Grizzly bear pounces on Yellowstone firefighter. AP. Jackson Hole News and Guide. Update. August 7. Firefighter back after griz encounter. Billings Gazette News Services.
The latest issue of Yellowstone Science is completely devoted to articles (five) about the management of Yellowstone grizzly bears from the era of garbage dump bears, desperate bears after the dumps were closed, listing as a threatened species, recovery, delisting and current management. The issue is filled with photos and interesting tables and graphs. For…
Yellowstone Park: Tourists not to blame in bear death. By Noah Brenner. Jackson Hole News and Guide.
As suggested in an earlier post (or two), the Bush Administration’s Fish & Wildlife Service is doing its best to take its decision to list polar bears and extend federal protections to oil companies with it : Oil Companies Get OK To Annoy Bears – AP
This story made some news in Montana. It was discussed briefly in this forum (no post, however). No doubt it will enter anti-wolf legends library. Here is the standard story by the outdoors editor of the Billings Gazette. Truly a blast from the wolf past By Mark Henckel. Billings Gazette. Brian Peck, however, did some…
Finland’s Wolf Population Drops; More Bears Sighted. YLE News.
Earlier we noted Secretary of Interior, Dirk Kempthorne’s decision to list the Polar Bear as a threatened species. Kempthorne was spreading around the idea that the ESA was not intended to regulate greenhouse gases, the principle threat affecting polar bear habitat. Now, we learn of the “4(d) rule”, a waiver of protections normally afforded species…
By now you’ve likely heard that the Bush Administration has listed polar bears in Kempthorne’s first listing since taking his position : Kempthorne makes tough call on polar bear listing – Idaho Statesman Call me a cynic, but it seems to me likely the Bush Administration decides to list the bear now rather than kick…
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.