I’ve haven’t posted a BFC update for a while, and it’s time. RM Update: related. State vet: Brucellosis came from elk. By Jennifer McKee. Helena Independent Review State Bureau – – – – – –
This is another great report by Kathie Lynch. Unfortunately, it looks like wolf watching in the Park might now be pretty slow until autumn. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – Yellowstone wolf field notes, July 8 -10. By © Kathie Lynch The Druid Peak pack finally moved their pups to their rendezvous site!…
Here is the latest news on Idaho wolves as released by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. For your reference, here is the report for the 2 weeks previous to the latest report below. Ralph Maughan – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – IDAHO WOLF MANAGEMENT…
Resistance to the scientific consensus of the existence of climate change is waning ~ politicized prescriptions for inaction and for the relaxation of public environmental laws takes its place. Last week, federal and state wildlife and public land managers gathered to talk about global warming and the effects it will have on western land and…
Black Bear Resort. Big things are in store for Bear Lake. A planned development near the Utah-Idaho border would offer skiing, sailing and more. By Mike Gorrell. The Salt Lake Tribune. This would create a huge new development in cold winter country 2 tanks of gas NE of Salt Lake City, Utah. Even if the…
Below are the most recent reports put out by Idaho Fish and Game and Montana, Fish, Wildlife and Parks. Idaho- IDAHO WOLF MANAGEMENT BI-WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORT To: Idaho Fish and Game Staff and Cooperators From: IDFG Wolf Program Coordinator, Steve Nadeau Subject: Status of Gray Wolf Management, Week of May 31 – June 14, 2008…
The train route through the Park is the major killer, but hardly the only human source of mortality. Story. Grizzly bear decline blamed on humans. Trains top killers in Banff, Jasper parks, says report. Cathy Ellis, The Calgary Herald
Late season, high altitude snowmobiling has been a contentious issue for a long time on the Flathead National Forest. Here is a victory for bear conservationists. Judge Molloy limits late snowmobiling season in favor of Flathead grizzlies. Daily InterLake. By Jim Mann
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.