Pronghorn
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Bluetongue is a disease carried by livestock which has been found to be spreading into game populations, killing antelope and white-tail deer. Montana has confirmed two deaths caused by the disease, and flights indicate a significant amount of dead animals: “Bluetongue can affect wildlife, and we got testing results back on our first two animals…
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Preliminary data about predators and large ungulates indicates that fear is learned rather than inherent, although not all scientists agree. Story: Are prey hard-wired to fear predators? By Brodie Farquhar. Casper Star-Tribune
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Study: Antelope flourish in gas fields. By Whitney Royster. Casper Star-Tribune environmental reporter. The headline is contradicted by the very first paragraph of the story. “JACKSON — Antelope do not appear to be unduly stressed so far on and around the Pinedale Anticline, but increased energy activity may change their use of the area, according…
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Wildlife took a beating in the Murphy Complex and other rangefires. The article says it may take 30 years to restore the sage grouse habitat. Giving the increasing incidence or rangefires, however, it is hard to imagine 30 years will pass before it burns again. Unlike forest fires the flames moved so fast that a…
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Of course, wolves haven’t and these recent articles indicate. This new info is just short of incredible given all the ranting and raving by Wyoming politicians and some hunting organizations over the last ten years about how the wolf had decimated the elk. April 26. Wyoming Game and Fish proposes additional hunting licenses to offset…
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Their numbers have grown from just 21 to over 100. Using the Kempthorne/Otter logic, I guess we should butcher 4/5 of them now. Story. Associated Press. (with the original silly headline). Deer-Like Animal Rebounds in Arizona. By Arthur R. Rotstein. post 1117
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It’s kind of sadly amusing that the article says “Today is the last chance for people to comment on a proposal for the Pinedale Anticline that would add up to 4,400 new wells in a part of Sublette County that biologists say is crucial habitat for pronghorn, sage grouse and mule deer.” [boldface mine] As…
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This high valley, surrounded by sky-raking mountains for about 330 degrees is one of the most scenic in Idaho if you don’t look down. Link to Google Maps. For a hundred years it has been abused by livestock. The situation is so bad that they even range far above timberline in the adjacent Pioneer Mountains,…