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Yet another collared, and very famous Yellowstone wolf killed in Wyoming’s hunt (updated)

December 7, 2012

Ken Cole

Wolf “06”, the alpha female of the Yellowstone’s Lamar Canyon Pack has been shot in Wyoming by a hunter. Wolf “06” was probably the most famous wolf in Yellowstone and had been viewed by thousands of Park visitors. She was also part of the ongoing study of wolves that has been conducted in Yellowstone since…
National Wolfwatcher Coalition says kill of Yellowstone Park wolves crushes this year’s wolf winter study

November 16, 2012

Ralph Maughan

Wolfwatcher wants old wolf hunting sub-units from Montana 2011 hunt reestablished- Yellowstone Park’s response to dead Park wolves is blasé- Controversy over the seven dead Yellowstone Park wolves killed in the Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming hunting seasons continues. None of the Park wolves were actually killed inside the Park. This would be illegal, but most…
Seven Yellowstone Park wolves killed in state wolf hunts! (updated)

November 15, 2012

Ralph Maughan

Supposedly protected Yellowstone Park wolves were slaughtered in Montana and Wyoming state wolf hunts. We predicted would happen. The Wildlife News, along with hundreds of other people, predicted that the Montana and Wyoming wolf hunts would end up killing many wolves that live inside Yellowstone Park (which is supposed to be a no hunting area)…
Study: Wolf’s coat color affects reproductive success

October 15, 2012

Ralph Maughan

Wolf pups thrive when born to a big wolf pack and have a large mother- A new study out by well known wolf researchers have found that in Yellowstone Park at least black wolves don’t have the reproductive success that gray wolves do. It appears that the gene for a black coat, which entered the…
As expected, U.S. gov’t delists the wolves of Wyoming

August 31, 2012

Ralph Maughan

Conservation groups angry; Wyoming wolf population delisted- Wyoming politicians were the ones most opposed to the restoration of wolves to the American Northern Rocky mountains. They filed numerous lawsuits against the program, which they generally lost. Now they have won. The Obama Administration has delisted wolves in Wyoming, and a hunting season beginning Oct. 1 will begin…
Kathie Lynch’s Late Summer 2012 Yellowstone Wolf Update

August 19, 2012

Kathie Lynch

A Tale of Two Wolves- By © Kathie Lynch This is the story of two Yellowstone wolves, Lamar Canyon alpha 832F (“The ’06 Female”) and Blacktail disperser 777M. One continues to live an amazing life and one has died a valiant death. Each epitomizes what it means to live life to the fullest, risking all for…
Wolf manager for YNP, Doug Smith, says “first phase of wolf restoration is over”

August 8, 2012

Ralph Maughan

Dr. Smith takes makes 17 year retrospective on wolf restoration- There haven’t been as many stories quoting the tall, affable Yellowstone Park wolf manager in the last several years, but on Aug. 2 at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming, he give a talk that was covered quite well by the Cody Enterprise. Here…
Evidence is that wolves are protecting pronghorn with their hostility to coyotes

July 26, 2012

Ralph Maughan

Presence of wolves helps survival of pronghorn fawn, normally a major prey item for coyotes- Wolves have a complicated relationship to their prey and to competing carnivores and omnivores such as bears. Simple statements such as every animal a wolf kills is one less for a hunter are fantasy. In reality wolves can directly or…

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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.”
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“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”
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“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”
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