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  • Moose pop. collaspses in Northern Minn, likely due to indirect effects of global warming

    Ralph Maughan

    Parasites and disease have greatly reduced northern Minnesota moose population. Studies indicate its not hunting or predation, but parasites, disease and malnutrition. These are probably due to the change to a warmer climate. Outdoors: Scientists look for moose clues. By Glen Schmitt. St. Cloud Times outdoors writer

  • Deal made for 178,000 acres of cow-free wildlife habitat east of Grand Teton

    Ralph Maughan

    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.…

  • WY Game and Fish says far too many elk in herd just SW of Jackson

    Ralph Maughan

    Here’s another elk herd in wolf country that is deemed too populous — Wyoming’s Fall Creek herd (just south and SW of Jackson) On the other hand, there are too few mule deer in the Wyoming Range, especially the buck to doe ratio. Wolves are not tolerated in the Wyoming Range (too far south WY…

  • Cool photos of wolves taking down an Isle Royale moose

    Ralph Maughan

    Ted Williams put this link on his blog. Since then folks have been circulating them around the Internet. I got them by email described as the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Ah the Internet, rumor mill.

  • Idaho Statewide big game harvest figures, 1935-2005

    Ralph Maughan

    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.

  • WyDOT, others try new ways to reduce roadkill

    Ralph Maughan

    Teton County and other NW Wyoming areas have a tremendous problem with vehicles hitting wildlife and even vice versa, and a lot of it is larger than deer. The article below says “256 elk, moose and mule deer have been killed on roads. In addition, nine bison and one black bear were killed by cars.”…

  • What Idaho Fish and Game says about the hunting season

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho Fish and Game put out the following news release today about the hunting season. It was written by a wildlife officer from Grangeville. That’s in North Central Idaho (Clearwater River area). It’s not hard data, rather impressionistic. I wonder why the officer comments on the effects of wolves on elk and moose hunting, but…

  • Wildlife on highway warning system finally gets going in Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    U.S. 191 that cuts through a piece of Yellowstone near its NW boundary has long been a wildlife slaughter alley (elk, moose, deer, bears, wolves, and human slaughter too). A high tech warning system was installed in 2002, but glitches kept it inoperative, and there was consideration of dismantling it. Now it has got the…

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