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Yellowstone

  • Most bears around Jackson Hole have denned

    Ralph Maughan

    Two faces on the bear situation in NW Wyoming for 2008- 2008 was good for Jackson Hole bears, and there were few conflicts; but grizzlies took a big mortality hit in NW Wyoming overall. Nevertheless, the total grizzly population grew slightly . . . kind of complicated. Story in Jackson Hole News and Guide. Bears…

  • Yellowstone Club goes under. Are we sad?

    Ralph Maughan

    Saga of the Super-Rich- Yellowstone Club Returns to Bankruptcy Court, to Sink Further Into Debt. By Robert Struckman. New West.

  • Degraded land just north of Yellowstone Park to be restored to native prairie

    Ralph Maughan

    Land at the site of Cinnabar to be restored- Story in the Billings Gazette. Yellowstone Park land to be restored to native vegetation. By Brett French. I found this quite interesting. I had seen the name “Cinnabar” on a lot of old maps. I didn’t know what it had been or what had happened. The…

  • Genetic study on Greater Yellowstone grizzlies in the works

    Ralph Maughan

    GYE grizzlies are probably not very diverse- Unlike the wolves, which currently have fine genetic diversity, Greater Yellowstone grizzlies are likely not diverse. Nevertheless, a study is underway to see if any unrecognised interbreeding between GYE bears and those from the north has taken place. Bears to get study. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News…

  • Grizzlies feasting on gut piles getting too much lead?

    Ralph Maughan

    Blood levels of toxic lead are elevated in grizzlies eating the remains of the hunt in the Greater Yellowstone- Lead in grizzly blood during hunt season. Researcher wonders if preliminary results show a danger to bruins from hunters’ bullets. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole News and Guide.

  • Bison management riles folks, again

    Ralph Maughan

    25- 100 bison to be allowed to wander north of YNP this winter- Most folks will remember this, but if not, last winter a very expensive deal with made to allow a limited number of bison to leave Yellowstone near Gardiner to wander northward. The female bison will be fitted with vaginal transmitters to warm…

  • Bush-Kempthorne geothermal plan won't protect Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    190-million acre geothermal opening of public lands doesn’t protect Yellowstone- The other day,  Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne ordered the opening of 190-million acres+ of your public lands in the West for development of geothermal energy. He claimed national parks were protected, and, in fact, he didn’t open Yellowstone Park to geothermal leasing. However,…

  • Agencies to let more bison outside Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Bison will be able to occupy the Horse Butte area for the first time- Finally, the bison will be able to leave the Park and occupy this now cow-free area area for the first time this winter. Conservation groups and the couple who bought Horse Butte have prepared the way, and it looks like the…

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