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  • 'They're asking for it'

    Brian Ertz

    There’s been a lot of discussion about bear interaction and about the best way to prevent conflict. In a previous post Ralph shared a story about folk not knowing or caring enough to clean up their camp entitled ‘They’re not getting it’. The Rexburg Standard Journal has a story which suggests to me that not…

  • Maryland family fights off rare rabid bear

    Ralph Maughan

    Maryland Family Fights Off Bear. 134-Pound Sow Is First to Test Positive for Rabies in State. By Joe Holley. Washington Post.

  • Dying whitebark pine stands in Greater Yellowstone produce bumper nut crop for third year

    Ralph Maughan

    This story is by Brodie Farquhar in the Jackson Hole Star Tribune. Good News for Griz — For Now Things look worse and worse for that critical fall food source of Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears — whitebark pine nuts. However, these stressed stands of high altitude trees have produced a bumper crop of nuts again…

  • '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…

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