The small population may be the cause of its own collapse without more females . . . STAT- There aren’t many French brown [ursus arctos] bears left. What are have a badly distorted ratio in favor of males. This might be the result of chance, the result of inbreeding, or male bears competing with each…
This one may not have serious injury to the hunter- I want to note that JerryB posted a version this story as a comment earlier, but it isn’t good to post an entire story because they are copyrighted. Paradise Valley hunter mauled by grizzly bear. By Ben Pierce. Bozeman Chronicle Staff Writer. One hunter seems…
Too many griz were feeding on gut piles from past hunters- The Beattie Gulch area on the Gallatin N.F. has been closed to hunting by the Forest Service. Larry Thorngren reported to us the other day that this gathering of grizzly bears was taking place. Hunters have been mauled before in Beattie Gulch, e.g., two…
Bear shot next to gut pile near Ditch Creek, WY was one of the famous cubs of GB399. There has already been one post on this, long debates, and one person removed from posting over this incident. The dead cub (no longer a cub when shot) was confirmed as one of 399’s three cubs. Story.…
Meeting on how to respond to the relisting of Yellowstone area griz set for Oct. 28-9- Hopefully they will do more than complain and say the judge was wrong. Story. Associated Press.
No word on the condition of shot hunter in incident near Cooke City, MT- I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more often. The news story so far is sketchy. Here is a little more (newer) information. Man Attacked by bear near Cooke City, MT.
An Obituary For Bear 615- This is a story about the recent killing of the grizzly in Ditch Creek. For several reasons that posting caused quite a stir on the blog The feature article below is written by Todd Wilkinson who has a new web site I was not aware of — Wildlife Art Journal It…
State game agency says grizzlies will find something else to eat even though whitebark pine are mostly dead- State: Bears doing well. By Cory Hatch. Jackson Hole Daily. “Game and Fish officials acknowledged that mountain pine beetle activity continues at relatively high levels and many whitebark pine trees have died. But they said bears usually…
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.