Yellowstone
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While the New World Mine proposal (once a very serious proposal) above Cooke City was pretty much defeated in 1996-7, there are a group of outstanding patented mining claims that could potentially cause trouble. These will be purchased by the Trust for Public Land, ending forever the development threat they pose. Group makes plans to…
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Montana biologist revokes his claim that white-tailed jackrabbits have disappeared from Greater Yellowstone. Casper Star Tribune. By Matthew Brown. According the the article, Dr. Jim Halfpenny of Gardiner has reported a lot of jackrabbit sign inside Yellowstone Park on the northern range. Five other biologists also reportedly contacted Dr. Joel Berger who had made the…
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Opinion in the Seattle Times. By Brenda Peterson. Major guest opinions like this are very helpful reminding Americans and others why the wolves were restored and what is at stake with state management.
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The news release below was posted March 4. This morning, this article appeared in the Billings Gazette. Activists try to stop bison hazing. By Mike Stark. Billings Gazette. The headline is poorly descriptive. – – – – – – – – For release. March 4, 2008 Contact: Timothy Preso, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Michael Mease, Buffalo…
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Ed. note: Bob Jackson was a notable backcountry ranger in Yellowstone Park for 30 years. I covered a number of stories about him on my old web site. Now he is a private bison rancher. _______________ Why is Yellowstone Destroying its bison herd? By Bob Jackson. I spent 30 years in Yellowstone protecting its resources,…
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The tribe is unhappy that the bison hunt was ended Feb. 15, so that the serious slaughter of bison could be begin. The solution to the entire controversy is to let the bison roam outside Yellowstone Park, but that will be over Montana Department of Livestock’s stinking corpse. Story in the Billings Gazette. By Mike…
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The annual, and always controversial count of elk on the Yellowstone northern range has been released. The northern range of Yellowstone extends well north of Yellowstone Park itself. The news article concludes on the basis of speculation by a couple biologists that more elk are now living north of the Park due to the long…
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For years the U.S. Sheep Experimental Station, headquartered at Dubois, Idaho (not Dubois, Wyoming) has been grazing sheep in the top of the Centennial Mountains and elsewhere in the general area, and with no environmental analysis. After yet another successful lawsuit by Western Watersheds and the Center for Biological Diversity, represented by Advocates for the…