Photographers don’t like the new rules promoted because of the people watching GB 399, 610 and cubs- Photographers now have to keep further back– Jackson Hole Daily. By Thomas Dewell.
Sloppy food storage habituates grizzly bear at or near private campground west of West Yellowstone- Soda pop, garbage, food in coolers, and bird seed kills female grizzly. Story in the Bozeman Chronicle. By Daniel Person. Does anyone know which private campground this was?
A couple from Bozeman, who were hiking in Yellowstone National Park, successfully fended off a sow grizzly using pepper spray just days before a man was killed by a sow grizzly under similar circumstances. Bozeman Couple Encounter Bear Days Before Fatal Yellowstone Attack. NBC Montana You can read their first hand account of the incident…
Though polar bears did not originate in Ireland, all may have a maternal line to one ancestral female brown bear in Ireland- Today’s sophisticated genetic analysis keeps finding the most interesting bits of biological history. DNA hints at polar bears’ Irish ancestry. By Susan Miliu. Science News.
First fatal encounter in the Park since 1986 Grizzly bear kills hiker in Yellowstone National Park – LA Times – Greenspace Wednesday’s incident appeared to be an act of defense by the bear, which fled with her cubs.
Wonderful news! And don’t believe that stuff about “these areas are no longer biologically suitable for the grizzly.” If they are not suitable, how is it that they are living there? People who say things like that don’t seem to know much about the history of wildlife in the West. The low point for wildlife…
Though USFWS has long estimated 5-10 grizzlies in area, there have been no photos- Grizzly bear photographed in the North Cascades. Seattle Post Intelligencer
Soda Butte, Colter, and Nez Perce closed to soft-sided structures- These campgrounds are just northeast of Yellowstone Park. They are not inside the Park. Last July a grizzly bear killed a man in a tent at Soda Butte. Two others were mauled by the sow and her cubs. I always regarded these campgrounds as unsafe…
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.