Bears
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This is from the Casper Star Tribune. By Brodie Farquhar. It is important to note that so far all we have seen is the government’s news release. The actual delisting rule has not yet been published in the Federal Register.
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The Department of Interior announced the removal of the grizzly bear in the Greater Yellowstone from the “threatened species list” today. Recent developments such as the huge die-off of whitebark pine, whose nuts the grizzlies depend heavily upon, make this decision wrong. “Chuck Schwartz, U.S. Geological Survey interagency grizzly bear study team leader, said human-caused…
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The National Wildlife Federation has paid to buy out Stanko’s Bacon Creek grazing allotment on the Bridger-Teton national forest, which is home to very important elk, deer, bighorn sheep, moose and pronghorn habitat as well as grizzly bears and 3 wolf packs. The buyout was voluntary. Story in the Billings Gazette. Deal expands wildlife habitat.…
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Good news on the McNeil River bears? Close Call For Alaska’s Famous Bears. State Considers, And Rejects, Allowing Hunters Access To Sanctuary’s People-Friendly Brown Bear. CBS News.
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This is related to the proposed listing of the polar bear, something that has a lot to do with climate change. The New York Times got a copy of a USFWS memo, and it shows the DOI’s continuing subordination of science to Administration politics — employees need authorization to speak about the issue. Here is…
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There have been several very warm days, and the snow is melting fast. The first grizzly tracks were spotted on February 28. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. By Cory Hatch. Update: I have been told by a local observer that the bears are out in the Madison Valley (near West Yellowstone) and…
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This has been an international issue — the proposal to open this bear congregation are (during salmon spawning) to hunting. I posted an earlier article on this. Most recent story KTUU TV. Alaska.
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Look at these amazing details. Look and see if you can detect the effect of wolves. Remember wolves were reintroduced in 1995. At first there were just a few, and at the end of 2005 about 600 wolves, so the evidence of their effect should increase each years after 1995. Link to the figures.