Yellowstone

  • Skeletons of Yellowstone wolves tell interesting tales

    Ralph Maughan

    Some wolves hunted and lived after severe injuries- Sue Ware, a paleopathologist, has examined the skeletons of about 160 Park wolves, and found numerous injuries and reinjuries, but she says Park are wolves healthier on the whole than others she has studied.  Yellowstone wolf skeletons hint at their lives. By Brett French. Billings Gazette.

  • Greater Yellowstone grizzly population stops growing, drops slightly

    Ralph Maughan

    Record mortality in 2010 took its toll- Population goes from 602 to 593. Fifty-five grizzly died or were killed by people in 2010, a record. That pace is off slightly in 2011 (35 so far).  A large number of grizzly food sources have disappeared in recent years, most notably whitebark pine seeds and cutthroat trout.…

  • Montana’s wolf hunt north of Yellowstone Park is over

    Ralph Maughan

    Quota of three wolves is filled- Montana wolf hunters have killed the small quota of just 3 wolves immediately north of Yellowstone Park, so the wolf hunt there is now closed. It is subunit 313-316 of wolf management unit 390. The quota next to the Park was set low because it is bad public relations…

  • Study: Yellowstone region records the hottest decade ever

    Ralph Maughan

    Summer temperatures were up 2.3 degrees compared to the last century- A 9.7 degree rise in the mean temperature is predicted for the next century. Study: Yellowstone region records hottest decade ever, on pace for disastrous warming effects by the end of the century. By Jodi Hausen.  Bozeman Chronicle. – – – – – I…

  • Fatal July grizzly bear attack in Yellowstone maybe aggravated by running from bear, yelling and screaming

    Ralph Maughan

    A textbook example of how do it wrong? A couple hiking to Wapiti Lake in Yellowstone Park surprised a grizzly bear and soon the man was dead. The woman had minor injuries. Bear experts have issued a report on the incident. They suggest that because the couple fled from the surprised bear, and screaming and…

  • Autumn will be time for most grizzly problems

    Ralph Maughan

    Hyperphagia and hunting season relates to more grizzly/human encounters- Hyperphagia is period of intensive feeding by grizzly bears before hibernation. They will consume as much food as possible to make it through their period of hibernation. We are now entering the start of that period, one that results in more encounters with humans, now that…

  • In Yellowstone, Killing One Kind of Trout to Save Another

    Ralph Maughan

    Tiny radio transmitters attached to lake trout may allow managers find and destroy their spawning beds- The illegal or accidental introduction of lake trout to Yellowstone Lake has heavily damaged the native Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout Fishery in the Lake, and more importantly in the spawning streams where they used to provide food for many kinds…

  • Author of “Grizzlies in the Mist” talks about Greater Yellowstone grizzly bears

    Ralph Maughan

    Neal . . . Die-off is so great that GYE grizzlies won’t even bother to look for whitebark pine nuts anymore- Famed grizzly bear ecologist Chuck Neal gave his views on the future of grizzlies in and around Yellowstone Park during a hike into the North Absaroka Wilderness (just east of the Park). Grizzlies of…

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