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  • Fire crews make progress on Yellowstone blaze

    Ralph Maughan

    Progress on Antelope Creek blaze, but smoke hinders tourism- Antelope fire now over 3000 acres. Island Park News. The Yellowstone country is just getting too crowded to use in the summer, but every fall natural and prescribed fires are making that time of year bad too. Any opinions on this?

  • Global Warming, Killer Bears?

    Brian Ertz

    Obama’s Abandonment of the West Doug Peacock continues to enrich the debate over grizzlies in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem : Global Warming, Killer Bears? Doug Peacock, Counterpunch Biologists sometimes like to quibble that losing the grizzly because of the collapse of whitebark pine forests may be the least of our ecological worries. Ecosystems are, of…

  • Fires in northwest Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Both prescribed and wildfires are burning- I think the Antelope Fire on Mt. Washburn is reburning the burn from 1988 or at least some spots immediately nearby that were missed by the big fire. I took many photos of the 1988 burn on the mountain, during and after. Fires grab attention. Jackson Hole Daily. By…

  • Death of whitebark pine results record number of WY grizzly captures this year

    Ralph Maughan

    Hungry grizzlies at lower elevations, find livestock, along with natural food- Although federal grizzly bear managers have been sanguine about the the death of whitebark pine in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, the effect on the grizzlies is obvious in Wyoming. They have come down from the subalpine where the whitebark pine will never again have…

  • Kathie Lynch: Late summer Yellowstone wolf viewing is sparse

    Ralph Maughan

    Below Kathie Lynch has another fact filled report on Yellowstone wolf watching and summary of the packs’ seasonal activity.  Right now the Canyon Pack is the only one still being seen. The wolves will return with the elk in October. Thanks for your report, Kathie. – – – – – – – – – –…

  • Tornado hits West Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Many trees are down and structural damage (roofs!). Probably no injuries- What was to become this violent storm work me up yesterday morning here in SE Idaho. I watched (on the Web) the storm grow as it moved NNE. This morning I got a call from a West Yellowstone resident who was driving around looking…

  • Bear mauling. One said to be dead, 2 injured at Cooke City campground

    Ralph Maughan

    Reports show one dead after bear mauling at Cooke City campground. Reports  are still sketchy of a Update on attack. Bear attack leaves one dead near Yellowstone. By Laura Zuckerman. Reuters Update no 2. (July 29). Male dies in bear attack at campground near Yellowstone. By Brett French. Billings Gazette. It is still not clear…

  • Bison herd makes unusual visit to Cooke City area

    Ralph Maughan

    This hasn’t happened for about 50 years- We are used to bison leaving the Park to the west and the north, and the great, stupid controversy it causes. The approximately 150 bison moving out of the NE Entrance was most unusual. It appears the herd has now returned to the Park. Bison herd pays visit…

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