for bad behavior.

    Ralph Maughan

    Story by Idaho Fish and Game- Multi-agency effort nets three grizzlies Three grizzly bears that had been raising havoc in the Island Park Ranger District of the Caribou-Targhee National Forest have been captured. No humans were injured in the process, nor were any of the bears. But these bears will never be able to return…

  • A grizzly anomaly

    Ralph Maughan

    Interesting email . . . . thanks Salle! A Grizzly Anomaly. These photos were taken this past Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, on the north slope of Dunraven Pass. According to the ranger that was interviewed about this speculated that the sow had an altercation with another sow who had three cubs. This sow with two,…

  • Research: Good pine nut years help grizzly bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Research: Good pine nut years help bears. By Brodie Farquhar. Casper Star Tribune. With all the discussion on the blog about pine bark beetles, the importance of whitebark pine for grizzly bear nutrition and safety from human conflicts stands out. Whitebarks and grizzlies [and bear politics]. By Brodie Farquhar. Casper Star Tribune. post 1399

  • Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves and salmon

    Ralph Maughan

    In recent email Jim Robertson wrote the following (see below). It was so interesting I decided to post it (with his kind permission). My, but he has some great photographs! Ralph Maughan

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

Raveena Tandon

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