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  • Bison Attacks California Tourist at Yellowstone National Park

    Ken Cole

    I think the headline should read “Bison Defends Itself from California Tourist at Yellowstone National Park” as the tourist approached within 10-feet of the bull.  I’m glad the man was not severely injured but every visitor is handed a little flyer with a drawing of a person being thrown through the air by a bison.…

  • Some company wants to put hydropower on Quake Lake!

    Ralph Maughan

    Looks like the agency and groups are jumping off the wall. Good! Story about this idiot proposal. By Jessica Mayrer. Bozeman Chronicle staff writer

  • Bridger-Teton National Forest to map beetle-killed whitebark pine

    Ralph Maughan

    It’s critical for grizzly bear management to see where pine bark beetles have not killed this extremely valuable, bear food source in the Greater Yellowstone- Bridger-Teton to map beetle-killed whitebark. Forest Service partners with conservation group to quantify the damage. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.

  • Kathie Lynch: Yellowstone Park wolf news

    Ralph Maughan

    About 40 wolves are on the Park’s northern range- Yellowstone wolf news. June 2009. Copyright by Kathie Lynch The beautiful green hills of Lamar Valley brim with bison, and their cute little orange calves greet early summer wolf watchers in Yellowstone. However, the drop from 171 wolves in Yellowstone Park in December 2007, to only…

  • Tentative deal would replace brucellosis rules in Greater Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    New rules would stop statewide penalities for cattle infection in Greater Yellowstone- Hope I’m wrong, but I doubt this will get approval if it means bison will be able to migrate outside Yellowstone Park because brucellosis is not the real issue. It’s the symbolism of who has the upper hand on the public’s land. Tentative…

  • Mourning the Loss of Our Friends

    Ken Cole

    Buffalo Field Campaign Yellowstone Bison Update from the Field June 18, 2009 —————————— —————————— In this issue: * Update from the Field – Four Bulls Killed by Agents * Our Friend Frog: BFC Celebrates His Life, Mourns His Passing * Last Words * Kill Tally

  • Man goes over Lower Falls in Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Rescue workers search for body after 308 foot plunge- Man goes over Falls. Jackson Hole Daily. By Cory Hatch

  • Interagency Grizzly Bear Team tells ways to reduce Yellowstone GBear mortality

    Ralph Maughan

    Report issued due to the 2008 spike in Greater Yellowstone grizzly deaths- Numerous methods are identified, but a smaller number give more “bank for the buck” (the buck being not so much money as political or cultural resistance). Yellowstone Mortality and Conflicts Reduction Report. IGBST. June 5, 2009 Note: I hope discussion of this doesn’t…

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